1234 THE INSECTS OF THE VICINITY OF KING’S SOUND, 
206. Lacon porriginosus, Cand. 
Mast. Cat. Col. Sp. 3091. 
207. Lacon Froggatti, n.sp. 
Sub-elongate, sub-depressed, dark brown, sub-opaque, clothed 
with short setiform scales. Head densely and coarsely punctate. 
Thorax longer than wide, rather flat, much rounded on the 
anterior third, then parallel-sided, the posterior angles rectangular 
and very slightly divaricate, the upper surface densely and almost 
vermiculately punctate, with a very slight keel along the lateral 
edge. Elytra about the width and two and a half times the 
length of the thorax, finely striate, the strife near the sides 
punctate, the interstices flat and veiy densely- punctate. Beneath 
of a uniform chocolate-brown, densely punctate, clothed with 
minute setiform scales. Xo tarsal grooves on the prothorax or 
metathorax. 
Long. 8, lat. 24 lines. 
208. Lacon nigrescens, n.sp. 
Elongate, flat, brownish-black, sub-nitid, punctate, and nearly 
glabrous. Head very slightly transversely ridged on the vertex, 
the antennjfi reddish, the basal joint large. Thorax like that of 
the last species, but flatter and narrowei’, with the posterior 
angles acute, and the median line broadly and very shallowly 
marked on the basal half. Elytra more than twice the length of 
the thorax and about as wide at the base, gradually narrowed to 
the apex, and sti’iate-punctate, with the interstices very minutely 
punctate. Xo tarsal groove on the prothoi’a.x. 
Long. 7, lat. 2 lines. 
209. Lacon rubescens, n.sp. 
Elongate, brown tinged with piceous red, sub-nitid, clothed 
with very short pale coloured scales. Head slightly hollowed 
in the middle, punctate. Thorax not longer than wide, punc- 
tate, the sides serrate, much rounded in the middle, narrowed 
towards the base, with the posterior angles rectangular, prominent. 
