BY WILLIAM MACLEAY,. F.L.S. 
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a little recurved and rounded, the disk convex, the gibbosity 
divided on the posterior half by the median line. Scutellum 
smooth, nitid, largely excavated at the apex. Elytra rather 
narrower than the thorax and more than twice the length, striate- 
punctate, the punctures square, the interstices very minutely 
punctate. No tarsal groove on the prothorax. 
Long. 5, lat. lines. 
210. Lacon incultus, n.sp. 
Oblong, sub-depressed, brownish-black, sub-opaque, punctate 
and rather thickly clothed with very short setiform yellowish 
scales. Head vertical in front, without depression. Thorax 
wider than long, the anterior angles acutely prominent, the sides 
rounded on the anterior third, thence straight to the posterior 
angles which are acute, the disk is rather finely punctate, and 
lightly canaliculate in the middle, with a slight transverse elevation 
behind the middle. Scutellum almost round, punctate. Elytra 
of the width of the thorax and about twice the length, punctate- 
striate, the j)unctures deeply impressed and of oblong form, the 
interstices minutely punctate and transversely rugose, the sides 
with a sinuation behind the shoulder and a broad smooth margin 
along the whole length. The legs are I’eddish, the tarsal groove 
on tlie prothorax is deeply marked. 
Long. 4, lat. 1^ lines. 
211. Lacon kufopiceus, n.sp. 
Sulj-elongate, reddish-jiiceous, nitid, clothed with minute ciner- 
eous scales. Head densely imnctate, a little emarginate in front, 
with the anterior angles a little recurved. Thorax slightly longer 
than wide, of normal form, but with the sides much serrated and 
the posterior angles dilated laterally and pointing obliquely back- 
wards, the disk is sub-couvex, rather coarsely punctate in front, 
more minutely and densely behind, with a small depressed smooth 
space at each posterior angle. Scutellum rounded behind, nitid 
and very sparingly jiunctate. Elyti'a of the widtli of the thorax 
and nearly three times the length, striate-punctate, the punctures 
