BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S. 
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convex, the sides slightly notched above the posterior angles, which 
are slightly pointed backwards and not acute. Elytra as wide as 
the thorax, and about three times the length, very minutely 
striate, the interstices flat, and clothed each with two lines of very 
minute cinereous scales. Beneath dark brown, finely punctate 
and minutely scaly, the legs reddish. No tarsal groove on the 
prothorax. 
Long. 4|, lat. 1^ lines. 
215. Lacon rubicundulus, n.sp. 
Elongate, flat, rusty-brown, opaque, minutely and densely 
punctate. Head impressed on the vertex and at the apex. 
Thorax slightly longer than wide, the anterior angles acute, the 
posterior a little dilated and rectangular. Elytra about the width 
of the thorax and more than twice the length, striate-punctate, 
the interstices slightly convex, each with two or more rows of 
very minute cinereous scales. No tarsal grooves on the pro- 
thorax. 
Long. 5, lat. 1| lines. 
216. Lacon foveicollis, n.sp.’ 
Elongate, black, nitid, finely punctate. Head with three 
fovese placed transversely on the forehead, the middle one deepest. 
Thorax a little longer than the width, of normal form, the 
posterior angles very minutely pointed backwards, the base 
truncate, the disk not densely punctate, the median line a little 
impressed in the middle, with a shallow round fovea on each side 
between the median line and the lateral margin at a little distance 
from the base, and one or two punctiform impressions on each 
posterior angle. Elytra about the width of the thorax and over 
twice the length, striate-punctate, the interstices nearly flat, very 
minutely punctate, and rather densely covered with very short 
cinereous pubescence or scales. Beneath brownish, very finely 
punctate and minutely scaly. Without tarsal grooves on the 
prothorax. 
Long. 5, lat. 1 1 lines. 
