1238 THE INSECTS OF THE VICINITY OF KINGS SOUND, 
217. Lacon macu loses, n.sp. ■ 
Sub-elongate, brownish-black, sub-opaque, variegated with ^ 
patches of reddish -yellow scales. Head densely punctate, longi- 
tudinally impressed in the middle. Thorax slightly wider than 
long, of normal form, very minutely notched and dilated at the 
posterior angles, the sides minutely serrated, the disk not densely 
punctate, transversely sub-convex behind the middle, and marked 
with several spots of reddish scales, the three or four largest 
towards the anterior angles. Elytra of the width of the thorax 
and twice the length, striate-punctate — the strife fine, the punc- 
tures rather large, the interstices narrow, flat, and minutely 
punctate, some irregularly reddish patches near the sides and 
apex, and two very fine wavy indistinct fascife of the same on the 
disk. Antennie and tarsi reddish, a long narrow tarsal groove on 
the prothorax. 
Long. 3|, lat. 1| lines. 
218. Lacon communis, n.sp. 
Sub-elongate, sub-depressed, black, sub-nitid, finely punctate 
and minutely cinereo-pubescent or scaly. Head punctate and 
scarcely percejjtibly imjjressed in the middle. Thorax slightly 
longer than wide, of normal form, transversely ridged behind the 
middle, the median line distinctly impressed on the posterior half, 
and the posterior angles minutely obliquely truncate. Elytra 
about the width, and twice the length of the thorax, punctate 
striate, the punctures small but distinct, and of square form, the i 
interstices minutely punctate. Undersurface brown, finely punctate, 
minutely cinereo-squamose, legs,reddish, the tarsal groove on the 
prothorax extending to the side. 
Long. 3, lat. | line. 
219. Lacon alboguttatus, n.sp. I 
Black, sub-nitid, densely and minutely punctate, variegated } 
with spots of whitish scales. Head canaliculate in front, with a jj 
transverse depression in the middle. Thorax a little longer than | 
