12i2 THE INSECTS OF THE VICINITY OF KING’S SOUND, 
interstices flat and almost invisibly micropnnctate. Legs 
yellowisb-red, the lamella on the foui’th joint of the tarsi small. 
Long. 61, lat. 14 lines. 
227. Monocrepidius quartus, n..sp. 
Reddish-brown, sub-nitid, clothed with a very short silky pubes- 
cence. Head flnely pimctate, rounded in front; lightly impressed 
in the middle of the forehead. Antenme not reaching the base of 
the thorax, the second joint about half the length of the third, 
and both together about the length of the fourth, which is the 
largest of all. Thoi’ax a little longer than wide, sub-convex, very 
slightly widened towards the base, the posterior angles strong, 
acute, bicarinate and pointing straight backwards, the base as in 
ilA tertius and reddish, the disk minutely and densely punctate, 
the median line lightly marked behind the middle. Elytra nar- 
rower than the thorax and twice the length, tapering towards the 
apex which is rounded, striate- juinctate — the punctures very 
distinct, the interstices almost flat and extremely minutely punc- 
tate. Beneath reddish, very flnely punctate, the legs yellowish. 
Long. 5, lat. 1| lines. 
228. Monocrepidius quintus, n.sp. 
In colour and general appearance very like the last species, 
but it is of more elongate form, the second and third joints of the 
antenme are very short and of equal .size. The elytra are very 
attenuated at the apex, and are much more finely striate-punctate- 
The under surface and legs are reddish-yellow and finely shagreened. 
Long. 4|, lat. 1 line. 
229. Monocrepidius sextus, n.sp. 
Black, sub-opaque, covered with a short pale pubescence. Head 
minutely punctate, very slightly impressed in the middle, the third 
joint of the antenme small but larger than the second, together 
about the length of the fourth, which is larger than the fifth. 
Thorax considerably longer than wide, sub-convex, gradually 
widening to the apex of the posterior angles, which are long. 
