1244 THE INSECTS OF THE VICINITY OF KING’s SOUND. 
the base of a reddish colour, the median line lightly marked near 
the base, the whole very minutely punctate. Scutellum ovate, 
suVj-convex, reddish. Elytra about the wddth of the thorax and 
t^vice the length, rounded at the apex, and slightly narrowed, 
hnely striate-punctate, the interstices very minutely punctate. 
Beneath of a paler reddish-brown than above. 
Long. 4], lat. 4 line. 
232 Monocrepidius nonus, n.sp. 
Elongate, narrow, black, sub-nitid, very sparingly and minutely 
jmnctate, transverse, sub-depressed in the middle. Antenme reddish, 
the third joint a little longer than the second, and the fourth 
longer than the fifth. Thorax longer than wide, and wider at the 
base than at the apex, the posterior angles long, acute and 
bicarinate, the outer carina long and curved a little outwards on 
its anterior portion, the whole very minutely punctate. Elytra 
narrower than the thorax and more than t^vice the length, much 
narrowed to the apex, which is minutely emarginate through the 
elytra being separately attenuated and rounded, finely striate- 
punctate, the interstices rather fiat, and almost imperceptibly 
punctate. Beneath reddish-brown with a short silky pubescence, 
legs paler. 
Long. 5, lat. 1 line. 
233. Monocrepidius decimus, n.sp. 
Oblong, brown, thorax red, sub-opaque, covered with a very 
short dense silky pubescence. Thorax a little longer than wide, 
almost parallel-sided, the posterior angles acute, projecting back- 
wards, and slightly bicarinate, no trace of median line. Elytra 
rather narrower than the thorax and over twice the length, nearly 
parallel-sided, the apex conjointly rounded, finely but distinctly 
punctate-striate, the interstices sub-convex and vei’y minutely 
punctate. Legs reddish-yellow. 
Long 2J, lat. line. 
