ABACHNIDES OF THE 



feet are white above, or only their joints. May not 

 this be 1. lineatus, if so, my name must of course be 

 rejected. 



6. 1. *punctulatus. Body oblong-ovate, gradually 

 attenuated before, sides hardly arquated, crowded 

 with impressed confluent punctures : thorax destitute 

 of punctures, but with two impressed undulated 

 lines : abbreviated lines of the posterior margin not 

 deeply impressed, almost obsolete ; lateral submar- 

 ginal line deeply impressed, obsolete behind : head, 

 hind edge rectilinear, angles abruptly a little pro- 

 jected backward, acute ; rostrum rather short ; palpi 

 oval ; eyes distinct, impressed ; colour ferruginous, 

 thorax white lineated or varied with ferruginous; in- 

 cisures of the feet white. 



Considerably like the preceding. 



7- I- *scaj)ularis. Body red, with a few short 

 whitish hairs; thorax blackish-red, well defined, 

 with numerous punctures ; lergum, punctures spar- 

 sate, and four or five blackish, obsolete, dilated radii 

 on the disk; a deeply indented submarginal line: no 

 abbreviated marginal lines behind ; edge rounded ; 

 head beneath and above blackish, posterior edge rec- 

 tilinear, angles abruptly projected backward, >ery 

 short, acute ; eyes distinct, deeply impressed ; ros- 

 trum slightly canaliculate above, paler than the 

 head; feet blackisb-red, ciliate beneath, terminal 

 joint reclivate near the tip on the anterior edge; oi i- 



