BY H. J. CARTER. 253 



this and A. laticornis Pease, but all four specimens are without 

 any depression on the pronotnm. 



Otrintus striates, n.sp. (Plate xx., fig.4). 



Elongate-elliptical, slightly convex. Opaque brownish-black 

 except palpi, knees which are castaneous, and antennae which are 

 piceous. Tarsi and tibiae clothed beneath with castaneous 

 tomentum. 



Head wider than long, densely and coarsely punctate above 

 and beneath, epistoma convex with apex semicircular, labrum 

 prominent. Shallow lunate frontal impression. Antennal orbits 

 forming round shining knobs of lighter colour. Eyes laige, 

 widely separated and oblique. Antennas long, gradually thicken- 

 ing to apex; 1st and 2nd joints short, castaneous and shining; 

 3rd joint about one and a half times the length of the 4th, 7th to 

 1 1 th becoming more spherical, 1 1 th much the largest. Prothorax : 

 2 flat, £ more convex and narrow, wider than long, widest at 

 front, much narrower at base; apex with narrow reflexed border, 

 and subtruncate except for slight sinuation formed by the widely 

 acute front angles, and at the middle by the increased convexity 

 of disc. Anterior angles slightly advanced, sides gently rounded 

 and narrowing towards base, then shortly sinuate so that the 

 posterior angles are subrectangular; base truncate. Disc densely 

 and finely rugose, this rugosity transverse on sides and bate. 

 Median channel distinct throughout, deepest in front, wider 

 towards base; on each side of this a shallow longitudinal depres- 

 sion. Scutellum almost circular and finely punctate. Elytra 

 slightly convex in £, narrower and more convex in £; wider 

 than prothorax at base, widest behind middle. Shoulders sharply 

 rounded and made prominent by reflexed border. This border 

 extends the whole way round, becoming more prominent again 

 at apex, which is acuminate. Striate, with nine deep striae on each 

 elytron. Interstices sharply ridged, the 5th and 7th extending 

 beyond the rest front and behind. Sternum and epipleurae very 

 minutely and lightly punctate. Abdomen black, shining and 

 glabrous. Legs black except at joints, which are castaneous. 



