304 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse on some nev; Coleoptera 



globose. The spots on the thorax and elytra are of moderate size, 

 and most of them round. 



Apocyrtus rvficollis. 

 A p. piceus; thorace pedibusquc vufesccntibus ; cor pore subtus, genibu«, 

 tarsisque nigresccntibus ; thorace cum elytris quoad latitudinem fere co- 

 acquali. Thorax punctatus, disco impunctato, ad latera subtubertulata. 

 Elytra subseriatim punctulata. Long. corp. 6-!, lin. ; lat. 2 \ lin. 



This species nearly resembles the Ap. pro/anus (Eschsch.) in form, 

 but is proportionately rather shorter and broader ; it is much less 

 coarsely sculptured than that species, and more than twice the size. 



Apocyrtus quadrulifer. 

 Ap. niger ; thorace punctata ; elytris parce punctatis ; capitis nota suboculari, 

 et rostri nota basali, necnon thoracis margine lineisque duabus longitudi- 

 nalibus, pallide caeruleo-viridibus ; sic et elytrorum lineas, areas quatuor- 

 decim, plerasque quadratas, circumdantibus ; areis duabus suturalibus. 

 Long. corp. 6 lin. ; lat. 3 lin. 



This species nearly resembles in size and form the Pachyrhynchus 

 moniliferus , but the thorax is proportionately larger, and the elytra 

 rather narrower. The rostrum is thickly but finely punctured, and 

 has a transverse groove behind, and a large oblong shallow impres- 

 sion in front. The thorax is distinctly punctured, is margined by a 

 greenish blue line, and has two longitudinal lines above, towards the 

 sides. The elytra are divided by longitudinal and transverse lines 

 into numerous areas which are mostly of a quadrate form, or nearly 

 so : at the base of the elytra five of these areas (which are rather 

 longer than broad) form a transverse series — the largest of these is 

 the central one : in the middle of the elytra there is another trans- 

 verse series of four areas ; here, therefore, there is a line on the su- 

 ture ; behind these again are five more areas ; the central one is long, 

 and extends to the apex of the elytra, and those adjoining on either 

 side are nearly of a triangular form. The elytra are distinctly punc- 

 tured, but the punctures are scattered, and, excepting near the su- 

 ture, do not form longitudinal striae. The thorax is rather spa- 

 ringly punctured ; the head is smooth behind ; but between the eyes 

 are some indistinct confluent punctures ; in front of the eyes is a 

 transverse impression, and on the basal half of the rostrum is a lon- 

 gitudinal depression, which is dilated in front. The upper surface is 

 rather finely punctured. 



Apocyrtus sub quadrulifer. 

 A p. niger, thorace supra punctulato ; elytris distincte punctatis; capitis 

 nota suboculari et rostri nota basali, necnon thoracis margine lineisque 

 duabus metallice viridibus, sic et elytrorum lineis areas undecim pleras- 

 que oblongas circumdantibus ; areis tribus suturalibus. Long. corp. 6 

 lin. ; lat. 2£ lin. 



This species is about equal in size to the Pachyrhynchus monilife- 

 rus; the elytra are rather more elongated, and the thorax a trifle less 

 swollen in the middle : it is rather less than the Apocyrtus quadrulifer ; 

 the rostrum is narrower and more contracted at the base ; the thorax 

 and elytra are also proportionately narrower. lake the insect last 

 mentioned, the present species has the elytra divided into rectan- 



