ELATERIDAE. 



113 



The specimen before me is somewhat rubbed, presenting an irregular 

 asymmetrical maculation where denuded. The basal joint of the antenna may 

 be darker brown than the rest of that organ, but is covered with balsam. 



This species approaches A. infumatus Cand. and A. angularis Cand. in 

 Candeze's key, but is without a longitudinal prothoracic carina, and the apical 

 emargination of the elytra is not spiniform at the angles. 



DICREPIDIINAE. 



3. Propsephus upoluensis, sp. n. (Text-fig. 2). 



Male : 14-0 mm. long ; 4| mm. wide. Moderately shiny. Dark castaneous, 

 with elytra slightly more reddish. Lateral margins of prothorax, lateral and 

 sutural margins of elytra, rufous ; antennae 

 light brown, basal joint darker. Pubescence 

 creamy, moderately coarse, semi-erect. Head 

 coarsely punctate, shallowly concave ; short, 

 feeble, median carina on occiput. Antennae 

 strongly compressed, long, exceeding half the 

 length of the body, strongly serrate from 

 third joint onwards. Third joint as long as 

 fourth and similar in shape ; joints three to 

 five broad, their width greater than half 

 their length. Prothorax coarsely and closely 

 punctate, especially on the sides ; distinctly 

 wider than long, depressed ; sides gently 

 arcuate ; posterior angles not divergent, ar- 

 cuate, with tips recurved outward ; strongly 

 unicarinate. Sulci well-marked but short. 

 Scutellum coarsely punctate, flat, broadly 



rounded posteriorly. Elytra as wide as prothorax, parallel to about middle, 

 thence conjointly narrowed to apex. Striae feebly impressed, intervals flat, 

 with relatively coarse punctuation. Body beneath slightly darker than above, 

 with tarsi rufous. Mucro strongly curved behind coxae. Propleurae strongly 

 concave beneath lateral margins of prothorax. Second and third tarsal joints 



Text-fig. 2. — Propsephus upoluensis, 

 sp. n. ; A, dorsal aspect of male ; 

 B, antenna of male. 



