BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 
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CLYPE ASTER BLACKMOREI, 11. Sp. 
Elongate. Piceous; sides of apex of prothorax obscure red; 
suture and apex of elytra obscure dark red; abdominal segments 
paler than metasternum ; the legs reddish-testaceous; antennse 
brownish-testaceous, basal joints and the muzzle somewhat paler. 
Above with rather sparse and moderately long pubescence, on 
the undersurface the pubescence is still sparser, but rather longer. 
Above moderately densely and rather minutely, metasternum 
distinctly, punctate. 
Prothorax very shallowly bisinuate, angles very feebly pro- 
duced. Scutellum small, longer than wide, semicircularly triangular. 
Elytra much longer than wide, widest behind the base, where it 
is slightly wider than prothorax, not much wider at base than 
near apex, each distinctly separately rounded. Femora moderate, 
distance between the posterior greater than their length. Length 
1^ (vix), width | mm. 
Hob. — Galston, Forest Reefs. 
Clypeaster nitida, n.sp. 
Moderately elongate. Piceous-brown; sides of apex of pro- 
thorax obscure pale testaceous; suture and sides of elytra indis- 
tinctly paler than disk; undersurface somewhat darker than 
above, tibiae and tarsi paler than femora; antennae obscure 
testaceous, apical joints feebly infuscate. Above almost glabrous, 
the pubescence being very short, sparse and dark; undersurface 
with moderately long and dense pubescence, longest down the 
middle of metasternum. Above with moderately dense and not 
very minute punctures, undersurface densely and extremely 
minutely punctate, metasternum with large shallow punctures. 
Prothorax feebly depressed in the middle of the base, very 
shallowly bisinuate, angles very feebly produced. Scutellum 
broadly transverse, semicircularly rounded. Elytra considerably 
longer than wide, widest behind the base, slightly wider than 
prothorax, base scarcely wider than apex, apex almost conjointly 
