ELATERIDES NOUVEAUX,

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pubescens; fronte minus convexa; antennis concoloribus; prothorace
latitudine longiore, apice tantum angustato, subtiliter
punctato, angulis posticis bicarinatis, vix divaricatis; elytris
ultra medium attenuatis, apice emarginatis, striis tenuissimis
punctatis; pedibus obscuris. — Long. 12, lat. 2 */a mill.
Manille.
MEGAPENTHES AGRIOTIDES. — Castaneus, flavo-sericeus; fronte
convexiuscula, margine antica rejlexa; prothorace latitudine
sesqui longiore, apice angustato, tenuiter, lateribus fortius
punctato, angulis posticis acute bicarinatis, apice subdivaricatis;
elytris ultra medium attenuatis, punctato-striatis, emarginatis,
basi rufo- tinctis ; corpore subtus obscuriore, pedibus brunneis.
— Long. 14, lat. 3 mill.
Nouvelle-Guinee; Derey.
MEGAPENTHES APICATUS. — Niger, nitidus, pube obscura vestitus;
fronte planiuscula; antennis serratis; prothorace latitudine
paulo longiore, antice, a basi subarcuatim angustato, parum
convexo, punctis umbilicatis sat dense adsperso, angulis posticis
retrorsum productis, acute carinatis; elytris a basi attenuatis,
apice integris, punctato-striatis, rufis, apice nigricantibus; pedibus
brunneis. —• Long. 10, lat. S'/smill.
Australie orientale; riviere des Cygnes.
MEGAPENTHES RUFIPES. — Niger, nitidus, nigro-pilosulus;
fronte convexiuscula; prothorace latitudine longiore, a basi angustato,
depressiusculo, sat dense punctato, angulis posticis
retrorsum productis, acute carinatis; elytris depressis, a basi
attenuatis, punctato-striatis, apice integris; antennis pedibusque
rufis. — Long. 13, lat. 3 mill.
Australie; Adelaide.
MELANOXANTHUS BIFASCIATUS. — Fusco-brunneus, subopacus,
pube flavescenti longiuscula sat dense vestitus; fronte longitror-