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V. Characters of a new Genus of Coleopterous Insects of the 

 Family Byrrhida. By William Elford Leach, M.D. F.R.S. 

 and L.S. 



Read May 4, 1819. 



MURMIDIUS. 



Genus novum. 



Antenna 10-articulatae : articulus 1 crassus maximus: 2 iikilt- 

 nus angustior : articuli 3 — 9 angustiores filiformes (articu- 

 lis 3 — 8 subglobosis ; 9 elongato) : articulus 10 clavam ab- 

 ruptam ovato-globosam efformans. 



Palpi maxillares et labiales filiformes ; articulus ultimus apicem 

 versus paulo angustior. 



Corpus orbiculato-ovatum. 



Tibia compressae, ultra medium gradatim latiores, apice abrup- 

 tissime acuminata^ : tarsi filiformes. 



Spec. 1. Murmidius ferrugineus. 



M. ferrugineus, antennis pedibusque (illis prassertim) dilutiori- 



bus, elytris fortiter punctato-striatis : punctis impressis. 

 Long. corp. i lin. 



I am indebted to Sir Joseph Banks for this highly interesting 

 genus : it was found in a box of seeds and fruits received from 

 China, in considerable plenty, attaching itself more especially to 

 such as contained saccharine matter. 



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