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instead of being externally and transversely dilated at apex as in 

 Tmesipliorus. It is more closely related to the Indian genus 

 Aphanetrisc, Kaffr., in which the last joint of the palps is also simple, 

 and not dilated, but it differs from it in many points : the palps, 

 also affecting the same shape, are much smaller than in Aplmnetri.r 

 and much more slender, the head is longer than broad instead of 

 being transverse, the antennae are elongated, comparatively slender, 

 with all the joints plainly moniliform, and the club is simple ; the 

 abdomen bears traces only of very obsolete costae, which impart to 

 Aphanetrix a very different appearance. 



GASTEBOTROPIS POWERI, n. sp. 



Totus cinnamomeus, elytris paulo dilutioribus, antennis pedibusque 

 obscurioribus, palpis et tarsis dilute testaceis ; corpore toto alutaceo 

 et setis squarnulosis minutissimis et brevissimis obsito. Caput 

 deplanatum ; fronte lata, late sed parum profonde impressa, antice 

 recte truncata ; in vertice foveis duabus liberis ; temporibus et 

 cantho oculari una valde obliquis, cantho oculari oculos paululum 

 superante et apice obtuso ; margine postica leviter sinuata, abrupta ; 

 collo conspicuo. Prothorax convexus, lateribus post medium 

 compressus et fovea lateral! oblonga leviter siuuatus, foveola ante 

 basali media minuta. Elytra latitudine suo fere aequilonga ; humeris 

 valde obliquis; lateribus pone humeros vix perspicue et posticis 

 magis sinuatis ; angulis posticis notatis et leviter prominulis ; stria 

 suturali fere nulla sed sutura praesertim basi, late depressa ; sulco 

 dorsali lato, basi profundo, pone medium evanesente ; sutura ante 

 apicem utrinque tuberculo triangulari, deplanato et acuto armata. 

 Abdomen valde carinatum. Metasternum sulcatum. Segmento 7 

 ventrali, transversim ovato, depresso et albido ciliato. Tibiis anticis 

 ad apicem leviter elevatis, intermediis ante apicem intus perparum 

 sinuatis, postices vix incurvis. $ . 



Long. 3'50 mm. 



On the elytra there is a moderately raised but wide and rounded 

 carina formed by the dorsal furrow and the depression of the sutural 

 part, the outer posterior angles are somewhat prominent, and very 

 slightly reflexed obliquely, the posterior border is sinuate, and the 

 sutural angle rounded ; above the angle and on each side there is an 

 horizontally directed triangular prominent tubercle which is acumin- 

 ated behind. The margin of the abdomen is wide and slightly 

 rounded outwardly especially on the first tergite, the carinae are 

 very strong and nearly black at apex. 



