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peniiis, have the metastenial episterna densely punctate. 21. 



coiigt'uus has the anterior coxae ahxiost globular and the claw- 

 joints short. They should, perhaps, stand at the head rather 



than at the end of the table. 



Melanterius congruus, n.sp. 



Elliptic-ovate, opaque, somewhat convex. Uniformly dull- 

 red. Densely and uniformly clothed with pale brownish-grey 

 setose scales closely adpressed to derm, on disc of prothorax 

 directed forwards and on the sides directed towards disc. 

 Scutellum naked; elytra with rows of punctures showing through 

 clothing and with several very feeble, irregular, paler bands of 

 scales. Under surface, legs, and head with similar but somewhat 

 smaller scales than those on elytra. 



Heal densely punctate ; ocular fovea small, rounded ; eyes 

 round, rather large, moderately faceted, somewhat prominent, 

 separated for the width of rostrum. Rostrum long, thin, curved, 

 feebly carinate ; densely punctate, punctures smaller on apical 

 than basal half, on the latter portion also they are partially 

 concealed by scales. Antennae slender; scape inserted about two- 

 fifths from apex of rostrum, which it considerably passes; basal 

 joint of funicle obtriangular, slightly shorter than 2nd, 7th feei)ly 

 transverse; club ovate. Prothorax very feebly transverse; ocular 

 lobes almost obsolete; apex about half the width of base, base 

 bisinuate ; densely punctate, punctures partially concealed; no 

 median line. Scutellum raised, slightly longer than wide, punc- 

 tate, almost glabrous. Elytra distinctly wider than prothorax 

 and not much more than twice its length, shoulders squared: each 

 elytron with ten rows of small punctures, the rows sufficiently 

 distinct but the punctures partially concealed by scales; interstices 

 flat or slightly rounded, much wider than punctures, nowhere 

 costiform. Pectoral canal wide; anterior coxpe globular, scarcely, 

 if at all, separated. Mesosternal plate almost flat, semicircular, 

 apex scarcely emarginate, sides rounded. Metasteriium (includ- 

 ing episterna) densely and regularly punctate, punctures squa- 

 mose; disc depressed. Abdomen densely and regularly punctate; 



