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as to the length of the rostrum or the position of the antennae, 

 and does not state the sex of the specimen he described. I have 

 no example in which the colour of the scales is quite uniform, 

 and in all the species before me (except scolopax) the presternum 

 is quite distinctly concave longitudinally (a character which Mr. 

 Pascoe would not, I think, have passed over), but I have more than 

 one species of which either the male or female would fit Mr. 

 Pascoe's brief description in other respects. I am afraid I must 

 accept such risk as there is of giving a new name to this species. 



Emplesis notata, sp.no v. 



Ferruginea, sat dense squamosa ; squarais inter oculos 

 quam cetera vix magis conspicuis ; antennis minus gracilibus, 

 funiculi articulo 1 2° duplo (2° 3° baud multo) longiori; 

 prothorace antice sat anguste rotundato-producto, apicem 

 versus sat fortiter constricto, postice fusco-tri-vittato ; elytris 

 punctulato-striatis, singulis maculis vittiformibus plurimis 

 fuscis ornatis, his fascias tres obliquas plus minus obscuras 

 efficentibus; prosterno antice longitudinaliter concavo. 



[Long. ^^1|, lat. ^ line. 

 Maris rostro sat valido, parum arcuato, prothorace paullo 

 breviori, antennis longe ante medium insertis. 



Feminae rostro paullo minus valido, parum arcuato, pro- 

 thoraci longitudine gequali, antennis paullo ante medium 

 insertis. 

 The markings on the prothorax and elytra result from some of 

 the scales being of a dark fuscous colour. In an example that is 

 not at all abraded they form three longitudinal lines on the pro- 

 thorax running from the base to near the middle of the length 

 (the middle line being the least distinct of the three), while on the 

 elytra they form a number of small elongate spots longitudinally 

 placed and grouped so as to fall into three lines on each elytron 

 running from the suture obliquely forward to the lateral margin 

 and also a fourth (which however is obscured by other spots of the 

 same colour adjacent to it) close to the apex. These various mark- 

 ings are not at all sharply defined but are very noticeable in all 



