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a large central lobe, and on cacli side a ])roiectinj>- spine ; 

 the central lobe is itself" emarginate at the hind margin, 

 and its angles are quite rounded ; the lateral spine on each 

 side is })ointed, and very nearly straight, and does not 

 extend (piite so far backward as the most prominent part 

 of the central lolie. 



Garrao; a single male, found with 11. hrevis. 



Ohs. I. — Theiniddle tarsi in this species are 5-jointed, 

 the two basal joints being short, and similar to one another 

 in length ; the four basal joints of the hind tarsus also difler 

 but little from one another in length; the middle coxaj are 

 distinctly separated ; the apices of the meso- and meta- 

 sternal ])rocesses are rounded and widely separated from 

 one another by a black space. 



Ohs. II. — This species is smaller and narrower than 

 11. hrcvis, to which it bears a considerable resemblance ; 

 the antenna} are rather more slender, and the hind body 

 less densely punctured. The individual described is per- 

 haps immature. 



5. Homalota Traili, n. sp. Testacea, capite, elytris, 

 pectore, abdomineque cingulo ante apicem infuscatis; 

 antennis fuscis, basi a]nceque testaceis; ])rothorace trans- 

 verso, medio indistinete impresso ; abdomine basi sat 

 crebre, aj)ice parce, punctato, J^ong. corp. ^^ lin. 



Antenna; rather stout, only moderately long, the two or 

 three basal joints obscure yellow, the following ones infus- 

 cate, the lith clear yellow; 3rd joint slender at base, but 

 broad at a})ex, almost ecpial to 2nd joint in length and 

 breadth ; 4th not shorter and only slightly narrower than 

 5th, hardly so long as broad ; o — 10 ditfcring but little from 

 one another, each transverse, the lOth more strongly so 

 than the 5th; 11th joint rather elongate, quite as long as 

 the two preceding together. Head broad and short, the 

 eyes moderately large, infuscate-yellow, finely punctured, 

 with the vertex depressed in the middle. Thorax rather 

 strongly transverse, slightly narrower than the elytra, 

 nearlv straight at the sides, with the base rounded, yellowish 

 in colour, vcrv finely ])unct tired and obscurely inqn-essed 

 iilono- the midillc. l^lytra a little longer than the thorax, 

 (inelv and closely, but distinctly, i)unctured. Hind body 

 yell()\v, with the 5th and (Jth segments infuscate, very 

 finelv and not densely ])iiiieture(l, the a])ical segments 

 rather more sparingly so than the basal ones. Legs pale 

 vellow. 



