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specimen three joints only of the antennae — the two first on 

 one side , and one on the other — belong to the insect ; the 

 remaining and chief parts of the antennae were very neatly 

 fastened on to these basal joints, and were probably originally 

 taken from a female specimen of Morimus funereus, Muls. The 

 antennae thus manipulated, looked extremely like the true an- 

 tennae, and might readily deceive one who was not examining 

 them especially in order to detect something wrong. It is cu- 

 rious, nevertheless, that Lacordaire, though calling special atten- 

 tion to the character of the antennae in this genus, has alto- 

 gether omitted to notice the same character when treating of 

 the genus Morimus. 



138. Rhodopis aberrans, sp. n. Nigra, pube fulvo-g risen obtecla; 

 p'othorace antice posliceque siUcato-conslricto, lateraiiter medio uni- 

 denlalo, dorso sparsim punctata^ antice leviter binodoso, utrinque 

 vittis duabus fuscis; elylris dense punctatis, pube fulvo-grisea fusco 

 plagiata vel marmoraia oblectis; antennis (9) quam corpore fere 

 duplo loìigioribuSj articulo 3" ad apicem sensim incrassato; scapo 

 ad apicem cicatricoso, cicatrice hand distincte marginata. Long. 20. 

 Lat. 6.5 mm. 



Metanja on the Catcin-Hills , Upper Burma. One 9 example. 



The unique example of this species resembles a very large 

 specimen of R. pubera. Thorns. The colour and disposition of 

 the pubescence are almost exactly the same; the chief difference 

 in this respect being in the relative width and distinctness of 

 the fulvous-grey and fuscous vittae of the prothorax ; in pubera 

 the pale vittae are much narrower than the dark ones , and are 

 well defined ; in the present species the dark bands are narrower, 

 and all are ill defined ; the median fulvous-grey vitta is marked 

 in the middle by a small glabrous black spot. The disk of the 

 prothorax is much less thickly punctured than in pubera and bears 

 a very feeble tubercle on each side just behind the anterior 

 transverse groove. The lateral tooth at the middle of each side 

 is more distinct than in pubera. The apex of the antennal scape 

 has a somewhat rounded cicatrice; but this cicatrice is not, as 

 in the Monohammides, limited by a distinct carina. Notvvith- 



