('olp(>/)teni, of KiiKj /shiinl 171 



with a thin and (.'ontinuous median carina. Scape the length of 

 funicle and clul) cunibined : first joint of funicle once and one- 

 luvlf the lenu'th of second. Prothorar, about once and one-third 

 as wide as long ; with dense and more or less flattened granules. 

 Elytra not much wider than prothorax. parallel-sided to near 

 the middle, thence regularly decreasing in width to apex ; 

 striate — punctate, punctures partially concealed, interstices wide, 

 with numerous suuull seta-bearing granules. Front coxae widely 

 separated. Intercoxal process of niesosternum simple. Metas- 

 ternum transversely corrugated. Abdomen indistinctly wrinkled ; 

 with dense, minute and subobsolete granules. Femora stout, 

 tibiae bisinuate beneath. Length, 5J — 8 mm. 



The male differs from the female in being smaller and nar- 

 rower, Avith thicker antennae and femora, and with a large ex- 

 cavation common to the two basal segments of abdomen ; these 

 being gently convex in female. 



The claw joint from its base is as long as the three basal 

 joints coml)ined. Each seta, except some on the appendages, 

 arises frum a araaiule. One specimen has the legs entirely of a 

 dull red. 



In general appearance much like many species of Polyphrades, 

 but the tarsi are not soldered together at the base. Tlie setae 

 and granules of the prothorax are much as in seticollis, and 

 the abdomen and legs, etc., are nnich the same: but the pro- 

 thorax, although without scales in the middle, is densely clothed 

 on the sides; and the elytral granules, although small, are (juite 

 conspicuous. 



176. M. ani/ents, J^ea. 



177. M. c nidus, E rid is. 

 \~i'!^.. M. vodralis, Jjlackb. 

 179. Leptops tribulus, l^'abr. 



180. Ferpenis costirosiris, n. sp. 



P,hu-k, antennae tarsi and ocular h)bes obscurely diluted with 

 red. Densely clothed with small white scales, and with numer- 

 ous more or less decumbent whitish setae. 



Head with small dense punctures and with a few larger (but 

 still small) ones scattered about. Rostrum with a narrow acute 



