182 Arthur M. Lm : 



Brachypopoptepus, n. g. 



Head oi moderate size, partially concealed ; forehead .sinuous. 

 Eyes ovate, widely separated, moderately faceted. Roatr^im 

 moderately long and moderately curved, a shallow groove on 

 each side above scrolje. Anteinntf moderately thin or rather 

 stout ; scape inserted nearer apex than base of rostrum, shorter 

 than funicle ; two basal joints of the latter elongate ; club 

 ovate. Prothorax transverse, sides rounded ; ocular lubes 

 obtuse. ScuteUuni absent. Elytra subovate. Vcctoral canal 

 rather narrow amd deep, terminated between intermediate 

 coxae. M (xosterridl rtceytacle scarcely raised, walls equal 

 throughout, emargination V-shaped ; slightly cavernous. Metas- 

 ternuni very short ; episterna not traceable. Abdomen rather 

 large, sutures distinct; two basal segments large; first as long 

 as second and third combined, suture incurved at apex, inter- 

 coxal process of moderate width ; third and fourth combined, 

 slightly shorter than second or fifth. T.eg!< not very long ; pos- 

 terior coxae not touching elytra ; femoraj slightly thickened, 

 not grooved, edentate, posterior not extending to apex of 

 elytra ; til)iae scarcely compressed, bisinuate beneath ; tarsi 

 rather short and sparsely clothed : third joint wide and deeply 

 Ijilobed, fourth elongate. Elliptic, strongly convex, squamose. 

 tuberculate, ajpterous. 



The very short metasternum and sinuated forehead are 

 .sufficient to denote that the genus belongs to the Poropterus 

 group, and although the short deep form is at variance with 

 Poropterus itself, it would probably have been i-eferred to as 

 an aberraint species of that gemus had I not a species^ in which 

 its special features are still more pronounced. From Porop- 

 terus the scarcely raised mesosternal receptacle, shaped much 

 like the half of a ring instead of strongly elevated will leddily 

 distinguish it ; the claw joint is also longer than in Poropterus, 

 and the claws are less separated. 



203. Brachyporflpteriis a/^ia'i^riseus^ n. sp. 



lilack, antennae, tarsi and tibial liooks dull red. Densely 

 clothed with dark muddy brown scales, in places variegated 

 with grey. 



1 Veniiiculiitus, awaitiiijj descriiitioti in my i(\ i>ic)ii of the AustnilUui Crvptorliv iirlii(lf>. 



