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slii.'htly \\ ider than lon<^, base bisinuate, constriction feeble, 

 ocular lolies subobtuse. Srutellam not trajceable. Elytra 

 elonirate-ovate', considerably wider than and about twice the 

 length of pruthorax. Pectoial canal deep and wide, terminated 

 between front ]i:irt of middle coxae. Mesosttrnal receptacle. 

 feebly raised in fmnt, about once and one-half as wide as long, 

 emari^nation semicircular ; cavernous. M etasternum moderately 

 lontr but uiuch shorter than the following segment; episterna 

 narrow, but distinct thi'oughout. Abdomen large, sutures dis- 

 tinct and deep except that between first and second segments ; 

 first as long as second and third combined, intercoxal process 

 wide ; third and fourth naiTow, but with deep' and wide sutures, 

 the distance between second and fifth equal in length to that 

 of either. Ler/s of moderate length ; femorai stout, not grooved, 

 edentate, posterior terminated before apex of abdomen ; tibiae 

 feebly compi-^ssed and feehly bisinuate beneath, in addition to 

 the terminal hook with a small subapical tooth ; tai'si shining, 

 thin but not veiy long, third joint feebly bilobed and very little 

 wider than second, fourth elongate. Elliptic, modei'ately con- 

 vex, squamose. fasciculate, apterous. 



This genus appears to be intermediaite in position between 

 the Chaetectetorus and Poropterus groups, but it may be placed 

 with the latter on account of the head being depressed at the 

 base in all the species, -l- and on account of the narrow glabrous 

 tarsi — so suggestive of affinity with Methidrysis. The suture 

 between the first and second abdominal segments is deep and 

 distinct at the sides, but (unless the clothing be removed) not 

 traceable across the middle. 



"208. Roptoperus tas/iianiensis, n. sp. 



Dark brown, antennae and tarsi of a rather pale red. Very 

 densely clothed with rather ding}' fawn coloured scales ; with 

 stout-er scales rather thickly scattered about and forming ten 

 fascicles on the prothorax and about twenty on the elytra ; 

 femora and tibiae with indistinct pale rings and with rather 

 numerous elongate scales. 



Head slightly convex, base depressed ; puncttires concealed. 

 Rostrum the length of prothorax, slightly longer in female than 



1. Two others are known to nie in ;i<!(iitii)u to the one described below. 



