N('i>haris and other AiiW Nest Beetles. 379 



I have not been able to manipulate the lep;s of any of the 

 specimens of Nepharis so as to be able to draw them in their 

 natural positions, and so in the figures given they have been left 

 out. The antennae of all three species are not very satisfac- 

 torily drawn, and, as a matter of fact, it is almost impossible 

 to count the number of their joints in goudiei, and very difficult 

 in costata. 



Kershawia, n. g. 



Head large, truncated in front. Eyes small, round, lateral, 

 coarsely faceted. Mandibles strong. Maxillary palpi not dis- 

 tinct, the labial with the terminal joint large and in a groove. 

 Antennae eight-jointed. 



Prothorax subquadrate, costate. 



Scutellum small, transverse. 



Elytra subparallel, not much wider than prothorax, costate. 



Prosternum. with a parallel-sided, feebly elevated ridge from 

 between coxae to base. Intercoxal process of me-sosternum 

 widened and notched in front. Metasternum large. Abdomen 

 rather large, composed of five segments, first and fifth larger 

 than the others, which gradually diminish in size. 



Legs short and stout. Four front coxae rather narrowly, the 

 hind pair moderately widely separated. Femora grooved and 

 edentate. Tibiae stronuiy and almost triangularly dilated out- 

 wardly, the dilated portion grooved along its outer edge for 

 the reception ot tarsi. Tarsi short, linear, apparently fom-- 

 jointed, the claw joint as long as the others combined. Claws 

 small and simple. 



Body Avinged. 



The eight-jointed antennae with small and lateral eyes and 

 the general sculpture denote an approach to Nepharis. The 

 parts of the mouth -are not distinctly visible in the specimens 

 before me, and I am not able to see any of the jtalpi except the 

 terminal joint of the labial pair. 



Kershawia rugiceps, n. sp. (PI. XXVri., Fig. 6). 



Of a rusty brown, and (except for the antennae and tarsi) 

 opaque. 



