146 fJuiy- 



rounded, the hind angles somewhat obtuse, the two basal f oveae distant, obliqvie, 

 small, the median sulcus becoming broader and deeper towards the base. Elytra 

 long, much broader than the prothorax, widened to beyond middle in ? ; each 

 with an elongate, more sparsely punctate callosity adjacent to the suture before 

 the apex (the suture here appearing depressed), the puncturing on the rest of 

 the surface dense and uniform. Ventral segment 2 with a roimded, densely 

 pubescent, tuberculifonn pad jiist before the middle. Length 4-6, breadth 

 H-2 mm. ((??.) 



Hah. : Nyasa (F. A. A. Simyns, $ ; Thelwall, ^). 



One pair, the ? larger than the (J , both received by the Museum 

 in 1877, the (^ coming to hand a little later* than the ? . E. nyasae 

 superficially resembles Lacconotus pinicola Horn. 



CoNOMORPHUs Champ. 



Four Tropical American species were originally included under 

 this genus, and Pic has since added one from Brazil and three from 

 the Malayan Islands. Three more are represented in the Museum. 

 Conomoiyhns is very like Stilpnonntus Gray* in general facies, but the 

 latter has the anterior coxal cavities narrowly closed behind, and the 

 genus was, in consequence, referred by me to the Lagriidae, in the 

 " Biologia." 



1. — Conomorphus ajncalis. 



ConomorjjJius apicalis Pic, L'Echange, xxii, p. 45 (June, 1906). 



Extremely elongate, narrow, rather convex, flattened above, the head and 

 prothorax opaque, the rest of the svirface shining, finely pubescent ; piceotis, 

 the antennae, palpi, tibiae, and tarsi rufo-testaceous : head and prothorax very 

 densely, minvitely, the elytra more distinctly and not so closely, punctate. Head 

 large, together with the eyes broader than the prothorax, the eyes very large 

 and separated by about half their own width ; antennae slender, reaching the 

 base of the prothorax, joints 4-10 obconic, longer than broad, 3 longer than 4. 

 Prothorax convex, cylindrical, a little widened anteriorly, as long as broad, the 

 sides compressed at the middle, the base sub-truncate, and sharply margined to 

 near the hind angles, slightly depressed in the centre. Elytra broader than the 

 head, extremely long, very gradually widened to about the middle and narrowed 

 thence to the tip, the sutiu'e depressed at the base and before the apex, the 

 intervening space on the disc somewhat broadly hollowed, Ventral segments 

 closely, finely punctate. Legs long, slender ; posterior tarsi with a very long 

 basal joint. Length 9, breadth 2 mm. ( ? .^) 



Hab. : Brazil, Valley of the Rio Pardo in Sao Paulo (Gomielle: 

 xii, '98). 



* S. goyasensis Pic, from Goyaz, Brazil, is obviously a small specimen of S. cupripennis Pasc, 

 the allied .S'. nKxicamis varying from 7A-13 mm. in length. 



