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Head less convex above ; eyes well separated in the two sexes. 

 Prothorax moderately transverse ; antennae at most in part infuscate 



or black. [Eastern or African forms] Species 1-8. 



Prothorax about twice as broad as long- ; antennae black. [Brazil]... 



Species 9. 

 Head more convex above ; eyes more approximate in ^ (except in 



the African S. neavei). 

 Elytra maculate (obsoletely so in S.fusconotata from Brazil)... 



Species 10-12. 

 Elytra immaculate (ventral segment 5 cleft down the middle in ^ 



in some of the American and Eastern forms)... Species 13-24. 

 Head triangvdar, more dilated at the base ; prothorax very broad : 



species small. [Brazil] Species 25. 



Antennal joints 2 and 3 vinequal in length, 3 longer than 2 in c? > in 

 some of the species as long as or longer than 4 in $ . 



Mandibles (in the species in which they have been examined) not 

 deeply cleft. 



Head not or moderately dilated behind the eyes. 



Elytra maculate. [Eastern forms] Species 26, 27. 



Elytra immaculate. 



Tibiae not setulose externally. 



Prothorax narrow, su1)-campanulate. [Ceylon] Species 28. 



Prothorax broader : species large. [Ceylon, Borneo, or Nyasaland] 



Species 29-31. 



Tibiae setulose externally ; mandibles entire : species robust. 

 [Ceylon] Species 32. 



Head triangular, more dilated at the base ; prothorax twice as broad 

 as long: species large. [Natal]' Species 33. 



Mandibles very deeply cleft ; head well-developed behind the eyes : 

 species large. [Brazil]. 



Elytra maculate Species 34, 35. 



Elytra immaculate Species 36. 



Body apterous : species small, with triangular head and small eyes. 

 [S. Africa] Species 37. 



ScRAPTiA Latr. 



Pseudoscraptia Woll. ; Canifa and Allopoda Lee. 



1. — Scraptia cingalensis, n. sp. 



Elongate, robust, shining, closely pubescent ; the head and prothorax 

 piceous or nigro-piceous, the head in front and the elytra fusco-testaceous or 

 brown, the latter sometimes infuscate towards the sides and apex, the under- 



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