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disc below the base. Legs long, the femora stoiit ; penultimate tarsal joint 

 small, feebly lobed, the basal joint of the posterior pair ciu-ved, twice as long 

 as the others united. Length 2|, breadth IJ^y mm. ( ? ?) 



Hah.: Ceylon (Thwaifes, in Mus. Brit.). 



One specimen, imperfect, acquired in 1867. An oblouiij, rather 

 convex, reddisli-brown insect, with a very short, trifoveate prothorax, 

 the sides of which are rounded to the base. It is very different from 

 the other species here enumerated, and might be mistaken for a 

 Xylophilus. 



5. — Scraptia cuneata, u. sp. 



(J . Elongate, very narrow, somewhat cuneiform, shining, finely pubescent ; 

 testaceous or obscure testaceous, the head and antennae a little darker than 

 the rest of the surface, the eyes black ; densely, very finely, the elytra more 

 coarsely, punctate. Head transverse, convex, extended on each side behind the 

 eyes, the latter large and somewhat narrowly separated, the frontal suture 

 traceable ; antennae stout, filiform, as long as the body, joints 2 and 3 very 

 short, 3 shorter and narrower than 2, 4-1 1 elongate, cyl tndrical ; apical joint of 

 maxillary palpi moderately stoiit. sub-securiform. Prothorax short, transverse, 

 convex, roimded at the sides anteriorly, the two basal foveae deep, and with a 

 faint longitudinal channel between them. Elytra long, depressed, slightly 

 wider than the prothorax, narrowing from the base. Lfegs long, slender, 

 penultimate joint of each tarsus feebly lobed, the basal joint of the posterior 

 pair about twice as long as 2 and 3 united. Length 2-|-2i, breadth about | mm. 



Hah.: Natal, Frere (G. A. K. Marshall). 



Two males. An elongate, small, narrow, sub-cuneiform insect, 

 with very long, comparatively stout, antennae, the third joint of 

 which is smaller than the second, the latter itself being very short. 

 The female doubtless has shorter antennae. An isolated form. 



6. — Scraptia natalis, u. sp. 



Moderately elongate, depressed, shining, finely pubescent; testaceous or 

 obsci^re-testaceous, the head (except in front) and joints 4^11 of the antennae 

 slightly infuscate, the eyes black ; densely, minutely punctate, the prothorax 

 and elytra transversely strigose. Head comparatively small, transverse, some- 

 what depressed between the eyes, the latter moderately large, distant, not 

 reaching the base, the frontal suture traceable ; joint 4 of the maxillary palpi 

 sub-securiform ; antennae ( S ) long, filiform, slender, joints 2 and 3 very short, 

 3 a little smaller than 2, 4-11 elongate, equal, ( ? ) shorter and with joints 2 

 and 3 equal. Prothorax transverse, semi-circular, the sides sub-parallel at the 

 base, the two basal foveae shallow, the disc with a faint depression between 

 them. Elytra moderately long, wider than the prothorax, sub-parallel in their 



