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it is however not at all unlikely that should other species of 

 similar construction be discovered, the erection of a new genus 

 for their reception would Ije necessary. 



Eudolia , n. gen. 



liody oblong; liead exserted; eyes entire; third joint of palpi 

 widened, the fourth short, conical; antennae gradually dilated, 

 subcompressed , the first joint slender and elongate, second and 

 third joints very short, equal in length; thorax transverse, deeply 

 constricted near the base, the latter with a deep transverse 

 groove; scutellum elongate, triangular; elytra wider than the 

 thorax , seraipunctate-striate ; posterior femora moderately incras- 

 sate; the tibiae nonsulcate, unarmed; posterior tarsal joint as 

 long as the three following united; claws appendiculate ; pro- 

 sternum very narrow; anterior coxal cavities closed. 



This is one of the most curious forms amongst the vast mul- 

 titudes of IlaUicinae and might easily be mistaken for a species 

 of Leina or Crioceris. The antennae are however closely a})proa- 

 ched at the base, the head, although not inserted to the eyes, 

 wants the transverse constriction at the neck as generally seen 

 in the Onocendae, and its shape in general is as broad as long 

 and riot elongate. In other respects it is difficult to asign the 

 right place for this genus amongst the HaUicinae; the unarmed 

 tibiae are also found in the genus Chalaenus Westw. with which 

 it also agrees in the closed coxal cavities, but the shape of the 

 thorax is altogether different than in any other genus of the Hal- 

 licinae with which I am acquainted, except in the genus Liprus 

 which, if I do not mistake the genus , resembles also that of a 

 species of Lema. 



67. Eudolia, suiiiéiti'a.iia, , u. sp. 



Below black; head, thorax, anterior legs and the last abdo- 

 minal segments, llavous; antennae black, the basal and apical 

 joint fulvous; elytra dark violaceous blue, closely semipunctate- 

 striate. 



