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sliapr ol' a isiiiall liiWerelc, llie t^iiriUcc liiiclv i'iig<).sel\ |MiiR*liirt'd, 

 \\\\\\ a vcrv ^^liall(>\\' luleral and central depresslon, (he interstices 

 \x'i-y ^^parinn'lv j)ul)escent, seutellinn broad. its apex Iruncale:^ 

 eivtni very linely and closely riigose - piuictate, and closeh' 

 coveied with sluut grey pubescence, tlieir epipleuvae broad and 

 coneave anteriorly. conlinned below llic middle, tibiae black. 

 unanned. claws bitid, the anterior coxal cavities closed. 



Soekaranda. 



A species oi' very bvoad and robust appearance and clotbed 

 with very short pubescence which eaunot be placed in Galeru- 

 cclla on aerount ol" the closed coxal cavities. 



Metellus laevipennis Jac. (Fig. 12). 

 A( Ihe tinie ol" my descrij)tion ol' this speeies (Genova Annali 

 188'3) 1 only knew the male inseet, which, like the ly])e of the 

 genus, is distinguished by baving the third Joint ol' the anteniiae 

 btrongly dilated and broadly llattened; Di'. Dohrn has now ob- 

 tained besides this sex the l'emales, which were captured at 

 Soekaranda, which dift'er l'rom the males. in having as usual, 

 simple, tiliform antennae, the third Joint ol' which is slightly 

 longer than the others: the head and thoiiix vary in colour from 

 l'ulvous to piceous. Like so many other genera, the present genus 

 is merely established on the male structural chai-acter of the 

 antennae. as there is little eise to distinguish it l'rom JJori/dea 

 (>r Platyxantha, bui it will at all events help in the classitication 

 ol' the species. 



Metellus nigripennis -p. u. 



Fulvous, the antennae. libiae and larsi l'uscous. lliorax im- 

 punctate. bit'oveolate. elytra black, extremel} linely punctured, 

 depressed below the base. 



Mas. The third Joint of the antennae Ihickened. h^nbcylin- 

 drical and elongate. 



Fem. Antennae shorter, simple, l'ulvous. 



Length 7 mill. 



Stett. entomof. Zeit. ISQÖ. 



