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Heud elürigate. Ilie vertcx smootli and impiiiictatt'. I'ulvoiis. 

 llie clvpeus swollen whh a f-entral ridge, vevv linely i-uiiose and 

 opaque, penidtiinate Joint of llie palpi incrassate. antennae in (he 

 male nearly extending to the apex of the elvtia. riiscons. llie 

 basal Joint fulvous below. sliort and tliiidc. tlie second one extremely 

 small. the tliird elongate. thickened. the n|)per edge slightly an- 

 gulate near the base. the Ibllowing two Joints e(|ual. oT normal 

 shape, the others more elongate. thorax one hah' hroader than 

 long, the sides widened bel'ore the middle. the angh'.s di^tinct. the 

 ^iurlaee impunetate. i'nlvous. bilbveolate. sentelhini blaekisli. hirge- 

 elytra distinctly depressed bek>\\ the l)a.se, very tinely and rat her 

 clofely i)iuictured, l)laek. with a ^Hght bhüi^h gkj.'^s. tiieir epipleurae 

 broad and extending to the apex. legs slender. the tibiae unarmed. 

 bla(d\. like the tarsi, and elosed with line yelhjwish pubeseenee. 

 anterior coxal eavities elosed. 



Soekaranda. 



Two speeies of tliis genus have been deseribed tip to tlie 

 present. the generie name ol" Xcocharis, lir^t gi\en to it by 

 mysell" bas been subsequently ahered to Melcllus, bat Baly deseribed 

 the genus later again unih'r the name oi' Nacrea, bis speeies 

 N. maculata is synonym with Metcliiis J'nlrirolliü Jae. The 

 present insecl ditVers IVum both its alhes in the dilVei-enlly struetured 

 tbird Joiid of the antennae and in the entirely bhiek elytra: the 

 l'emale iias simple and entirely i'ulvous antennae antl lesembles 

 much a speeies of Ci/norfa, it is bowever a very mueh broader 

 inseel llian any speeies of that genus. both in regard to the 

 thorax and the ehtra. 



Platyxantha coxalis sp. n. 



Terminal Joints of the antennae. the l)(»d\- and legs hlack. 

 thorax bifove(date. fulvous. impunetate. el\tra fuhoiis. eloseU 

 and lather strongly punetured, the extreme liase of all the 

 femora ilavous. 



Mas. The terminal Joints of the antennae Ihiekened. 



Lengtli 8 mill. 



Slctt. ent'jmol. Zeit. 1899. 



