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Arimetus gen. n. 



Allied to Dircemella Weise and Hemyphracta Weise. Body 

 glabrous above, the autennae with transversely thickened apical 

 joints, thorax transversely subquadrate, the angles not prodiiced, 

 elytra subcyb'ndrical, their epipleurae very narrow, indistinet 

 below Ihe middle, tibiae sulcate at the outer edge, unarmed, the 

 joints of the tarsi nearly equal, elaws bifid, anterior coxal cavities 

 open, })roi>ternum and mesosternum extremely narrow, meta- 

 sternum elongate. Type 11. Conradti. 



1 am obliged to separate this genus from those named 

 above on aecount of the differently shaped thorax, the very 

 narrow eljtral epipleurae and the unarmed tibiae. The genus 

 cannot be confounded with Hemiiphracta on aecount of the very 

 distinct lateral margin of the thorax whieh in the last named 

 genus is only visible below the middle. 



Arimetus Conradti sp. n. 



Obscure testaceous, the terminal joints of the autennae, 

 the tibiae and tarsi black, head and thorax closely and very 

 deeply punctured, elytra more finely and closely punctate. 



Length 6—7 mill. 



Head strongly and closely punctured, the frontal eleviitions 

 trigonate, the carina acute, labrum and ])alpi testaceous, antennac 

 Short and robust, black, the lower four joints flavous, the second 

 to the fourth joiut gradually lengthened, the others subquadrately 

 widened ; thorax transverse, of equal width, the sides subangulate 

 at the middle, the angles distinct but not i)roduced, the disc 

 with two or three obsolete foveae, very deeply and closely 

 punctured, piceous, -with testaceous margins or entirely of the 

 latter colour, scutellum shining, with a few punctures; elytra 

 subcyhndrical, nearly parallel, more closely and finely punctured 

 than the thorax, with slight traces of longitudinal lines, their 

 epipleurae very narrow, below and the femora testaceous, the 



Sfott. entomol. Zeit. 1903. 



