52 [March, 



the 1st joint elongate, as long as the 2nd and 3rd together, the 2nd to the 4th 

 moderately long, equal, the 5th as long as the two preceding tegether. Elytra 

 sinuftted postero-externally. Abdomen gradually pointed. 



Pseudohrachida nigriventris, n. sp. 



Shining, moderately convex, acuminate posteriorly, the head, thorax, and 

 elytra castaneous, the abdomen black ; antennae and legs testaceous. Length 

 2'3 mm. Head ensconced in the thorax to the eyes, -which are large, finely and 

 rather closely punctured, finely and sparinglj^ pubescent. Antennae moderately 

 long, the 2nd and 3rd joints of equal length and scarcely differing in thickness, 

 tlie 4th and 5th slightly longer than broad, the 6th to the 9th as lone as broad, 

 the lOlh slightly transverse, the 11th as long as the two preceding together. 

 Thorax short, more than twice as broad as long, rounded at the sides, a little 

 narrower in front than at the posterior angles, which are obtuse but prominent, 

 the base distinctly bisinuate and bordered ; puncturation rather fine, moderately 

 close and asperate, finely pubescent. Sciitellum transverse, impunctate. Elytra 

 about one-half as long again as, and broader than, the thorax, transverse, dis- 

 tinctly sinuate internal to the postero-external angles ; puncturation very 

 similar to that of the thorax, but rather coarser, finely pubescent. Abdomen 

 gradually narrowed from base to apex, fiuelj^ and not ver}^ closely punctured, 

 and pubescent throughout. 



(5 . 8th dorsal segment with a rather deep, acutely pointed excision in the 

 posterior margin in the middle line and two very small excisions on either 

 side, thus forming six very narrow and pointed teeth of nearly equal length ; 

 7th dorsal segment with two tubercles in the middle line, one at the base, the 

 other just before the posterior border. Elytra along the suture with a row of 

 9 or 10 minute tubercles. 



Hah. District not noted {G. Leicis). 



Taciiyciiaka, n, gen. 



Labrum transverse, the anterior margin slightly rounded. Maxillary palpi 

 with 1st joint small, 2nd elongate, slightly curved and thickened towards apex, 

 3rd about as long as 2nd but thicker at the apex, 4th subulate, one-half as 

 long as the preceding. Inner lobe of the maxilla strongly pectinate, outer 

 lobe densely ciliate at apex. Tongue nearly reaching the level of the apex 

 of the 1st joint of the latiial palpi, split nearly to the base into two narrow 

 diverging lobes. Labial paljii o-joinied, 1st joint moderately long and stout, 

 cj'lindrical, the 2nd much shorter, scarcely longer than broad, the 3rd 

 elongate, longer but much narrower than the 1st. Gular sutures distant, 

 slightly divergent behind. Temples not bordered belovv. Prosternum broadly 

 truncate behind. Mesosternal process acuminate, extending about half the 

 length of the coxae, which are narrowly separate; metasternal process bluntly 

 pointed, not quite reaching the mesosternum. Tarsal formula 4, 4, 5 : anterior 

 pair with the 1st joint rather long, equul to the two following together, which 

 are short and subequal, 4tli elongate; middle pair with the 1st joint elongate, 

 twice as long as the two I'ollowing together, which are short and subequal, 



