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ciliate with long hairs ; spurs robust, the inner one nearly double the 

 length of the outer : anterior tarsi expanded, pulvillate beneath, 

 pilose at the sides and more sparingly so above, v the penultimate 

 joint much smaller than the preceding ; the four posterior somewhat 

 elongate, slender, pilose, the penultimate joint smaller than the pre- 

 ceding, the 1st joint equal to the last in the intermediate, longer than 

 the last in the posterior ; mesosternum strongly declivous ; prosternal 

 process declivous behind, the apes slightly recurved : intercoxal pro- 

 sees sub-truncate at the apex. 



This genus would seem, in a measure, to form the passage between 

 Alegoria and the true Ulomides : it should, I think, be placed between 

 Alegoria and Antimachus ; this would necessitate a slight modification 

 of Lacordaire's arrangement of the genera. 



U. INDICA, sp. n. 



Oblong, sub-parallel, moderately convex ; brownish-blaet, shining, the mentum, 

 antenna?, palpi, tarsi, labrum, and margins of epistoma fei'ruginous, the legs chestnut- 

 red : head coarsely and closely rcticulate-pimctate ; prothorax punctured — sparsely on 

 the disc — the punctures large, deep, roimded, and partly filled in with an apparent 

 exudation of an ashy tint ; scutellum smooth : elytra witli nine (including the 

 extreme marginal one) fine but deep striae, and a short scutellar one, the stria; punc- 

 tured (the punctures being much wider than the striae, the elytra appear crenulate- 

 Btriate), the 4th and 5th stria shortest and united at some distance from the apex ; 

 intervals convex posteriorly, very minutely and sparsely punctured ; pro- and meso- 

 Bterna, flanks of pro- and mesothorax, and base of epipleural fold, strongly and 

 closely puuctiu-ed ; metasternimi, abdomen, and femora sparingly punctured, ab- 

 dominal joints rugulose at the base. Long. corp. 4 lin. 



Hah. : East India ; one example. 



The peculiar punctuation of the prothorax, as described, con- 

 trasting with the rich shining brown-black of the surface, imparts 

 quite a marked character to this species. 



Note. — AlpJiitohius {Seterophaga) lateralis, Bohem., belongs to the 

 genus Eutochia, Le Conte. 



SPILOSCAPHA, nov. gen. 

 Near Scaphidema : differs in having the head longer, sub-trape- 

 zoidal (not rounded) in front ; the eyes narrower, laterally more 

 prominent ; labium shorter ; mentum much shorter, transverse ; last 

 joint of maxillary palpi stouter, sub-securiform ; antennae much 

 stouter, joint 3 decidedly longer than 4, 5 to 10 strongly transverse, 

 more compact, less triangular ; prothorax rounded at the sides, less 

 contracted in front, anteriorly compressed, the fore angles less jiromi- 

 nent, more depressed ; the sterna more prominent and convex ; the 

 presternum compressed in front before the coxae ; prosternal process 

 more prominent behind, the lateral edge not reflexed or thickened ; 



