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there is a long, curved, bi-sinuate tooth, the intermediate coxae are 

 conspicuously curved inwardly in the basal part, and the inner 

 margin laminate from the apical part of this curve to the apical 

 spurs, with the upper angle of the lamina sharp or dentate, the 

 crenulate outer margin is deeply incised at about the median pai't, 

 and the upper angle of the margin is prolonged into a long, oblique 

 spine ; the point of the trochanters of the hind femora does not 

 project much, the femur bears a very distinct, vertical tooth at a 

 short distance from the knee ; the hind tibiie are moderately arcuate, 

 and very little incurved at the apex. 



Length 12 mm. ; width 6f mm. 



The insect from which this description is made is labelled : 

 " Sisyj^hus spinipes, Gory. Cap. B.E. Collection Jurine." In the 

 figure given by Gory the shape of the intermediate legs is about 

 correct, but not that of the hind ones. 



Ealfray described and figured under the name of S. tibialis an 

 insect from Abyssinia which seems to be closely allied to -S. sjji«/j)^s. 



COPEINI. 



Gen. MACRODEEES, Westw., p. 297. 



Owing to the kindness of the Brussels Museum authorities I have 

 been able to examine two of de Borre's species (types) of this genus. 



Mackoderes politulus, Borre, p. 301. 



The example I have described anew under this name is absolutely 

 similar to de Borre's type, and is also a female. This is evidenced 

 by the arcuate frontal cai'ina of the head. 



Macroderes westwoodi, Borr., p. 302. 

 This species is a very distinct one ; the inner spur of the anterior 

 tibicC is very long, straight, and bent at right angles near the tip ; 

 the frontal ridge of the head is very little raised, slightly arcuate, 

 and is provided in the centre with a plain, rounded tubercle ; the 

 prothorax is covered by punctures separated from each other by a 

 space equal to the diameter of a puncture, but they are slightly more 

 broadly scattered in the posterior part ; the elytra are finely striate, and 

 the intervals which are nearly plane and are provided with a waving, 

 plicate row more shiny than the background, on the sides this row- 

 resembles somewhat a series of shallow fovea; without wall on one 

 side ; the supra-epipleural stria is very slender, and begins at the 

 line of the first abdominal segment. 



