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occupying nearly the entire sides of the head, and the 

 clyi^eus ends in a triangularly shaped point extending be- 

 tween the eyes ; the first joint of the antennae is long and 

 slender, the other joints are partially short. 



The present species differs rather from the others descri- 

 bed by Mr. Baly in having the eyes smaller and the an- 

 tennae shorter; the general shape is also less rounded and 

 more elongate although not to a great extend ; the struc- 

 tural characters are however all present. I may further 

 add, that the elytral punctured striae in the allied species 

 are much wider apart than is the case with the species descri- 

 bed here of which 5 specimens where obtained by Dr. Hagen. 



Homelea , no v. gen. 



Body rotundate-ovate , convex ; eyes entire ; palpi thin , 

 filiform ; antennae slender , filiform , first joint elongate , 

 second short, third joint twice as long as the preceeding, 

 the following more elongate; thorax narrowly transverse, 

 anterior and posterior margin parallel, semicircular; scu- 

 tellum trigonate ; elytra subhaemispherical , irregularly punc- 

 tured ; their epipleurae broad , deeply concave and disap- 

 pearing below the middle; posterior femora very slightly 

 incrassate ; tibiae unarmed , without sulcation ; posterior 

 first tarsal joint as long as the two following ones toge- 

 ther; claws appendiculate ; prosternum narrow but distinct, 

 longitudinally sulcate ; mesosternum deeply emarginate at 

 the apex, narrowly transverse ; anterior coxal cavities closed. 



The general appearance of the species for which the 

 present genus is proposed , is quite that of a species of 

 Coccinellae ; the posterior femora are but little incrassate 

 although more so than is the case with the Galerucinae; 

 the inner margin of the elytral epipleurae is placed very 

 far inwards; from the genus Acrocri/pta Baly, which re- 

 sembles the present in shape , the filiform palpi and the 

 shape of the posterior femora will at once separate the 

 genus before us , which seems to be a form of transition 

 between the Galerucinae and the present family. 



Notes from tlie Leyden IMuseuixi , "Vol. VI. 



