PAKAl'lONL'S. 205 



2 (1) Rostrum separated from the liead 

 by an oblique or transverse fur- 

 row m front of the eye, the geuai 

 not projectini,^ beyond the man- 

 dibles. 



y (4) Epistome forming an acute angle 

 behind: funicle ol antenna3 with 

 dense scaling ; tarsi broad and 

 spongy beneath : metepiineron 

 dilated anteriorly ; intercoxal 

 process of venter ogival Episomits, Schh., p. 207. 



4 (r>) Epistome forming a raised semi- 

 circular plate ; funicle of antennse 

 devoid of seahng ; tarsi slender, 

 clothed with long silky hairs 

 beneath ; metepimeron not dila- 

 ted in front ; intercoxal process 

 of venter broadly truncate .... LACiixoTARsrs, g. n., p. 248. 



Genus PARAPIONUS, iiov. 

 Ti'PB, Parapionus varicolor, sp. iiov. 



Ifead exsei'ted and continuous with the rostrum ; the eves 

 lateral, ratlier prominent, almost circular and situated at a little 

 distance from the thorax. Roatrum twice as long as tlie head, 

 broader at its base than the forehead, the apex with a very broad 

 and deep triangular emargination, the external angles projecting 

 beyond the mandibles ; the scrobes subdorsal, slightly curved in 

 front, and there deep and almost parallel-sided, theii continued 

 more broadly and shallowly straight up to tlie eyes ; the mentum 

 large, rather depressed and entirely filling its cavity, the sub- 

 mentum without a peduncle. Antennce inserted near the apex, 

 the scape rather slender, gradtially thickened and reaching the 

 front margin of the thorax ; the funicle with the two basal joints 

 longer, 3-6 gradually diminishing, 7 = 3, the club narrowly ovate. 

 Pi-otliorax transverse, convex, truncate at base and apex, the guhir 

 margin sinuate. SctiteUuvi imperceptible. Elytra broadly ovate, 

 truncate at the base, without any humeral angle, with 10 shallow 

 sulci, the margins broadly sinuate above the posterior coxje. 

 Sternum with the anterior eoxaj nearer the front margin of the 

 prosternum ; the mesosternum with the epimera much smaller 

 than the episterna ; metasternum as long as the median coxae, the 

 episterna distinct, the hind cox;e touching the margin of the elytra. 

 Venter with the intercoxal process angulate and rather narrower 

 tlian the coxas, segments 2, 3 and 4 subequal ; 2 separated from 1 

 by a deep straight suture. Le(js rather slender, the femora clavate 

 and simple ; the tibiae almost straight, the front pair produced in- 

 ternally at the apes, the posterior pairs with the corbels enclosed ; 

 the tarsi with joint 1 shorter than 2-|-3, 3 broadly lobate, 4 elongate, 

 the claws connate at the base. 



Range. AVestern India. 



