LACHNOTARSUS. 249 



unarmed, the hind pair not reachino: the apex of the elytra ; the 

 tibiae not furrowed or carinate, the front pair with a short per- 

 pendicular spine at the inner apical angle, the posterior ])airs with 

 the corbels distinctly enclosed, the cavity devoid of scaling : tarsi 

 rather long and slender, the lower surface not spongy, but clothed 

 with silky hairs, the third joint with the lobes narrow, the claws 

 connate at the base ; trochanters bearing a single long seta. 

 Sternum Avith the front coxa? distinctly nearer the anterior edge 

 of the prosternum, which is not sinuate ; niesosternuni with the 

 epinieron fused ^ith the episternuni ; metasternum shorter than 

 the prominent median coxae, the epimeron entirely and the 

 episternuni niostly hidden by the elytra, the hitter with no ante- 

 rior dilated piece, the episternal suture indistinct, the posterior 

 coxae reaching the elytra. Venter with the intercoxal process 

 broadly truncate, as broad as the coxa, the two basal segments 

 fused in the middle, segment 2 rather shorter than 3 -f- 4. 



Range. Sikkiu). 



An aberrant genus, superficially resembling Geotraqus (Tany- 



MECIIS^^). 



219. Lachnotarsus stevensi, sp. nov. 



Colour piceous, with uniform and moderately dense earth-brown 

 scaling. 



Head coarsely punctate on the vertex, the foreliead transversely 

 Hatteued, shallowly wrinkled and narrower than the base of the 

 rostrum, the scales just above the eyes somewhat raised. Rostrum 



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Fig. 70. — LacJti/ofaysHs sfcvcnsi, Mslil. 



parallel-sided in the basal half and slightly dilated at the apex, the 

 upper surface coarsely punctate and with an undulating smooth 

 central line ; behind the raised epistome is a broad impressed area 

 which is almost impunctate and quite devoid of scaling. Antennce 



