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lobes or vibrissas, the gular edge not sinuate. Scutellum distinct, 

 subtriangnlar. Elytra suboblong, jointly sinuate at the base, the 

 shoulders roundly rectaugular, with 10 punctate stria3, the margins 

 siiuiate above the hind coxae. Sternum with the anterior coxae in 

 the middle of tlie presternum ; the mesosternum with the epimeron 

 much smaller than the episternum and reaching its front margin ; 

 the metasternum twice as long as the intermediate coxae, its epi- 

 sternum narrow, the posterior coxae reaching the elytra. Venter 

 with the intercoxal process broad and ogival, segment 2 separated 

 from 1 by a deep sinuate incision and as long as 3 and 4 together, 

 the anal segment (of 6 ?) with a large deep impression. Legs with 

 clavate feu:ora, the tibiae nearly straight, but strongly produced 

 internally at tlie apex and with a long sharp spine, the front and 

 hind pairs also produced externally, the latter with the corbels 

 enclosed but shallow ; the tarsi narrow, scarcely spongy beneath, 

 joint 3 not broader than the others, 2 much longer than 3, 

 4 elongate, the claws long and free. 



Range. N. India. 



Apparently the mandibular a])pendages are usu.illy persistent in 

 this genus, though the material examined is too small to enable 

 this to be stated with certainty. 



220. Nothognathus schoutedeni, sp. nov. 



Colour red-brown, with dense brown sealing, the apical ar^a 

 paler from the top of the declivity. 



Head with the eyes not concealed from above, the forehead 

 simply convex. Rostrum narrower at the base than the forehead. 



Fig. 77. — Nothognatkus schoutedeni, Mshl. 



the genae slightly and roundly dilated, the upper surface rather 

 uneven and with a short central furrow, the mandibular appen- 

 dages long, broad aud curved, terminating in two sharp points, of 

 which the inner is the longer. Ayitennce densely squamose and 

 with short stiff setae. Prothorax slightly longer than broad, the 



