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Trichopteryx Caucasica. 

 T. Caucasica, Matthews, Aim Mag. Nat. Hist. ii, iii. 1889, p. 191. 



L. c. ,-,, ,',, lin. = 1-1*12 min.— Late oblonga, valdi t, aitidula, i 



aoreis veatita, Bat rugose tuberculata, rufo-picea, elytria rafeBCi ntib te magno, 



, leviter punctata, interstitiis glabris, nitidis; oculia parvis, baud pr 

 bus; pronotn magno, nigro-piceo, ad basim latissimo, capita multo latiori et 

 longiori, tuberculis magnis confertim dispositis, interstitiisque leviter reticulata 

 ornato, lateribua marginatis et valde rotundatis, margine basali fere recta, angulis 

 latis longe productis; elytris rufescentibus, fere quadratis, capite atqui 

 parum angustioribus, baud longioribus, profund ribus 



rectis et mat inatis, apicibuB latis, vix rotundatis, dilutioi I Longe 



exaerto, rufescenti, leviter asperato, apice bidentato; pedibus atque antennis .-at 

 longis, la-ti flavis. 



ladly oblong, very convex, moderately shining, clothed with golden hair, 



coarsely tuberculate, rufo-piceous with the elytra rufesci nt. 

 largi . black, indistinctly punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining ; 



eyes small, not prominent ; antennae rather long, bright yellow. 

 Thorax large, nigro-piceous, widest at the base, much broader and longer than the 



head, ornament d with large tubercli - i ! I - arranged, and slightlj reticulated 



interstices, Bidi - margined and much rounded, basal margin nearly straight 



with the angles bi 1 much produced. 



Scutellum very large, triangular, deeply and closely asperati 

 Elytra rufescent, almost quadrate, rather narrower and not longer than the bead 



and thorax, deeplj and closelj asperated, sides straight and margined, 



tr< mities paler, broad, and very little rounded. 



men considerably exserted, rufescent, faintly as \ bidentate. 



/ is rather long, bright yellow. 

 Under parts castaneous. 

 Differs from T. Matthewsii in its much larg< r sizi , coarsi r sculpture, large, dilated 



thorax, and quadrate elytra. 



Habitat, A.-ia. Found in the I b tea ian district (Hen Reitter). 



Trichopteryx lsevicollis. 



T. Levicollis, Matthews, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hi-'. 6, xiii. 1894, p. :>;38. 



L. i. ,'.. /,, lin. = 0*75-0'85 mm. — Subhemispherica, postice attenuata, piha 

 aureia sat densi vestita, pronoto nigro, angulia rufescentibus, elytria rufescentibus; 

 capite brevi, lato, nigro, nitido, oculia modicis, hand prominentibus, antenni 

 brevibus, laete flavis; pronoto permagno, valdi :o, nitidissimo, ad basim 



imo, tuberculis minutis, remotis, interstitiis glabris, nitidissimis ornato, 

 lateribua marginatis, margine basali concavata, angulis latis valde productis, rufes- 

 hs; elytris rufescentibus, brevibus, postice attenuatia, capite atque pronoto 

 multo hreviorihiis, sai angustioribus, tid humeroa latissimis, ordinibua obliquia, 

 trans versia, profunde, asperatis, interstitiis nitidis, lateribus icibus 



li \it. r rotundatis ; abdomine minime exserto, pygidio rufescenti ; pi dibua modicis, 

 flavis. 



Body Bubbemispheric, attenuated posteriorly, rather thickly clothed with golden 

 hair, thorax black, with the angli i nt, elytra rufescent. 



Head black, -in at and broad, shinii not prominent; antenna 



rather short, bright yellow. 



Thorax very Large, verj convex, and very shining, widest at the base, ornami 

 with minute and r< mote tubercli - with the in' smooth and very shini 



side- n I, basal margin concave with I road and very much 



produced, rufous. 



