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and aided me with his stores of knoAvledge, thought this might be 

 the Metacjlymma clivinoidcs, Cast. ; but, after carefully reading 

 Putzey's redescription of the species made from Castelnau's type, I 

 do not think this can be the case, there being several discrepancies, 

 especially the omission of any reference to the punctuation of the 

 base and front of the thorax ; the thoracic base, indeed, of M. clivin- 

 oides is said to be slightly rugose. 



Bealey. Helms ; two examples. 



Obs. — No. 1454 belongs to this genus, and becomes Diglymma 

 ohtusiim. There are some obsolete punctures near the sides of the 

 head.— T.B. 



1768. D. punctipenne, n.s. Glossy, black, elytra somewhat 

 rufescent behind ; legs pitchy-red, antennae and palpi paler. 



Head, along each side, with a deep groove, this is separate from 

 the usual elongate frontal impression by a raised space ; it is much 

 contracted behind the eyes, across this part are numerous rather 

 shallow punctures similar to those near the frontal impressions. 

 Labnivi obliquely curved towards the middle, which, therefore, ap- 

 pears emarginate. Eyes prominent. Tliorax just about as long as 

 broad, finely margined, oviform, slightly wider near the front than 

 it is elsewdiere, the sides but little curved, much more so towards 

 the base, so that the hind angles are obtuse or obsolete ; dorsal 

 groove deep, not reaching the base or apex, there are some fine 

 scratch-like impressions ; the basal fossae are moderately deep, 

 sinuous, and narrow, the intervening space is irregularly punctured, 

 there are no well-marked punctures in front, but round shallow im- 

 pressions are distributed over the surface, especially near the sides. 

 Elytra elongate, oval, rather broader than thorax, convex ; only 

 moderately punctate-striate, the sculpture less distinct near the 

 sides and apex ; interstices with numerous scattered punctures, 

 some as small as those in the strige, others larger. 



Male. Front tarsi with the basal joints dilated, not at the outer 

 angle only, but along the whole side. 



The elytral sculpture is distinctive. The terminal joint of the 

 palpi, though elongate, is oviform and rather thick. The antenncB 

 have moniliform joints ; the pubescence begins with the fourth joint, 

 but does not wholly cover it. The basal portion of the thorax is 

 not so abruptly narrowed as it is in Metacjlymma. 



Length, bh ; breadth, 1|- lines. 



Pu}'segur Point. I am indebted to Mr. Hansen for my speci- 

 men. 



1769. D. nigripes, ^^-s. Shining, black ; the legs and five basal 

 joints of the antenna; piceo-niger ; the remaining joints, and the 

 palpi, rufescent; tarsi rufo-piceous. 



Closely allied to D. imnctipenne ; the punctuation of the head, 

 and that of the thorax, less distinct ; the larger impressions on the 

 thorax, and those on the elytral interstices, are absent ; on the 

 other hand, the stria? are rather deeper ; the palpi are thinner. In 



