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slices appear to terminate Ijelween the tuliercles; a space at about 

 the apical third of eacli elytron contains about three small tubercles, 

 and on it the rows of punctures and the interstices are scarcely 

 traceable; only the sutural and lateral (but not extreme lateral) 

 interstices are traceable throughout. 



EUHYPOROPTERUS n. g. 



Head almost invisible from above; forehead very feebly sinuous. 

 Eyes ovate, widely separated, moderately faceted. Rostrum 

 moderately long and not very thin, curved. Scape inserted closer 

 to apex than base of rostrum, slightly shorter than funicle ; two 

 basal joints of funicle elongate; club subcontinuous with funicle. 

 Prothorax transverse, base bisinuate, sides rounded, apex slightly 

 produced, constriction feeble, ocular lobes obtuse. Scutellum 

 traceable with great difficulty. Elytra subovate, base trisinuate, 

 shoulders slightly produced. Pectoral canal deep and moderately 

 wide, terminated between four anterior coxtie. Mesosternal receptacle 

 transverse, feebly and continuously raised, emargination widely 

 transverse; cavernous. Metastermmi very short; episterna very 

 narrow but traceable troughout. Ahdo))ien large; two basal 

 segments large, their suture distinct at sides, curved and indistinct 

 across middle; first about once and one fourth the length of second, 

 intercoxal process wide; third and fourth narrow, depressed, their 

 combined length less than that of fifth, and much less than that of 

 second (1). Legs moderately long; hind coxse just touching elytra; 

 femora moderately stout, feebly grooved, dentate or not, posterior 

 not extending to or slightly passing apex of abdomen ; tibiye 

 compressed and almost straight, tarsi rather short and stout; 

 fourth joint elongate. Ovate, depressed, squamose, tuberculate or 

 not, apterous. 



Allied to Paleticus, but the femora grooved and the tarsi shorter. 

 From Platyporopterus (to which it is perhaps closer) it may be 

 distinguished by the trisinuate base of elytra. In addition to the 

 species described below two others are known to me. 



424. EURYPOROPTERUS FUNEREUS n. sp. 



Rlack, antennae and tarsi of a dingy reddish-brown. Densely clothed 

 all over with short, stout, sooty scales, except for a few on the under 

 parts of the legs. 



(1) lu an uudescribed form the second segmeut is small. 



