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roundish, apical spot, anteriorly 4-dentate and lobed posteriorly- It 

 inhabits the East Indies. ( Trans. Lin. Soc. xviii. 582). 



2. Cerapterus Horsfieldii. Piceous ; elytra with a Y-shaped, yel- 

 lowish, ajjical marking: the prothorax is notched anteriorly, and the 

 terminal joint of the labipalpi is decidedly securiform. It inhabits 

 the island of Java : there is a specimen in Mr. Melly's cabinet. ( Id. 

 xviii. 583). 



3. Cerafterus 4^-niaculatus. Pitchy-black and very shining : pro- 

 thorax anteriorly slightly notched, and having two large obscurely- 

 rufescent spots : the elytra are very slightly punctured, and have four 

 rufo-fulvous spots ; two large oval ones near the scutellum, and two 

 others, still larger and lobed anteriorly and posteriorly, near the apex. 

 It inhabits Java, and is in Mr. Westermann's cabinet ; it is 5 lines long, 

 and 2|- broad. ( Id.). 



Sub-genus 2. Orthopterus of Westwood. The prothorax is less 

 than twice the breadth of the head : the antennae are moderately long, 

 rather broad, flat, with the sides nearly straight, and the last joint 

 moderate : the elytra cover the abdomen : the tibiae are furnished 

 with an internal apical spine. 



4. Cerapterus {Orthoptervs) Smithii, MacLeay. Pitchy-black, some- 

 what shining : elytra broader than the prothorax, and almost five 

 times as long ; they are marked with a yellow spot. It inhabits South 

 Africa. (Id.) 



Sub-genus 3. Arthropterus of MacLeay. The prothorax is not 

 broader than the head, sub-quadrate and rather broader anteriorly : 

 the elytra are narrow, and shorter than the abdomen : the tibiae are 

 furnished with two spurs, the opposite angle being very acute. 



5. Cerapterus [Arthropterus) MacLeaii, Donovan. Red-brown : 

 the prothorax sub-convex and narrowed posteriorly : the anterior an- 

 gles rounded : the centre of its disk scarcely furrowed. Inhabits New 

 Holland. (Id. 584). 



Sub-genus 4. Phymatopterus of Westwood. The prothorax is 

 broader than the head, cordato-truncate, and longitudinally impressed: 

 the antennae are broad : the elytra oblong-quadrate, and tuberculated 

 at the external apical angle : the tibiae are broad, internally 2-spurred 

 at the apex, the external angle being rounded: tarsi 5-jointed. 



6. Cerapterus [Phymatopterus) jnceus. Piceous, shining : antennae 

 and feet pitchy-red, irregularly and slightly punctured. Inhabits New 

 Holland : in the cabinets of Messrs. Gory and Curtis. This is the 



