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Attel. (LcKj.) gnomoides. Species unica : obscure cenesccnte purpurea, pcdibus 

 lucidioribus. 



Hab. Madagascar ("a 

 L'Aiitanguin? sur un ar- 

 brisseau"). <? Mus. Che- 

 vrolat, Dupont, Gory. 5 

 Dupont. 



Head rugose, above 

 furrowed, the beak and 

 head are gradually aud 

 slightly bent, the eyes are 

 large, rather prominent, 

 and situated about mid- 

 way between the extremi- 

 ty of the thorax and the 

 end of the beak, which is 

 narrower immediately in 

 front of the eyes. The 

 thorax is somewhat cruet-shaped, being broadest at the base, and towards the head at- 

 tenuated, especially in the male ; it is transversely much wrinkled, a longitudinal fur- 

 row extending down the middle ; the base, at the sides especially, is deeply punctured. 

 The scutellum is distinct and pointed at the end. The elytra, taken together, are 

 somewhat square, but are rounded at the end and rather narrower behind than in front, 

 where they are truncated and broader than the base of the thorax ; they are rugose, 

 resembling in sculpture and appearance some species of the American genus Chlamys ; 

 at the base, near the suture, is a line somewhat bent inwards, two oblique lines beneath 

 this run from the middle of the dorsal surface towards the suture. The impressed spots 

 on the epipleura run in longitudinal lines ; each elytron at the end is punched in near 

 the suture, aud has a rather distinct protuberance there ; the apex of the elytra is ru- 

 fescent with short reddish hairs. Femora of forelegs much thickened ; tibiae flattened 

 and curved, hooked at the tip, and slightly dentated on the waved or sinuated inner 

 edge, which bends out in the middle ; the terminal joints of the tarsi are more or less 

 heart-shaped and furnished with hairs ; in the two specimens I more particularly exa- 

 mined the ungues were destroyed. 



I have to thank MM. Chevrolat, Dupont and Gory for the loan of this species to 

 describe ; in the cabinets of the two first-named gentlemen it was ticketed with diff"er- 

 ent specific names, which both kindly cancelled, as it would only create confusion 

 to give unpublished names as synonymes. 



To M. Blanchard the father, a most distinguished Natural-History draughtsman, 

 I am indebted for the illustrations in figs. 1, 2, 4 and 5 ; figs. 7 and 8 are by M. Gue- 

 rin-Meneville ; and figs. 3 and G by myself. 



Adam White. 



1. At. (Lag.) gnomoides, ,3^. 2. Thorax and head of 3^ viewed sideways. 3. 

 Foreleg of ditto. 4. J viewed sideways. 5. Head of ditto viewed from above. G. 

 Antenna. 7. Head viewed sideways. 8. Apex of elytron. 9. Scutellum. 



