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continued below the middie, legs siender, ail the tlbiae mucronate, 

 thefirst joint of the posterlor tarsi half the length of the tibia, 

 claws appendiculate, prosternum invisible between the coxœ, the 

 anterior cavities open. 



This genus is closely allied to Luperus and Luperodes but it is not 

 advisible to place it in either, as the metatarsus of the posterior 

 legs is far more elongate Ihan in any species of Luperus and the 

 subquadrate, bifoveolate thorax does not agrée with Luperodes 

 either, taking L. prœustus Motsch. as one of the types; the anterior 

 angles of the thorax in the présent genus are obliquely thickened 

 and the seta is placed below the angle. 



DAMAIS HUMERALIS sp. n. 



Testaceous, the antennae (the basai joint excepted), the tibiae and 

 tarsi black, thorax finely and closely punctured, elytra convex, 

 very closely and finely punctured, the suturai margins and a spot 

 on the shoulders, black, breast and pygidium black. 



Length 5 mill. 



Head impunctate, testaceous, the frontal élévations broad, joined 

 at the top, labrum black, eyes very large, occupying the entire 

 sides of the head, antennse long and siender, black, the basai joint 

 testaceous, the fourth and foUowing joints very elongate and 

 pubescent; thorax twice as broad as long, transversely foveolate at 

 the sides, closely and finely punctured, scutellum black; elytra 

 rather convex, punctured like the thorax, the interstices finely 

 wrinkled, testaceous, an elongate spot on the shoulders extending 

 to the base, and the suture very narrowly black, the tibiae and 

 tarsi, the breast and the pygidium of the latter colour, rest of the 

 underside testaceous. 



The spécimens before me seem to be females in which the last 

 abdominal segment lias its anterior margin truncate and preceded 

 by a transverse dépression; there are several species from India 

 described by Motschulsky which resemble in coloration the insect 

 hère described, but the bifoveolate thorax and Iho elylral humerai 

 spot are the principal distinguishing characters of the NilgLri 

 species. 



LUPEROCELLA TESTACEA sp. n. 



Testaceous, the antenna3(the basai joint excepted) and the labrum 

 black, thorax nearly impunctate, elytra very finely and closely 

 punctured, entirely testaceous. 



Length 4 mill. 



