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ward; epimera partly pale tawiiy. INIetathorax with a dorsal ridge 

 and with an elevated border. Abdomen with thick cinereous pubes- 

 cence, keeled above and beneath ; first segment linear, with a tawny 

 hind border, much naiTower than the other part, which is elongate- 

 p^Tiform. Anterior tibiae and tarsi mostly tawny ; hind femora slightly 

 dilated, striped ■with very pale tawny, armed with six rather large teeth. 

 Wings Im-id. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 

 St. Paulo, Discovered by Mr. Bates, In the British Museum, 



IV, — Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Eumolpidse. 

 By .J. S. B.vLY. 



The chaotic state of the Ewnolpithe, the crowd of species which 

 remain imnamed and unarranged in our collections, and the want of 

 generic landmarks, have induced me to select some of the more 

 interesting for description, proposing- in many instances new genera, 

 of which I have briefly given the differential characters. 



Genus Basilepta. 



Caput exsertum, facie subelongata, fere pei-pendiculare ; oculis prominen- 

 tibus, rotundatis, integris ; anten)m gTacilibus, filiformibus, corpore lon- 

 gioribus, articulo tertio quarto fere dimidio bre'viori ; jyaljns maxiUarihus 

 subtilifonnibus, articulo ultimo angustato-ovato, ad apicem attenuato. 

 Tliorax lateribus marginatis, pone medium angulatis ; antepectoris seg- 

 mento antero-lateraU (fig, 1 b) cuneiformi, apice acuto, angvdo exteriori 

 ad thoracis angulum anticum extenso, Scutellum subtrigonatum, apice 

 obtusum. Elytra thorace latiora, oblonga, modice convexa. Pedes 

 elongati, gTaciles ; femorihus dimidio basali attenuatis, filiformibus, 

 dimidio apicali incrassatis, ampidlatis, quatuor posticis subtus ante 

 apicem dente acuto anuatis ; tihiis gracilibus, extus ante apicem emar- 

 ginatis ; tarsis (fig. 1 d) gracilibus, articulo primo duobus sequentibus 

 sequali ; nmfuiculo (fig. 1 c) basi appendicidato. 



Type, Basilepta longipes, Baly. 



Basilepta longipes. (Plate I. fig. 1.) 

 B. subelongata, valde convexa, nitida, supra obscure viridi-ajnea ; pedibus 

 elytrorumque tuberculo obscure piceis, corpore subtus antennisque (his 

 basi fidva exceptis) nigro-piceis ; thorace lateribus angulato. — Long, 

 2 Ihi. 



Subelongate, very convex, nitidous, above obscure metallic green, 

 body beneath and the antennae (the fulvous base of these latter excepted) 

 obscure pitchy-black ; a large shining circidar protuberance on the 

 basilar space of each elytron, together with the legs, piceous ; attenuated 

 base of four posterior thighs obscure fulvous. Head smooth above, 

 forehead with a longitudinal groove ; lower portion of face deeply 

 punctured ; antennte slender, filiform, longer than the body, three basal 



