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the end of the abdomen, all the tibiæ mucronate, the first joint 
of the posterior tarsi, much longer than the following joints toge- 
ther, the anterior coxal cavities open. 
Hab. Belgaum, S. Bombay. 
A small species of somewhat the appearance of a Aonolepta 
but possessing all the characters of Zuperus; in the male, the 
thorax is only about half as broad as long; the metatarsus is 
longer than usual in this genus. 
Luperus puncticollis n. sp. 
Obscure piceous, the head, thorax and legs obscure testaceous, 
thorax transverse, closely punctured, elytra fuscous, closely and 
finely punctured. 
Length 1 1/2 line. 
Head impunctate, the frontal elevations very strongly raised, 
trigonate, clypeus swollen at its upper portion, antennæextending 
to the middle of the elytra, fuscous, the lower two or three joints 
fulvous, basal joint long and slender, the second slightly thicke- 
ned, but little shorter than the third joint, following joints nearly 
equal, thorax twice as broad as long, rather convex, the lateral 
margins moderately rounded, the angles not prominent, the sur- 
face proportionately strongly and rather closely punctured, ful- 
vous, scutellum fulvous, rather broad, elytra darker than the 
thorax, obscure fuscous, more strongly and more closely punc- 
tured, rather convex, with a short depression below the scutel- 
lum, their epipleuræ continued below the middle, with asingle row 
of punctures at the base, legs fulvous, all the tibiæ armed with a 
small spine, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the 
following joints together, claws appendiculate. 
ab. Belgaum, S. Bombay. 
À small species, of rather short and broad shape and princi- 
pally distinguished by the strong punctuation of the thorax and 
elytra ; I have not been able to discover any sexual characters, 
as those specimens I have examined were all females; the species 
resembles a good deal Z. pinicola Duftsch. but is much more 
strongly punctured. 
HEMYGASCELIS n. gen. 
Elongate, subparallel, head prolonged, palpi filiform, antennæ 
as long as the body, slender, filiform, thorax one half longer 
than broad, subcylindrical, elytra irregularly punctured, their 
epipleuræ extremely narrow, legs long and slender, the tibiæ 
unarmed, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the 
