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toothed thighs and oblong mesosternum separate it without dif- 
ficulty. The single species was sent to me, from Bombay, by Dr. 
Ezra Downes. 
Genus Fiora, Dej. 
Body subelongate or elongate, subeylindrical, covered above and beneath 
with fine suberect or depressed hairs, mingled occasionally with rows 
of narrow scale-like hairs. Head exserted, perpendicular; antenne 
slender filiform, slightly thickened at their apex, first joint incrassate, 
second short, ovate, subincrassate, three following joints each about 
twice the length of the second, nearly equal, filiform, five terminal 
joints sometimes slightly thickened ; eyes prominent, entire; mentum 
with its anterior margin broadly concave; terminal joint of palpi 
ovate, attenuate towards the apex, the latter acute. Thorax cylindrical, 
lateral border obsolete. Elytra much broader than the thorax, punctate- 
striate. Legs slender, subelongate ; thighs moderately thickened, un- 
armed beneath; apex of front pair of tbe straight, basal joint of 
tarsi shorter than, or equal to, the two following united ; claws bifid, 
the inner tooth much shorter than the outer one. Prosternwm oblong- 
quadrate or oblong-elongate, its anterior margin continuous with the 
episternum. Mesosternum transverse, quadrate or oblong-quadrate, its 
apex truncate. 
Type, Fidia lurida, De}. 
The long slender legs, with unarmed thighs, divide this genus from 
its allies with entire eyes, the latter character separating it from 
Habrophora. 
Two species, one from the United States, the other from Mexico, 
are known to me. 
Genus AvuLexis, Baly. 
Body elongate, subcylindrical, clothed above and beneath with suberect 
hairs. Head exserted, face perpendicular; anterior margin of epistome 
furnished with two acute flattened teeth, which partially cover the 
upper surface of the labrum; antenne subfiliform, clothed with coarse 
hairs, basal joint incrassate, second half the length of the first, sub- 
incrassate, third shorter than the fourth, which joint is rather longer 
than the first, the following joints each rather shorter than the fourth, 
subequal; eyes prominent, ovate, their inner margin slightly sinuate ; 
anterior margin of mentum concave; terminal joint of palpi slender, 
ovate. Thorax subcylindrical in front, flattened and more or less 
transversely excavated on the hinder half of the disk, lateral border 
obsolete, rarely visible at the base, its place supplied in the middle by 
three or four acute teeth, lytra rather broader than the thorax, their 
sides parallel. Zegs moderate, stout; thighs subincrassate, unarmed 
beneath ; basal joint of tars? shorter than the following two; claws 
toothed at the base. Prosternwm narrow elongate, its anterior margin 
