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continuous with that of the episternum. Mesosternum narrow, its apex 
dilated, trilobate. 
Type, Aulexis nigricollis, Baly. Borneo. 
This genus appears at first sight one of the most aberrant in the 
tribe, the peculiar form of the thorax giving it quite a different 
facies to the other genera ; it agrees, however, in all its essential 
characters, the only exception being the toothed claws. 
Aulexis ngricollis, Baly. 
A. elongate, parallel, rufo-fuscous, subnitidous, covered with long silky 
subdepressed fulvous hairs; thorax and upper portion of head black, 
sides of the former armed with three acute teeth; antenne and legs 
fulvous.—Long 23 lin. 
Hab. Sarawak; Borneo. 
Head triangular, lower portion of face rufo-fuscous, sutural line 
dividing the face from the epistome obsolete, the epistome itself exca- 
vated on either side, the depressed portions being deeply punctured 
and separated by a raised longitudinal ridge ; upper portion of head 
deeply punctured; antennz slender, more than two-thirds the length 
of the body. Thorax subquadrate, its anterior edge rufo-fuscous, its sur- 
face deeply and somewhat closely punctured, the transverse excavation 
on the hinder disk forming the segment of a circle. Elytra broader than 
the thorax, three times its length, sides parallel, their surface irregularly 
punctured, the punctures being more crowded than on the thorax. 
Genus Brevicotaspis, Laporte. 
Body oblong-elongate, subcylindrical, covered with adpressed scale-like 
hairs. Head exserted, perpendicular ; antenne equal to or longer than 
the body, filiform, moderately robust, basal joint incrassate, second 
short, three or four following equal, each rather longer than the first, 
the rest somewhat shorter, nearly equal, slightly thickened ; eyes reni- 
form, slightly prominent; ep%stome not separated from the face by a 
sutural line, its anterior margin produced, deeply notched, and forming 
two flattened acute teeth ; mentwm with its anterior margin concave ; 
apical joint of mavillary palpi lanceolate. Thorax subcylindrical 
above, sides rounded, narrowed towards the apex, lateral border indi- 
cated by a distinctly raised line. Zlytra broader than the thorax, 
parallel, their apex broadly rounded, their surface regularly punctured. 
Legs robust ; thighs moderately thickened, anterior pair thicker than 
the rest, all armed beneath with a strong tooth ; tébie curved inwards, 
anterior pair thickened towards the apex, intermediate pair with their 
apex deeply notched ; claws bifid. Prosternum oblong-quadrate, its 
anterior margin continuous with that of the episternum. esosternum 
subquadrate. 
Type, Brevicolaspis pilosa, Laporte. Brazil. 
