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U Tanodema similis, n. sp. Elongata, nigra, an- 

 tennis pedibusque basibus rufis; capite, ^^2::;:^Z2To 

 ovanescentibus ; cinereo-pubesceBS, protlioiace spatio 

 n ^q^ely tris' sutura apiceque et abdomme segmen orum 

 marginibus posterioribus la^vibus. Long. corp. 7 hn. 



Antennae about 2 lin. in length scarcely tln^kej.ed to- 

 wards the extremity, pitchy with the two basal ornts 

 vellow behind; 3rd joint much shorter than l^t about one 

 SdTh^f times as long as 2nd. Palpi pitchy yelbw 

 wifh the upper margin of the last joint 7^1- ; mand^b . 

 nitchv reddish at the apex. Head coarsely and densely 

 &edand clothed Jvith a pale 1-bescence a ^ans- 

 verse space in front of the vertex smooth and shmmg. 

 Thorax 1 lin. long and about ^ broad, very densely punc- 

 tured a smal space on each 'side in front and the hmd 

 margin f-r(in a fresh specimen probably densely clothed 

 with^asirpubescence).' Elytra fully V hn m ength 

 densely punctured; the suture (except at the base) has a 

 very narrow space free from punctures, and the hmd 



mL'gin is also free, but the ^TT'' f^'n i^^T^- 

 cove^- the extreme base and front angles (m liesh speci 

 men the punctured parts probably covered wuh a dense 

 pallashy Uescence> Hind body blapk ; the segment 

 Punctured and pubescent, except on then- apical portions, 

 K segment and hind margin of 7th reddish. Legs pitchy, 



with the femora red. x i i„fo ^f tliP 



In the male the hind margm of the ventral plate of the 

 7th segment is a httle emarginate at the extremity. 

 Eo-a : a single male individual. 



V?rv closely allied to T. cinerea, but narrower, with 

 the thighs clear red, the front parts on the upper surface 

 quite bhie, and the thorax and elytra more evenly covered 

 wh punctures. The male has the a^deagus considerably 

 ron.er han in cinerea and rounded at the extremity, 

 whereas this is acuminate in cinerea. The single in- 

 dividual, which is all I possess for comparison has the 

 upper surface very rubbed, but I have no doub from the 

 fiw hairs that reinain, that in the fresh state the pubes- 

 cence is very similar to that of T. cinerea. 



12. Tcenodema rudis,n. sp. Nigra, capite thorace, 

 elytrisque minus distincte metallescentibus ; pedibus piceo- 

 rufis, basi dihitioribus; antennarum basi testaceo, palpis 

 piceo-testaceis, abdominis apice ferrugmeo; cinereo-pube.- 



