54 Dr. Sharp o)i the lilnpicltopJiorous 



insertion, the longitudinal elevations between them short and 

 slight; the eyes remarkably' prominent, widely separated, in the 

 male rather nearer to the apex of the rostrum than to the front of 

 the thorax, the vertex in the female rather shorter, so that the eyes 

 are in it rather nearer to the thorax than to the apex of the 

 rostrum. Thorax but little punctate, with deep transverse channel 

 in front of the base. Scutellum rather elongate and large. Elytra 

 with regular series of punctures, coarse at the base, finer towards 

 the extremity, interstices without sculptiu'e. 



Of this distinct species a good series was obtained, 

 exhibiting no variation except that of the sexes. It is 

 allied to the East Indian A. discolor, Sch., though very 

 different in colour and sculpture. It also lives in Central 

 China. 



Attelahus cupreiis. 



Attelabus cupreus, Eoelofs, Ann. Ent. Belg., xvii., 

 p. 139. 



This is apparently the nearest ally yet discovered to 

 the Indian Trachelolahus ichitei, Jekel. 



Attelahus coerideus. 



Attelahus coeruleus, Jekel, Ins. Saund., ii., p. 202. 



A mutilated specimen — not found by Mr. Lewis him- 

 self — is all the evidence I have seen to confirm this 

 species as Japanese. It is, I believe, a rather common 

 insect in Central and Southern China. 



Euops. 

 Euops, Schonherr, Gen. Cure, v., p. 318. 

 This genus is looked upon by Lacordaire as doubtfully 

 valid, the position of the eyes being, as he says, the only 

 character given to distinguish it from Attelahus. This 

 point is, however, not sufficiently constant either in 

 Attelahus (inclusive of Euscelus) or Euops to serve as a 

 means of distinguishing the two ; but I find, on examining 

 a series of species, that the sexual characters are peculiar 

 in the female sex of Euops, so that the genus is a 

 natural one. In the other genera of Attelahidce the 

 female is distinguished from the male by the possession 

 of a second uncus on each of the tibiae, but in the female 

 of Euops this second uncus is not present. On the 

 other hand, this sex possesses, in all the species I have 



