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written me as follows : " You are quite right about the 

 Agasma ; it is of course an Oedemerid, though Newman 

 calls it pentamerous.* The genus in the British Museum 

 is correctly placed. I do not suppose Lacordaire knew it, 

 except from description." 



* The tarsi are quite plainly 5-5-4. 



Explanation of Plates II — VI. 



[See Explanation facing the Plates.] 



