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are broadly rounded, narrowed in a straiglrl line to the posterior 

 angles; disc with a narrow .smooth elevated line, more distinct 

 posteriorly and becoming evanescenl aboul the anterior third; 

 sculpture similar to that of the head; anterior angles with a single 

 seta. Elytra very slightly broader than long, a little longer and 

 distinctly broader than the thorax, of a testaceous colour, with the 

 posterior half of the sides, the posteroexternal angles, and the 

 posterior margins blackish; sculpture of the same character as that 

 of the head, but less distinct and not so close as on the thorax. 

 Abdomen very finely, sparingly and obsoletely punctured, especially 

 towards the apex; pubescence sparing, yellowish. 



Hub. Mandai, in debris. The description is taken from 

 female examples. 



Parascopaeus, n. gen. 



Labrum small, transverse, emarginate in front, sides rounded and 

 much contracted towards the base, almost obcordate; mandibles 

 strongly curved, prominent; third joint of maxillary palpi dilated, 

 four small, subulate; labial palpi 3-jointed. 



Antennae inserted beyond the outer margin of the mandibles, 

 beneath the frontal margin, widely separated, much nearer the 

 eyes than to each other; the first joint long and stout, rather 

 broadly and deeply grooved on the upper surface from the apex 

 nearly to the base; eyes very small, not prominent; neck about 

 one-fourth the width of the base of the head; gular sutures dis- 

 tinct, separate, a little wider apart in front, otherwise parallel; 

 presternum keeled in front of the anterior coxae, which, as well 

 as the others, arc contiguous; anterior femora dilated, tibiae 

 obliquely truncate at their apices, finely setose; tarsi 5-jointed, 

 the anterior pair simple, the posterior pair with the first four joints 

 short, subequal; suture of elytra simple; abdomen keeled at the 

 base below, the sides margined above. 



This genus would appear to stand between DacnocJiilus 

 and Scojxk'hs; from the former it is distinguished by the 

 sulcate first antennal joint; from the latter by the broader 

 neck and differently shaped labrum. The specimen being 

 unique, a dissection of the mouth-parts has not been made. 



_!7. Parascopaeus nitidus, n. sp. 



Shining, pitchy-brown ; antennae, mouth-parts, legs, anil pos- 

 terior margins of each abdominal segmenl and anus, testaceous. 

 Length 2'2 mm. 



