of an Asiatic Genus of Lamellicorn Beetles. 97 
medio lateris et cum apice strigze praedictee connexa ; versus 
medium marginis lateralis utrinque punctum magnum adest. 
Elytra prothorace vix latiora, obscura, brunneo-picea, fascia 
media indistincta nigricanti notata, valde punctata, punctis in 
utroque elytro strias vix regulares circiter 16 formantibus ; 
podex tenue setosus. Corpus subtus nigricans, prosterno 
pedibusque rufescentibus, tarsis obscurioribus ¢. 
Obs.—One of the maxille has four teeth, two being interme- 
diate and of equal size, the lower tooth being scarcely trifid ; while 
the other maxilla has only one intermediate tooth, the inferior 
tooth being more strongly trifid. 
This description is derived from a single specimen in the Col- 
lection of the Zoological Society, which was examined by Dr. 
Burmeister, who applied to it the name of Hyppothetis West- 
woodii. Not having seen this insect until several months after Dr. 
Burmeister had left England, I was not aware that a generic name 
had been given by that author, and as in the interim an account 
of this paper had appeared in print, I have not thought it neces- 
sary to reject the name which I had myself given to it, upon a 
suggestion from Dr. Burmeister himself. 
Postscript.—Since the preceding paper was read some additions 
have been made to our knowledge of the genus Parastasia. 
M. Guérin- Meneville, in the Zoological Supplement to M. 
Delessert’s “ Souvenirs d’un Voyage dans ]’Inde,” has described a 
species of Parastasia under the name of 
Sp. xi. Parastasia obscura, G.-M., in Op. cit. p. 39, and Pl. XI. 
fig. 1. 
“ Nigra, punctata, scutello, elytris basi et margine exteriori 
fusco-fulvis, femoribus apice tibiis tarsisque fusco- fulves- 
centibus. 
* Long. 12, larg. 7 millim. 
* Habitat Pulo Penang.” 
As the specimen described by M. Guérin possesses simple and 
equal sized ungues in the anterior fore feet, it is evidently a 
female, that sex being distinguished by that character from the 
males ; the subgeneric name of Carterosoma, therefore, proposed 
by M. Guérin-Meneville for his insect, must be abandoned. 
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