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broader base, the antennae less distinctly annulate, and the colour 

 darker ; a longitudinal impressed mark on the prothorax, not a 

 transverse one as in M. permutans. It may be remarked that a 

 little moisture permanently changes the colour of the insect into 

 a dull brown, which is its not unfrequent state in collections. 

 Length 7g lines. 



Monohammus curialis. 



M. capite prothoraceque sericeo-brunneis ; elytris punctatis 

 canescentibus, maculi basali fusca pone medium, fascii 

 obliqua, extus latiore, brunned ; antennis (^) annulatis ar- 

 ticulis 1 — 5 incrassatis. China Borealis. 



Head and prothorax rich silky brown ; elytra rather sparingly 

 punctured, without granulations at the shoulders, a dark brown 

 spot at the base, and an oblique band behind the middle, broader 

 at the sides on each, the apex with a slightly reddish tinge ; eyes 

 black ; antennae rich brown, the first five joints in the male 

 thickened, the fourth to the tenth pale at the base ; legs grey, 

 thighs, lower part of the four posterior tibiae, tarsi and claws 

 brown. 



Length 9 lines. 



Monohammus sobrius. 



M. obscure brunneus ; prothorace subpunctato fortiter spinoso ; 

 scutello concolore ; antennis annulatis. China Borealis. 



Dull brown, sparingly clothed with short hairs ; prothorax 

 feebly punctured, narrow, with a strong spine on each side ; elytra 

 rather thickly punctured, not granulated ; antennae with the joints 

 from the fourth to the nintli paler at the base. 



Length 6 lines. 



Monohammus proletarius. 



M. fuscus, dense cinereo-pubescens ; prothorace lined sub- 

 elevata medid longitudinali ; elytris sub-angustis ; antennis 

 longis ( ^ ) articulo octo incrassato. Macassar. 



Brown, with a fine thickly set ashy-grey pubescence ; pro- 

 thorax rather narrow, with a strong spine at the side and a slightly 

 elevated smooth longitudinal" median line; elytra narrow, finely 



