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duced, broadly truncate, upper surface transversely convex, smooth 

 and shining, impunctate. Sciitellum subelongate, trigonate, its 

 apex acute. Elytra feebly lobed at their base ; upper surface 

 finely but distinctly punctate-striate, the striae distant, nearly 

 regular on the inner disc, confused near the outer margin, less 

 deeply impressed towards the apex ; on each elytron is a short 

 fuscous vitta, which occupies rather more than the middle third of 

 its length; attached to the suture in front, it runs obliquely down- 

 wards and slightly outwards, gradually increasing in thickness 

 posteriorly ; tlie apical border has also a broad band of the same 

 colour, this band being attached by its anterior extremity to a 

 large ill-defined concolorous patch, which lies on the outer disc, 

 some distance below its middle ; near the base of the elytra are 

 also several very faint fuscous stains. Body beneath somewhat 

 sparingly clothed with coarse adpressed hairs. Apical segment 

 of abdomen with a large fovea. 



3. JEtlieomoripha pygidialis, n. sp. 



Elongata, subcylindrica, pallide flava, nitida ; pygidio, abdo- 

 minis segmento ultimo, oculis, antennisqne (his basi exceptis) 

 nigris ; elytris tenuissime punctato-striatis, limbo laterali 

 postice abrupte angustato, limboque basali circa scutellum, 

 nigro-fuscis. 



Long. 2J lin. 



Hab. Ceram. 



Face broad, flat, impunctate, impressed in the centre between 

 the eyes with a distinct subtriangular fovea ; eyes large, sub- 

 prominent ; antennae about equal to the head and thorax in 

 length, flattened, tapering towards their apex, covered with coarse 

 hairs ; basal joint thickened, second moderately thickened, short, 

 obovate, third very short, fourth compressed, obtrigonate, fifth 

 and following joints compressed, transverse. Thorax nearly three 

 times as long as broad, sides rounded, converging in front, poste- 

 rior angles broadly rounded, entirely obsolete, basal margin 

 truncate on either side, medial lobe scarcely produced, broadly 

 truncate ; upper surface entirely impunctate. Scutellum large, 

 trigonate. Elytra subparallel, sides feebly lobed at the base, 

 upper surface smooth, impressed with minute punctures, which 

 are arranged in distinct longitudinal rows on the inner disc, but 

 become irregular towards the lateral margin ; a narrow border 

 surrounding the scutellum, together with the outer border of 

 each elytron, nigro-fuscous ; this latter forms a broad vitta for 



