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prominent and acute. In both specimens the declivous 
base of the elytra is rufous. The antenna^ are rather paler 
towards the base than in the apical part; the legs are 
reddish-testaceous. 
Division II. Epimera mesotlioracica coxas hand 
attincjentia. 
Group 1. Pedunculati. 
Subfiim. BROSCiXy]-:. 
Craspedonotus tibialis, Schaum, Berl. Entom. Zeitschr. 
1863, p. 87, t. 1., f. 5. 
Abundant in sandy places everywhere ; inland and on 
the coast. Mr. Lewis took this remarkable insect also at 
Foo-chow in China. 
Group 2. Patellimani. 
Subfam. Panag^ein.t:. 
Eudema Jiavopilosiim, Chaud. 
Epicosmus id., Chaud. Bull. Mosc. 1861, 4, p. 14. 
Ja]mn; Formosa. Also Bengal. Not met Avith by 
Mr. Lewis. 
A small species (3^ lines), with thorax forming a half- 
oval, with a reddish spot at the hind angles ; antennae and 
feet red, palpi and two squarish spots on each elytron 
orange-tawny. 
Disciiissus, nov. gen. 
Facies Eudema. Caput ut in gen. Panapao, antice 
obtusum; oculi valde prominentes ; collo constricto. Palpi 
elongati ; articulo terminali $ modice securiformi, $ obli- 
quiter triangulari, acutissimo. Tarsi omnes articulo 4'° 
bilobo, lobis pedum posticorum minus elongatis acumi- 
natis ; antici $ hand dilatati. Mentum breve, latum ; dente 
mediano lato, medio impresso, a corpore menti suturtl, 
diviso. 
This ncAv genus is formed for the reception of species of 
Eudema which present the striking peculiarity of a bilobed 
fourth joint to all the tarsi in both sexes. In this character 
it agrees with Euschizomerus, but in that genus the lobes 
are long and rounded to all the feet, Avhilst in Dischissns 
the lobes on the hind feet are not so fully developed, being 
acute, and therefore only to be considered as prolongations 
of the angles of the fourth joint ; in the anterior and 
