360 Prof. Westwood on 
prothorax, with a slight obtuse angle on each side behind 
the eyes; the canthus extends about half through the 
eyes, and is but slightly dilated im front of them. The 
labrum is short, transverse, with the fore-margin nearly 
straight, the anterior lateral angles prominent and acute. 
The mandibles are about the length of the head, they are 
falcate, acute at the tips, with a large triangular flattened 
tooth in the middle of the inner edge, beyond which, or 
rather arising on the anterior edge of the tooth itself, 
is a very minute tooth, and there is another equally 
minute and erect on the upper edge near the tip, and so 
placed that it is not visible when seen vertically. The 
mentum is very broad, with the anterior lateral angles 
rounded, the fore margin nearly straight, and the disc 
(like the remainder of the head, except the jugulum) 
covered with very minute granulations when seen with 
a lens, and marked with large shallow cicatricose punc- 
tures. The upper surface of the head is almost flat and 
even, with a very slight trace of a depression in the mid- 
dle near the prothorax. The prothorax is wider than the 
head, but very slightly convex on the disc, the centre of 
which exhibits a very faint longitudinal depression ; the 
anterior half of the lateral margin is dilated and rounded, 
and the hinder angles are oblique; the whole of the 
lateral and posterior sides have a slender, but distinct, 
margin; the upper surface is very delicately granulated 
like the head. The elytra are narrower than the pro- 
thorax, moderately convex, polished, but when seen with 
a lens they are delicately punctured ; the humeral angles 
are prominent, and the disc of each is marked with 
several very indistinct raised longitudinal lines, scarcely 
visible beyond the middle. The anterior tibiz are mo- 
derately slender, finely crenulated on the outer edge with 
six marginal teeth; the four hind legs are moderately 
slender, with a spur in the middle of the outer edge of 
each of the four posterior tibiz; the prosternum is rather 
wide, with a groove between the base of the fore-legs ; 
the metasternum and abdomen are polished, and delicately 
punctured. 
Nicipius Parryi, Bates. 
(Plate VIII. fig. 1, male.) 
“ Oblongus, niger, nitidus ; capite quam thorax paulo 
angustiore, lateribus ante oculos rotundato-dilatato haud 
