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XI. Descriptions of a new genus, and of two new species 
of Longicorn Coleoptera. By H. W. Bares, 
F.Z.S., &c. 
[Read Ist May, 1871.] 
Genus Bo.porritus, nov. gen. 
(Sub.-fam. Cerambycine vere.) 
Mas. Corpus cylindricum, robustum. Caput crassum 
pone oculos haud constrictum. Antenne breves, humeros 
elytrorum paulo superantes; articulo tertio maxime am- 
pliato, ovato, crasso, paulo compresso; 4to lato in apice 
articulo tertii incluso ; articulis 5-7 brevibus ovatis; 8-11 
linearibus lateribus sulcatis, ultimo longiori acuminato. 
Thorax transversim quadratus,inermis. lytra parallelo- 
erammica apice rotundata. Pedes breves robusti; tibize 
compresse ; tarsi breves, articulo 3i0 lobis brevibus, 
angustis, 4to ceteris conjunctis paululum breviori crasso. 
Prosternum arcuatum, mesosternum simplex; acetabula 
antica extus longe angulata. Abdomen postice vix an- 
gustatum, segmentis singulis convexis, ultimo latissimo 
et brevissimo. 
Bolbotritus Bainesi, un. sp. 
Fusco-castaneus, capite et thorace obscurioribus, cre- 
berrime punctulatis et rugulosis ; antennis articulis basali 
obscuriori rugoso, tertio punctulato, ceeteris nitidis ; ely- 
tris subtiliter coriaceis nitidis, leviter bicostatis ; pectore 
et abdomine punctulatis. 
Long. 2 une. 
Hab.—Ad ripas fluminis Mungwe in terris Matabilio- 
rum, Afric Australis, in lat. 20°, 45’; A viatore insigne 
Thom. Baines capto. 
This singular species belongs, without doubt, to section 
A of Lacordaire’s Group Cerambycides vrais, and to divi- 
sion I. of the same section; the lower lobe of the eyes 
not advancing beyond the antenniferous tubercles. ‘The 
extreme shortness of the antenne makes it an exception 
to the general character of the group, but it is clear that 
TRANS. ENT. soc. 1871.—PaRT I. (AUGUST.) 
