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  Mr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Dallas's 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  

  

  Podops 
  at 
  the 
  first 
  glance. 
  The 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  elytra, 
  however, 
  

   removes 
  it 
  at 
  once 
  from 
  the 
  Scutelleroides, 
  for 
  no 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   inner 
  or 
  apical 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  corium 
  is 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  scutel- 
  

   lum 
  : 
  whilst 
  in 
  all 
  Scutelleroides 
  the 
  inner 
  margin, 
  with 
  a 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  apical 
  one, 
  passes 
  under 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  described 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  Catalogue, 
  

   under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  /Ednus 
  obscurus, 
  inhabits 
  the 
  Philippine 
  

   Islands 
  and 
  Java 
  ; 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  is 
  from 
  Hong 
  Kong. 
  

  

  Mdnus 
  ventralin, 
  n. 
  s. 
  (PI. 
  I. 
  fig. 
  3.) 
  

  

  JE. 
  fusco-griseus, 
  nigro-punctatissimus; 
  abdominis 
  disco 
  nigro 
  ; 
  

  

  antennis 
  testaceis, 
  apice 
  fuscescentibus; 
  pedibus 
  luteis, 
  nigro- 
  

  

  punctatis. 
  $ 
  $. 
  

   Long. 
  lin. 
  3—3^ 
  (m. 
  0.006). 
  

   Hab, 
  " 
  Hong 
  Kong." 
  In 
  my 
  own 
  collection. 
  

  

  Ovate, 
  rather 
  convex, 
  pale 
  greyish 
  brown, 
  very 
  thickly 
  and 
  

   finely 
  punctured 
  with 
  black. 
  Head 
  rather 
  small, 
  very 
  minutely 
  

   punctured 
  with 
  black 
  both 
  above 
  and 
  beneath. 
  Eyes 
  pale 
  ; 
  ocelli' 
  

   yellowish. 
  Antennae 
  slender, 
  rather 
  sparingly 
  clothed 
  with 
  short 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  three 
  first 
  joints 
  testaceous, 
  fourth 
  joint 
  pale 
  brown, 
  with 
  

   the 
  base 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  fifth 
  joint 
  pale 
  brown. 
  Rostrum 
  yellow. 
  

   Pronotum 
  very 
  thickly 
  and 
  finely 
  punctured 
  with 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  

   punctures 
  more 
  distant 
  on 
  a 
  slightly 
  impressed 
  space, 
  whicli 
  

   crosses 
  the 
  disc 
  about 
  the 
  middle, 
  forming 
  a 
  pale 
  transverse 
  

   band 
  ; 
  immediately 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  this 
  impressed 
  space 
  are 
  four 
  

   small 
  pale 
  tubercles. 
  Scutellum 
  very 
  large, 
  reaching 
  ve'^y 
  nearly 
  

   to 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  constricted 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   very 
  thickly 
  and 
  finely 
  punctured 
  with 
  black, 
  more 
  thickly 
  

   punctured 
  and 
  somewhat 
  rugose 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  where 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  small 
  smooth 
  whitish 
  point 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  within 
  the 
  basal 
  

   angles 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  angles 
  themselves 
  black. 
  Breast 
  rather 
  darker 
  

   than 
  the 
  upper 
  surface, 
  very 
  thickly 
  and 
  finely 
  punctured 
  with 
  

   black. 
  Legs 
  yellow 
  ; 
  thighs 
  with 
  numerous 
  black 
  or 
  brown 
  

   points, 
  the 
  anterior 
  pair 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  row 
  of 
  small 
  black 
  spines 
  

   on 
  the 
  lower 
  surface; 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  browfi 
  points, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  

   few 
  minute 
  bristles 
  along 
  the 
  edges. 
  Elytra 
  with 
  the 
  coriaceous 
  

   portion 
  rather 
  less 
  thickly 
  punctured 
  than 
  die 
  thorax 
  and 
  scutel- 
  

   lum 
  ; 
  membrane 
  transparent, 
  colourless. 
  Wings 
  semitransparent, 
  

   iridescent. 
  Abdomen 
  beneath 
  deep 
  shining 
  black, 
  slightly 
  brassy, 
  

   very 
  thickly 
  and 
  finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  margins 
  pale 
  griseous. 
  

  

  