and Species of Coleoptera. 405 
eleventh joints forming a short ovate club; the ninth, the 
largest, shining, and slightly embracing the tenth and eleventh, 
which are spongy. LHyes large, not divided by a canthus. 
Thorax transverse. Scutellum triangular. Elytra elongate, 
slightly rounded at the sides. Abdomen composed of six seg- 
ments ; the basal one small and much hidden. Anterior cox 
rather large, conical. Metasternum short. Intermediate and 
posterior tibiz furnished with two spurs at the apex, those to 
the intermediate pair being the longer ; anterior tibia elongate, 
not much widened at the apex, with two strong teeth on the 
outer edge, and a smaller one nearer the base. ‘Tarsi long 
and very slender, longer than the tibia, the anterior pair the 
longest, nearly twice as long as the tibia; the basal joint very 
short (club-shaped), not reaching beyond the apical tooth of 
the tibia; the second to fifth joints very long and slender, the 
fifth the longest. The claws very long, slender, very slightly 
curved, simple, about four fifths the length of the claw-joint. 
I have placed a note of interrogation to the number of joints 
to the antennex, as the eighth joint is somewhat doubtful ; there 
is, however, an apparent suture between it and the first joint 
of the club, and I am not sure that I am correct in terming it 
a joint. I mention this, particularly as the structure of the 
antenne inclines me to place the species in the vicinity of 
Hapalonychus (Hybosoridee), which should have only ten joints 
to the antenne. Many of its characters, however, suggest an 
affinity with Serica; but I believe that it is rightly placed 
here, 
Areotanypus boops, sp. nov. 
A, piceo-niger, nitidus, fortiter punctatus ; capite sat magno, pla- 
nato, sat crebre punctato ; oculis magnis rotundatis ; thorace capite 
latiore, longitudine fere dimidio latiore, leviter convexo, antice 
paululo angustato, sat crebre fortiter punctato ; scutello elongato- 
triangulari, fere levi; elytris thorace paulo latioribus et 24 lon- 
gioribus, leviter convexis, irregulariter crebre fortiter punctatis, 
postice paulo ampliatis, ad apicem arcuatim attenuatis ; pedibus 
longis; tibiis anticis extus tridentatis; tarsis testaceis, longis- 
simis, gracilibus ; unguibus gracilibus, simplicibus. Long. 23 lin., 
Jat. 11 lin. 
The clypeus is not separated from the forehead by any dis- 
tinct line; it is transverse, and has the angles slightly rounded. 
The thorax has the anterior angles slightly prominent, scarcely 
acute; the sides are gently reflexed, very gently narrowed 
in front; the base is broadly lobed in the middle. The elytra 
are furnished with a stria near the suture. The underside of 
the body is very shining, not punctured. The three teeth on 
the outer edge of the anterior tibize are sharp, the basal one 
