86 Capt. T. Broun 



thorax, 11-jointed; club 4-joirited. Tarsi' 5-articulate, the 

 two hind pairs elongate and slender ; the anterior widely 

 dilated, each of the three basal joints being about twice as 

 broad as long ; the first and second are eraarginate at the 

 extremity, the third is broadly cordiform, the fourth is small, 

 the fitth is elongate and slender. Tihice: anterior considerably 

 expanded towards the extremity, oblique there, with a short 

 spine at the inner angle, and with five or six minute denticles 

 on the outside below the middle; the other two pairs multi- 

 spinose externally. 



The eighth joint of the antennae is not abbreviated, as in 

 Clioleva and its allies. In Agyrtes the antennal club is five- 

 jointed, and, as is not the case in Choleva, the tibiffi are exter- 

 nally spinose; the proper place for Alesagyrtes is, without 

 doubt, between these two genera. The eyes are rotundate 

 and convex, and are quite free from the lateral margins of 

 the head. 



Mesagyrtes scahripes, sp. n. 



Ohhng-oval^ subopaque, fuscous, densely covered with 

 peculiar yellow pubescence ; legs red, palpi and tarsi paler ; 

 antennae pale reddish, club infuscate. 



Head abruptly narrowed in front of the eyes, flat between 

 these, very finely sculptured. TJiorax about one third broader 

 than long, widest at the base, more rounded and narrowed 

 before the middle than it is behind, its base is truncate ; 

 the anterior angles are rounded, the posterior almost rect- 

 angular; it is finely marginated, and the surface is closely 

 and very finely sculptured. Scutellum distinct, triangular. 

 Elytra of the same width as the thorax at the base, very 

 little narrowed posteriorly; each elytron has a fine, slightly 

 sinuous, sutural stria; the whole surface is finely and closely 

 sculptured ; the sculpture, hoAvever, is not well defined. 



Antennw finely pubescent, inserted close to the front of the 

 eyes ; first joint rather stouter and longer than the second, 

 both elongate ; third and fourth longer than broad, the latter 

 the shorter ; sixth shorter than fifth, but not at all trans- 

 verse ; seventh obconical, distinctly broader than the sixth, 

 but not so broad as the next one ; joints 8 to 10 transverse, 

 eleventh longer than the tenth. 



Underside fuscous, with fine dense clothing. Prosternum 

 emarginate in front ; anterior coxai contiguous. IJesosternum 

 medially carinate in front, its process on a higher plane, mode- 

 rately broad, and separating the middle coxse. Aletastenium 

 slightly flattened in the middle. The Imid co^te nearly touch. 

 Femora broad. 



