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ad elytrorum basin depressum, crebrepunctatum,opacum. Caput 

 exsertum, rotundatum, convexum, obtusum, postice crassura, fronte 

 convexa, genis modice elongatis ; tuberibus antenniferis vix ele- 

 vatis, condylo antennarum exserto. Labrum parvum. Palpi 

 parvi, apice obtusi. Oouli vix conspicui, divisi, Iobo superiore 

 parvo. Antennae corpore longiores, filiformes, robusti ; sparsim 

 longe pubescentes ; scapo niodice elongato subcylindrico, ca3teris 

 articulis regularibus. Thorax breviter cylindricus, inermis, con- 

 vexus, postice depressus. Elytra postice paululum ampliata, 

 apice obtuse rotundata. Pedes breves ; tibiae intermedia? extns 

 sulcata? ; ungues divergentes, simplices. Acetabula antica postice 

 clausa. Pro- et mesostema inter coxas angusta, longitudinaliter 

 convexa. Acetabula intermedia extus aperta ; scd epimera meso- 

 thoracica haud conspicua. Metathorax ut in subfam. Dorcadiinis 

 brevis. 



The affinities of this curious genus are a difficult problem. 

 According to the technical characters employed by Lacordaire, 

 it would belong to the Apomecynmo}, except perhaps for the 

 short metathorax. There is much, both in facies and form of 

 the sterna, which reminds one of the Australian genus Mesolita 

 in the Parmenince group ; but the claws are not divaricate, the 

 middle tibiae have a conspicuous exterior groove, and the an- 

 tennae are thick to the apex. The sides of the sternum are so 

 thickly punctured that the sutures are invisible; and it is 

 doubtful whether the mesothoracic epimera penetrate to the 

 sockets, which are apparently open. 



Microlera ptinotdes, n. sp. 



M. atro-fusca, opaca, to to corpore (abdomine excepto) grosse punc- 

 tato ; elytris basi rufescentibus, vitta utrinque subbasali abbre- 

 viata fasciaque pone medium cinereis ; an tennis piceo-rufis, 

 nitidis; pedibus piceis, cinereo-pubescentibus. Long. l|-l|lin. 



Hiogo ; on dead branches of JEgle sepiaria. 



The body, viewed in profile, has a double convexity, or may 

 be termed biarcuate ; the front is a little inclined backwards 

 towards the presternum, and forms, with the vertex and 

 thorax, a regular convexity ; the hind part of the thorax and 

 base of the elytra are depressed, and the rest of the elytra is 

 .convex. The elytra at the base are very little broader than 

 the base of the thorax (which is a little constricted) ; the 

 shoulders form right angles, and there is a short obtuse lateral 

 ridge proceeding from them, causing the sides of the elytra to 

 be nearly vertical almost to the apex. 



Atimura japom'ca, n. sp. 



A. f'usco-grisea, capite apiceque elytrorum plus minusve fulvis; 

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