Description 



of a new Genus of Nitidulidae 



by Andrew Murray, Esq. 



Mliodes (Nilio; elSo; aspectus.) 

 Corporis forma inter Cassida et Nilio. Subrotundatus, suh- 

 depressus, opaco-subsericeiis, subpapillosus, disco parum elevatus, 

 crinibus lonyis erectis obtectus, elytris singulis ut in Amphicros- 

 sus fasciculo crinium medio instructis. Epistoma parum proji- 

 ciens. Labrum transversum., subquadrtttum. Mandibulae breves, 

 simplices, subtus excavatae; palpi breves, subcylindrici. Anten- 

 nae articulo primo magno, 2 — 8 tenuibus, 2 6 longitudine fere 

 aequalibus, 7 — 8 minoribus , clava compressa obovata, articulo 

 9 — ii composila. Oculi sat magni. Thorax angulis Omnibus 

 late rotundatis, apice fortiter emarginatus^ angulis anticis valde 

 prominulis, lateribus late deplanatis, translucentibus. Scutellum 

 minutum. Elytra rotundata, angulis anticis rectis. Pedes sat 

 tenues, tarsi articulo ultimo elongato. 



Niliodes bipenicillatus: Like a minute Mesomphalia, an ap- 

 pearance a good deal owing to the sides of the thorax being broad- 

 ly explanate and to a tuft of black hairs standing up near the 

 suture about the middle of the elytra, as in Amphicrossus, which 

 give the elytra the appearance of having a raised boss in the 

 middle. In other respects it looks like Nilio. It is dark reddish 

 brown, with a sericeous surface bearing a number of faint papillae 

 or tuffs as in some species of Nilio and thinly clothed with black 

 erect hairs. The elytra are here and there irregularly impressed, 

 particularly behind the minute scutellum; there are three or four 

 undistinct indications of Striae. The under side and legs are a little 

 paler and more reddish in colour. — Long. 1{'", lat. l^'". 



Amazon. A Single specimen captured by Mr. Bates, now in 

 the British Museum. 



