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EXCOSMIA (gen. nov. ErirJiininarnm). 



Sat elongata ; dense squamosa ; rostrum sat elongatum (maris 

 quam feminee brevius), modice rol)Ustum (fere ut Gerynasscn), 

 modice arcuatum, subcylindricum ; scrobes laterales sat 

 obliquie prtemedianie ; scapus oculum attingens ; funiculus 

 7-articulatus ; clava antennarum distincte articulata ; oculi 

 sat magni grosse granulati ; prothorax subcylindricus, antice 

 modice angustatus, quam elytra paullo angustior, lobis 

 ocularibus distinctis ; scutellum distinctum ; prosternum 

 antice fortiter emarginatum, ante coxas modice elongatum ; 

 coxie intermedite minus approximatai ; femora mutica ; tibiae 

 anticfe ad apicem intus mucronatie ; tarsi robusti, sat 

 elongati, articulo 3° fortiter bilobo, 4° brevi quam 3"' vix 

 longiori ; unguiculi divaricati ; segmentum ventrale 2"'" 

 quam 3"" 4*"" que conjuncta paullo longius, ultimum sat 

 breve ; sutunt* intermedia^ ad latera vix angulatte. 

 This genus has a very £Jrirhinus-\ike facies. Its characters are 

 in the main much like those of the preceding genus, from which 

 however inter alia its well-developed ocular lobes and short claw- 

 joint sejDarate it very readily. It also bears a considerable re- 

 seml)lance to Em]?lesis, with which, however, its mucronate front 

 tibite, stouter rostrum, prosternum without any trace of excava- 

 tion, shorter intermediate ventral segments, ifec., will prevent its 

 being confused. I do not hnd any definite character to separate 

 it from jMr. Pascoe's Empira (^as described), but as in the case of 

 the ]3receding genus the statement that Empira has the facies of 

 Hypera seems altogether inconsistent with possible identity, and 

 there are several minor respects in which it does not agree satis- 

 factorily with Mr. Pascoe's diagnosis. The structure of the 

 antennal club is very like that of Eniopea^ though the joints are 

 a little more closely compacted together. 



E. Adelaide f, sp. nov. Sat elongata ; ferruginea, metasterno 

 medio et abdominis basi infuscatis ; squamis sat magnis 

 ferrugineis cinereis umbrinisque intermixtis vestita ; rostro 

 punctulato, vix distincte strigato ; funiculi articulis basal- 

 ibus 2 sat elongatis (basali quam 2"^ paullo longiori), ceteris 

 sat brevibus ; prothorace leviter transverse, antice paullo 

 angustato, supra crebre subtilius ruguloso, lateribus leviter 

 arcuatis ; elytris punctulato-sulcatis, interstitiis subcosta- 

 tis ; corpore subtus fortiter sat crebre punctulato . 

 Maris rostro quam prothorax vix, femina? sat manifeste, 



longiori. Long, (rostr. inch). If 1.; lat., -^ 1. 

 In good specimens the sculpture is entirely buried beneath the 

 squamosity. The arrangement of the differently-coloured scales 

 is too confused for very accurate description ; the ashy-coloured 



