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apicali vix extus directo excepto) baud dentatse ; unguiculi 

 modice elongati (ab articulo 5° tarsorum longitudine baud 

 multo dissimiles), simplices, maris anterioribus incrassatis et 

 appendicibus 2 elongatis membranaceis instructis ; coxse 

 posticaB quam metasternum paullo breviores ; corpus supra 

 sat glabrum, subtus pilosum. 

 Type F. (Cheiragra), Macleayi, Blackb. 



Tbe tarsal cbaracter of tbis species (mentioned by me in 

 ■describing it, P.L.S., N.S.W., 1891, p. 482) must, I am now con- 

 vinced, be regarded as inconsistent with a place in the genus 

 CJieiragra ; its facies moreover is quite sui generis^ the glabrous 

 nitid upper surface being suggestive of certain Phyllotoci while 

 its head is that of a Cheiragra ; tbe structure of the legs (and 

 especially the claws) is quite different from that of any other 

 species known to me, while the coppery (or purplish) gloss of the 

 upper surface distinguisbes it among its allies. 



CHEIRRHAMPHICA (gen. nov. Sericidarufn). 



Mentum sat elongatuna sat angustum ; palpi labiales breves, 



articulo ultimo obconico ; palpi maxillares modici (quam 



Phyllotoci Macleayi, Fischer, multo breviores), articulo 



ultimo subcylindrico ad apicem subacuminato ; labrum breve 



transversum a clypeo sutura vix manifesta divisum ; oculi 



modici, fere ut Fhyllotoci ; antennae modicse, 8-articulat8e, 



clava brevi 3-articulata ; prothorax sequalis ; scutellum 



modicum ; elytra oblonga, parum manifesto striata ; pedes 



elongati fere ut Fhyllotoci, sed maris tibiis anticis compresso- 



dilatatis et tarsis anticis brevibus (harum articulis basalibus 



4 brevissimis, articulo apicali quam tibia antica vix breviori, 



unguiculo permagno deformi) ; coxae posticae quam abdomen 



vix breviores ; corpus pubescens. 



It will be seen from the above diagnosis that this genus must 



be placed in Lacordaire's " Groupe " Fhyllotocides and that it 



differs from Fhyllotocus notably in the front piece of tbe clypeus 



being very sbort, strongly transverse, and not separated from tbe 



preceding piece by a sbarply defined suture, also by the very 



remarkable sexual characters in tbe front legs of the male, and 



the very different maxillary palpi. The hind coxse are very 



elongate, their hind edge being (on tbe lateral margin) scarcely 



farther from the apex of the abdomen than from the hind margin 



of tbe metasternum. 



€. pubescens, sp. nov. Sat ovalis ; pube pallida sat elongata ad- 

 pressa vestita ; subnitida ; nigra, vix aenea, antennis palpis 

 pedibusque brunneo-testaceis (nonnullorum exemplorum pro- 

 thorace elytris abdomineque brunneo-testaceis, nonnullorum 



