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the denser clothing of soft ashen pile. The thorax also is slightly 

 longer, the extremity of the abdomen is of a reddish tint, and the 

 legs are entirely of a light red. The fourth joint of the tarsi is 

 not so strongly bilobed as in P. grandiceps. 



243.- — PiNOPHILUS BEEVIS. n. sp. 



Length 3 lines. 

 Though differing very much in size, this insect much resembles 

 P. grandiceps. The thorax however is more square, and is 

 very briefly carinated at the base on the median line. The legs 

 are entirely red. 



244. — Oedichirds p^deroides. n. sp. 



Length 3 1 lines. 



Black, nitid. Thorax red, longer than the breadth, rounded 

 behind the anterior angles, narrowed at the base, and marked 

 with two deeply punctured impressions not reaching the apex 

 and some lateral punctures. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 emarginate at the apex, and punctured, with the punctures large 

 and scattered. Abdomen elongate, cylindrical, and punctured in 

 transverse rows four on each segment, with the three first seg- 

 ments red, the rest black. The maxillary palpi are black, with 

 the last joint very much prolonged internally. 



PiNOBiDS. n. gen. 



AntennEe short, moniliform, somewhat geniculate, first joint 

 thick, the last pointed. Maxillary palpi with the last joint large, 

 subsecuriform, laterally compressed, and very slight at its junction 

 with the penultimate one, which is as long, but much slighter 

 and a little arcuated. Head round, and depressed. Neck broad, 

 distinct. Thorax nearly square. Elytra narrow. Abdomen 

 large, elongate, and cylindrical, with the lateral border feebly 

 marked. Legs rather slight, anterior tarsi moderately dilated 

 with the fourth joint of all small, and slightly lobed. 



Unfortunately there is only one specimen and that a bad one, 

 of the insect for whose reception this genus is formed. The 



