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base, With the median Hne marked on the posterior half, and the 

 posterior angles acute and carinate. Elytra pale red, subacumi- 

 nate towards the apex, and striato-punctate. Antenna shorter 

 than half the body, and strongly pectinate. 



493. — DiCTENIOPHORUS APICALIS. n. sp. 

 Length 5 lines. 

 Black, subnitid, punctate and clothed with very short pile. 

 Thorax red with basal margin black, and scarcely longer than 

 the width, with the median line deeply marked on the posterior 

 half, and the posterior angles acute, carinate, curved slightly 

 outwards, and of a black colour. Elytra subelongate, subacumi- 

 nate at the apex, striato-punctate, and of a pale red colour on the 

 basal two-thirds. 



494. — DiCTENIOPHORUS VITTATUS. n. sp. 



Length 1^ 3 lines. 

 Elongate, narrow, black, subnitid, punctate, and moderately 

 pubescent. Thorax much longer than the width, with the 

 median, line only marked at the very base, and the posterior 

 angles obtuse and carinate. Elytra striato-punctate with a 

 broad lurid yellow vitta along the whole length of each elytron. 

 Legs reddish brown. 



Hemiopsida. n. gen. 



Last joint of maxillary palpi small, subovoid. Head rather 

 prominent, vertical, excavated, and broadly rounded in front. 

 Eyes round, entirely disengaged from the thorax. Antennas 

 moderately long, first joint thick, second very small, third also 

 small but larger than the second, 4 to 10 long and dentated, 11 

 very long and filiform. Thorax short, broadest at the base, 

 Scutellum oblong, subtruncate. Legs thick, tarsi entire — 1st joint 

 longest, the rest gradually decreasing to the fourth. Body rather 

 robust. Prosternum convex and without mentonniere. 



495. — Hemiopsida Mastersii. n. sp. 

 Length 4 J lines. 

 Convex, black, subopaque, punctate, and clothed .with short 



