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Thorax nearly as broad as the head, not longer than the width, 

 and narrowed gradually to the base. Elytra somewhat depressed, 

 and clouded with brown towards the apes and sides. Eyes very 

 small. 



679. — Anthicus aberrans. n. sp. 

 Length 2 lines. 

 Elongate, pale reddish brown, opaque, punctate and fulvo- 

 pubescent. Thorax ovate, and as broad as the head, with the 

 median line faintly marked towards the base. Elytra elongate, 

 parallel-sided, subdepressed, scarcely wider than the thorax and 

 of a more red colour, and striato-punctate. Legs and antennae pale 

 i-ed, the latter having the 9th and 10th joints broader than the 

 others, and the last joint long. 



This species ought to constitute a separate genus. 



PYROCHROIDJE. 



680. — Lemodes Mastersii. n. sp. 

 Length 2 lines. 

 This species differs from Lemodes coccinea Bohem, in being of 

 a smaller size, broader form, and duller colour and in having the 

 legs and basal joints of the antennte red, and the two apical 

 joints white. 



MORDELLID^. 



681. — MORDELLA OCTOMACULATA. n. Sp. 



Length 4 lines. 

 Satiny black, opaque. Head silvery white in front and be- 

 hind. Thorax bordered with white and with a white fascia in- 

 terrupted in the middle. Elytra with an oblique oval spot in the 

 middle near the base, a straight oval spot behind near the suture, 

 a round spot towards the apex and a transverse spot on the side 

 towards the shoulders, white. Body beneath spotted with white. 



682. MORDELLA 14 MACULATA. U. Sp. 



Length 4 lines. 

 Of a more elongate form than the last species. The fascia on 



