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  Mr. 
  T-T. 
  E. 
  Andrewes 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  smooth, 
  clypeal 
  suture 
  fine, 
  labrum 
  with 
  front 
  margin 
  arcuate, 
  

   two 
  large 
  pores 
  with 
  long 
  setae 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  mandibles 
  strong 
  and 
  elongate, 
  palpi 
  very 
  long 
  

   and 
  slender, 
  last 
  joint 
  securiform 
  and 
  obliquely 
  truncate, 
  much 
  

   larger 
  in 
  the 
  maxillaries 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  labials, 
  joint 
  1 
  of 
  antennae 
  very 
  

   long 
  = 
  2 
  to 
  6 
  (about) 
  taken 
  together, 
  eyes 
  prominent, 
  distant 
  

   beneath 
  from 
  buccal 
  fissure. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  cyhndrical, 
  

   widest 
  at 
  middle, 
  densely 
  and 
  coarsely 
  punctate, 
  more 
  coarsely 
  

   than 
  head, 
  punctures 
  strongly 
  confluent 
  at 
  sides; 
  sides 
  nearly 
  

   parallel, 
  moderately 
  constricted 
  at 
  a 
  third 
  from 
  base, 
  side 
  margin 
  

   well 
  marked 
  in 
  middle 
  only. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  elongate, 
  shoulders 
  strongly 
  rounded, 
  a 
  little 
  widened 
  

   towards 
  apex, 
  where 
  truncate, 
  outer 
  angle 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  strong 
  tooth, 
  

   sutural 
  angle 
  fairly 
  sharp 
  but 
  not 
  toothed 
  ; 
  punctate-striate 
  with 
  a 
  

   long 
  scutellary 
  striole 
  between 
  1 
  and 
  suture; 
  intervals 
  closely 
  

   punctate, 
  the 
  punctures 
  much 
  finer 
  than 
  on 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax. 
  

  

  Underside 
  shiny, 
  more 
  finely 
  punctured, 
  and 
  with 
  finer 
  pubescence 
  

   than 
  upper 
  side; 
  last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  apparently 
  with 
  one 
  large 
  

   setiferous 
  puncture 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  puncturation 
  and 
  

   pubescence 
  this 
  is 
  not 
  easy 
  to 
  see. 
  Joint 
  4 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  tarsi 
  strongly 
  

   bilobed 
  ; 
  claws 
  finely 
  pectinate. 
  

  

  Colour 
  bluer 
  and 
  darker 
  than 
  in 
  D. 
  genicuhta 
  Klug 
  ( 
  Jahrb. 
  

   1834, 
  52), 
  without 
  any 
  brassy 
  tint, 
  and 
  with 
  black 
  tibiae. 
  

   Head, 
  prothorax, 
  and 
  elytra 
  all 
  longer, 
  surface 
  rougher 
  

   and 
  more 
  strongly 
  punctate 
  throughout, 
  outer 
  angle 
  of 
  

   truncature 
  dentate 
  — 
  not 
  merely 
  sharply 
  angled, 
  joint 
  1 
  

   of 
  antennae 
  relatively 
  longer. 
  

  

  In 
  an 
  " 
  Observation 
  " 
  Macleay 
  incidentally 
  describes 
  

   Desera 
  longicollis, 
  another 
  species 
  hitherto 
  attributed 
  to 
  

   Dejean 
  (Spec. 
  Gen. 
  i, 
  1825, 
  185). 
  The 
  description, 
  it 
  is 
  

   true, 
  is 
  a 
  slender 
  one, 
  but 
  it 
  must 
  stand. 
  He 
  also 
  adds 
  

   quite 
  truly 
  that 
  Wiedemann's 
  Dryptaflavipes 
  (Zool. 
  Mag. 
  ii, 
  

   1, 
  1823, 
  60) 
  is 
  a 
  distinct 
  species; 
  its 
  locahty, 
  however, 
  is 
  

   N. 
  India, 
  not 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  41. 
  Pheropsophus 
  (Aptinus) 
  occipitalis 
  = 
  P. 
  fuscicollis 
  Dej. 
  

   (Spec. 
  Gen. 
  i, 
  1825, 
  306). 
  Although 
  Macleay 
  's 
  description 
  

   was 
  the 
  earlier, 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  kno\NTi 
  by 
  

   Dejean's 
  name, 
  probably 
  because 
  Chaudoir, 
  in 
  his 
  " 
  Mono- 
  

   graphic 
  des 
  Brachynides 
  " 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Belg. 
  xix, 
  1876, 
  

   42) 
  wrongly 
  identifies 
  P. 
  occi-pitalis 
  with 
  Dejean's 
  P. 
  java- 
  

   nus 
  (1 
  o. 
  "305). 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  J. 
  Arrow 
  (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  1901, 
  

   204) 
  first 
  pointed 
  out 
  the 
  identity 
  of 
  P. 
  occipitalis 
  and 
  

  

  