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  Mr. 
  H. 
  E. 
  Andrewes 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  ventral 
  surface 
  reddish 
  (in 
  the 
  type), 
  or 
  more 
  generally 
  pitch-brown. 
  

   The 
  marginal 
  and 
  other 
  setae 
  are 
  nearly 
  all 
  extraordinarily 
  long. 
  

  

  Head 
  small, 
  convex, 
  shiny, 
  smooth 
  — 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  minute 
  

   punctures 
  here 
  and 
  there, 
  frontal 
  foveae 
  faint, 
  clypeal 
  suture 
  finely 
  

   marked 
  and 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  shallow 
  pore 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  from 
  which 
  

   a 
  very 
  fine 
  line 
  runs 
  towards 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  antenna, 
  a 
  short, 
  fine, 
  

   longitudinal 
  impressed 
  Une 
  in 
  middle 
  of 
  front, 
  clypeus 
  smooth, 
  

   strongly 
  emarginate, 
  a 
  setainear 
  each 
  front 
  angle, 
  labrum 
  porrect, 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  wide, 
  rounded 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  6-setose; 
  eyes 
  rather 
  flat, 
  

   with 
  one 
  supraorbital 
  seta, 
  neck 
  slightly 
  constricted, 
  antennae 
  

   reaching 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  base 
  of 
  prothorax, 
  joints 
  equal, 
  except 
  2 
  

   which 
  is 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  others, 
  pubescent 
  from 
  

   middle 
  of 
  joint 
  3. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  cordiform, 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  than 
  head, 
  strongly 
  emarginate 
  

   in 
  front, 
  base 
  truncate, 
  widest 
  at 
  a 
  third 
  from 
  apex, 
  sides 
  rounded 
  

   in 
  front, 
  margin 
  reflexed, 
  widely 
  so 
  behind, 
  a 
  seta 
  at 
  a 
  third 
  from 
  

   apex, 
  another 
  at 
  hind 
  angle, 
  front 
  angles 
  porrect, 
  a 
  little 
  rounded, 
  

   hind 
  angles 
  rather 
  obtuse; 
  front 
  transverse 
  impression 
  weak, 
  hind 
  

   one 
  deep, 
  median 
  line 
  well 
  marked, 
  deeper 
  behuid, 
  reaching 
  base 
  

   but 
  not 
  front 
  margin, 
  basal 
  foveae 
  deep; 
  surface 
  less 
  shining 
  than 
  

   that 
  of 
  head, 
  smooth 
  but 
  with 
  very 
  fine 
  transverse 
  wrinkles, 
  and 
  a 
  

   faint 
  rounded 
  impression 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  disk, 
  midway 
  between 
  

   median 
  line 
  and 
  margin. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  elongate, 
  rather 
  flat, 
  a 
  third 
  as 
  wde 
  again 
  as 
  prothorax, 
  

   shoulders 
  well 
  marked, 
  apex 
  trimcate 
  with 
  outer 
  angle 
  lounded, 
  

   margin 
  narrow, 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  in 
  middle, 
  shghtly 
  sinuate 
  at 
  a 
  third 
  

   from 
  base; 
  striae 
  finely 
  crenulate, 
  a 
  scutellary 
  striole 
  between 
  1 
  

   and 
  suture, 
  3 
  joining 
  4 
  and 
  5 
  joining 
  6 
  a 
  Uttle 
  before 
  apex, 
  7 
  carried 
  

   round 
  nearly 
  to 
  apex; 
  intervals 
  shghtly 
  convex, 
  5 
  and 
  7 
  narrower 
  

   and 
  more 
  convex 
  towards 
  base, 
  3 
  with 
  a 
  setiferous 
  pore 
  close 
  to 
  

   apex, 
  9 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  large 
  setiferous 
  pores, 
  viz. 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  at 
  

   shoulder, 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  at 
  a 
  fourth 
  from 
  apex, 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  at 
  the 
  

   external 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  truncature, 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  near 
  apex. 
  

  

  Underside 
  smooth 
  and 
  shiny, 
  head 
  with 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  long 
  erect 
  

   setae, 
  prostemal 
  process 
  not 
  bordered, 
  covered 
  with 
  minute 
  erect 
  

   setae, 
  metepisterna 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  last 
  ventral 
  segment 
  minutely 
  

   and 
  sparsely 
  punctate, 
  with 
  two 
  setae 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  Front 
  tarsal 
  

   joints 
  short, 
  hind 
  ones 
  longer, 
  joint 
  1 
  rather 
  shorter 
  than 
  5, 
  which 
  

   very 
  nearly 
  equals 
  2+3 
  + 
  4, 
  5 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  setae 
  at 
  sides, 
  claws 
  

   simple. 
  In 
  the 
  (^ 
  joint 
  1 
  of 
  front 
  tarsi 
  =2+3, 
  the 
  first 
  three 
  joints 
  

   a 
  little 
  dilated, 
  and 
  biseriately 
  clothed 
  beneath 
  with 
  white 
  filamentous 
  

   scales. 
  

  

  2, 
  DoHchoctis 
  (Dromius) 
  marginifer. 
  A 
  unique 
  specimen. 
  

  

  