2^6 Dr. Malcohii Cameron on 



finely, closely and asperately punctured, finely pubescent. Abdo- 

 men a little narrowed behind, the first four visible segments very 

 finely and rather closely punctured and pubescent, the last two 

 segments much more sparingly punctured. 



(^. Suture of elytra elevated posteriorly and on either side with 

 a small tubercle. Seventh abdominal segment with two more or 

 less transverse rows of small tubercles; eighth abdominal segment 

 truncate, the margin very obscurely erenulate, the surface finely 

 granulate. 



Hab. Fiinrais ; Bulsit Tiiiuili, Woocllaiicls, Mandai. 



PelekoglOiSsa, n. gen. 



Maxillary palpi 4-jointed, the 1st joint small, the 2nd elongate, 

 narrow at the base, lightly curved and widened towards the apex, 

 the 3rd a little longer than the 2nd, gradually and "slightly dilated 

 towards the extremity, the 4th subulate, more than half as long as 

 the 1st, the apex indistinctly segmented into two small supj^le- 

 mentary joints. Imier lobe of the maxilla furnished with short 

 teeth along the imier margin anteriorly, and with longer ones 

 posteriorly; outer lobe pectinate at apex. Tongue short and 

 broad, halberd-shaped, the posterior portion corneous, the anterior 

 membranous, the front border broadly rounded. Labial palpi 

 2-jointed, the 1st joint rather short, broad, the antero- external 

 angle prominent and with a long seta, the inner border constricted 

 before the ajjex, the 2nd joint as long as, but much narrower than, 

 the 1st, lightly curved, the apex rounded. Paraglossae wanting. 

 Gular sutures distant, divergent jjosteriorly. Temples bordered 

 below. Prosternum bioadly rounded behind; mesosternum 

 triangular, the apex bluntly pointed, scarcely extending half the 

 length of the middle coxae which are moderately separated ; meta- 

 sternum broadly rounded at apex, not nearly reaching the meso- 

 sternum. Tarsal formula 4, 4, 5; the anterior pair with the first 

 thi'ee joints short and subequal, the 4th as long as the three pre- 

 ceding together; middle pair with the first three joints ratlier 

 short, but all distinctly longer than broad and gradually decreasing 

 in length, the 4th as long as the three preceding together ; posterior 

 pair with the 1st joint nearly twice as long as the 2nd ; 2nd, 3rd and 

 4th subequal, two and a half times longer than broad, the 5th 

 longer than the two preceding together. Middle tibiae with a 

 distinct seta. Elytra not sinuate. The facies of the species on 

 winch this genus is founded is very similar to that of the Acrolotui 

 group of Alhela. 



