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constricted at the inner border beyond the middle, the 2nd joint 

 narrower and a little shorter tlian the 1st. The temples not bordered 

 below. Prosternum lightly produced backwards in a short triangu- 

 lar process in the middle. Mesosternal process bluntly pointed 

 extending half the length of the coxae, which are narrowly separated. 

 Metasternal process not quite meeting the mesosternal process. 

 Anterior tarsi with the first three joints short subequal, the 4tli 

 longer than these together. Middle tarsi with the first three joints 

 short but slightly increasing in length, the 4th joint longer than the 

 preceding together. Posterior tarsi with the first four joints rather 

 short but gradually increasing in length, the 5th nearly as long as 

 the preceding together. Middle and posterior tibiae with a short 

 weak seta at the n^iddle of the external border. The elytra sinuate 

 internal to the postero-external angles. 



The genus has much of the facies of Homnlota, but the 

 abdomen is less parallel, the thorax and humeral angles of 

 the elytra are without setae and the posterior and middle 

 tibiae are without evident setae, but these can be detected 

 as mentioned above in a microscopical preparation. 



100. Neomalota cingulata, n. sp. 



Scarcely shining; the head, elytra, and the sixth abdominal 

 segments black or pitchy ; the rest of the latter and the antennae 

 reddish-testaceous. Legs testaceous. Length 2 mm. 



Head black (sometimes reddish-brown like the thorax), transverse, 

 the temples strongly rounded and contracted passing insensibly into 

 the base ; the eyes rather large and prominent ; puncturation fine, 

 very close and rugose. The antennae rather long, the 1st joint longer 

 than the 2nd, the 2nd a Uttle shorter than the 3rd, the 4th and 5th 

 square, the 6th to the 10th slightly transverse, the 11th as long 

 as the two preceding together. Thorax reddish- brown, slightly 

 transverse, widest at the middle, the sides rounded and narrowed 

 anteriorly, more strongly narrowed posteriorly in a nearly straight 

 line to the obtuse posterior angles ; the disc grooved in the middle 

 line throughout the whole length ; puncturation close, fine and rugose 

 as on the head, very finely pubescent. Scutellum triangular, rugose. 

 Elytra scarcely longer, but broader than the thorax, shghtly trans- 

 verse and less dull than the fore-parts, blackish, sometimes a little 

 rufesccnt at the extreme base ; sculpture consisting of a number of 

 moderately large irregular-scattered punctures on the disc and to- 

 wards the sides a close rugose puncturation similar to that of the 

 thorax, ground-sculpture very finely coriaceous. ■ Abdomen very 

 finel}' and rather closely punctured and pubescent throughout. 



