524 COIiEOPTERA. 



and oblique at the extremity, the terminal as long as preceding two, sub- 

 cylindric, slightly curved, truncate at apex ; the labial similar. Antennal 

 furrows deep and straight alongside the eyes and extending some distance 

 behind them. Prosternum widely emarginate in front ; its process pro- 

 longed, rather broad, and gradually expanded behind the coxae, its apex 

 truncate. Front of mesosternum slightly depressed at the sides but not 

 in the middle. Intermediate coxae rather widely separated, almost as far 

 apart as the posterior. Abdomen composed of six segments, the basal 

 largest, subtruncate between the coxae, 2-4 nearly equal, fifth widely 

 emarginate, sixth short, concave at the base. 



Antennae 11 -articulate, basal joint stout but cylindrical, second just 

 oblong but not as thick ; joints 3-5 more slender than preceding one, rather 

 longer, equally elongate, sixth and seventh small, eighth short, at the apex 

 almost as broad as the ninth, which, like the tenth, is strongly transverse 

 and about thrice the width of the seventh, the terminal not quite as broad 

 but with an indistinctly separated, broadly triangular apical appendage. 



Femora robust, the posterior especially, strongly arched in front, grooved 

 underneath ; posterior tibiae stout, curvate, very oblique at the extremity, 

 bispinose there ; the anterior considerably but gradually expanded, sub- 

 truncate at apex, the outer angle prominent, closely and distinctly crenulate 

 along the outside. 



Anterior tarsi with the basal three joints broadly dilated, the third 

 deeply emarginate, fourth similarly emarginate but very small, fifth slender, 

 as long as all the others, the claws thickened at the base, the other tarsi 

 almost similar ; the expanded joints underneath with dense sponge -like 

 vestiture and many setae, and at the sides with patches of feather-like 

 appendages, these are quite conspicuous in both sexes even when examined 

 above. 



Thorax transverse, the base truncate and resting on the elytra. 

 Scutellum broadly triangular. Elytra oblong, not broader than thorax, 

 curvedly narrowed behind, in the female obliquely narrowed and somewhat 

 prolonged. 



4045. Inopria halli sp. nov. 



Oblong, moderately convex, subnitid, finely and closely punctate ; with 

 some slender, decumbent, inconspicuous hairs ; nigrescent, with a fusco- 

 testaceous spot at each anterior angle of the thorax ; palpi, antennae, and 

 legs more or less rufo-piceous. 



Head subtrigonal, about half the size of thorax, broadly longitudinally 

 impressed near each side. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long in the 

 middle, apex medially subtruncate, its obtuse angles prolonged to the eyes, 

 the sides distinctly margined and slightly rounded, rather more narrowed 

 anteriorly than behind, posterior angles indefinite, lateral channels narrow. 

 Elytra almost as broad as thorax, not twice its length, with distinct lateral 

 margins and narrow channels, which, however, become obsolete near the 

 extremity ; on each elytron there are three or four feebly impressed dorsal 

 striae, these become effaced behind, there the suture is slightly elevated. 



Underside nitid, black, irregularly and moderately finely punctured, 

 femora inclusive. Metasternum broadly depressed behind, with a sub- 

 cariniform elevation in the middle of the hollow. Basal ventral segment 

 closely punctate and more thickly pubescent than the others, metasternum 

 and femora more thinly clothed. 



