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with the anterior angles projecting beyond the eyes. Scutellutn 

 about two-thirds of the length of the abdomen, becoming nar- 

 rower from the base to about the middle, then straight to the 

 apex, which is broad and rounded. Membrane with four or five 

 longitudinal nervures, which are more or less branched, or some- 

 what reticulated at the apical margin, Abdomen and sternum 

 unarmed. Legs moderate ; thighs with a double row of minute 

 spines or tubercles on the under side, especially towards the apex ; 

 tarsi of three joints, with the basal and apical joints about equal. 



1. ^EDNUS obscurus, n. s. PL III. fig. 5. 



/E. piceus, punctatissimus, obscurus, abdomine subnitente, laete 

 testaceo marginato ; pedibus fuscis, tarsis testaceis ; antennis 

 nigricantious, articulo ultimo fulvo. 9 . 

 Long. lin. 4-4|. 



Above pitchy, obscure, very thickly punctured, and somewhat 

 rugose. Membrane of the elytra semitransparent, brownish, with 

 brown nervures. Abdomen beneath slightly shining, thickly and 

 finely punctured, with the margins broadly testaceous and finely 

 punctured with brown. Legs brown, with the tarsi pale testa- 

 ceous. Rostrum testaceous. Antennae black, with the apical 

 joint pale fulvous. 



I a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 b. Java. From the East India Company's Collection. 

 Genus 5. AEPTUS, n. g. 



Head somewhat elongated, nearly triangular, with the lateral 



\ margins a little curved, lateral lobes meeting beyond the central. 



i Eyes very small. Ocelli wanting. Antennae slender, inserted a 



: little in front of the eyes, behind the middle of the head, of five 



i loints ; basal joint very short, not reaching nearly to the apex of 



I die head ; second joint longer than the third; fourth and fifth 



1 about equal, very little longer than the second. Rostrum reach- 



; \ug the posterior coxae, inserted on the same line as the antennae ; 



i trasal joint reaching the base of the head, second joint very long, 



reaching the second pair of coxae, third and fourth joints very 



! *hort, rather thicker than the preceding, third a little longer than 



;he fourth. Body ovate, widest behind. Thorax a little broader 



;han long, nearly quadrate, the postero -lateral margins very 



; short. Scutellum not reaching the middle of the abdomen, as 



oroad as long, very little broader at the base than at the apex ; 



;he apex rounded. Elytra a little shorter than the scutellum, 



entirely coriaceous, with the apex abruptly truncated. Legs mo- 



; lerate ; tarsi of three joints. 



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