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inwardly at the base, the episternal stria complete, the liind 

 cox;e widely separated from the elytra. Venter \\\i\\ the 

 intercoxal process slightly angulatod at the base and nar- 

 rower than the coxa ; segment 1 Avith the hind margin 

 straight, its length heiiind the coxa eqnal to that of 2, which 

 is longer than 3 or 4. I^^gs short; tibire armed with stout 

 spines, but the external apical angle not produced, the 

 corbels of the hind j)air open, squaniose and very oblique; 

 tarsi narrow, setose beneath, not spongy. 



(^ unknown. 



Genotype, Mimaulvcles fmhriatus, sp. n. 



The general form is entirely that of Minianhxhs, and the 

 insects are similarly covered with a thick earthy incrusta- 

 tion, so that several of the structural characters given above 

 can only be observed when the specimen has been scraped. 



Mimaulodes fimbriatus, sp. n. 



Integument pale brown, densely clothed with grey scales 

 mingled with a natural earthy indumentum, and nearly 

 always, more or less coated with mud. 



Head Avith stout, dark, suberect setse and a dense patch of 

 paler ones above each eye; eyes nearly circular and with a 

 complete ring of pale scales. Rostrum almost flat above, 

 Avith a very shallow transverse impression near the apex, so 

 that the apical area apj)ears to be raised ; the sides quite 

 vertical, so that no sign of the scrobe can be seen from ab(;ve, 

 the dorsal edge obtusely angulated above the base of the 

 scrobe. Pruthorax tAvice and a half as broad as long, broadest 

 near the base and much narroAver in front ; the integment, 

 Avhen scraped, aj)pears uneven and finely rugulose, being set 

 VN'ith short, subrecumbent, stout^ dark setse, and there is 

 along the lateral niargin an uneven fringe of very long, 

 upAvardly curved setse. Elytra broadly ovate, the sides 

 gently rounded, broadest about the middle, the apical outline 

 broadly rounded ; the base not fitting very closely to the 

 prothorax, jointly sinuate in the middle and rounding away 

 at the sides ; the dorsal surface Avith very shallow and broad 

 sulci, the narrower raised intervals each bearing a row of 

 stout, subeicct, dark seise, while at the shoulders and along 

 tiie dcjri-al margins is an outstanding fringe of much longer 

 setJe, these being longest at the shoulders and gradually 

 diminisliing behind. Leys densely squamose and with stout 

 raised setje ; anterior pairs of tibitC Avith four spines along 

 the apical edge, two or three on the apical third of the dorsal 



