Genera of Wiih/less I]rncli}J«iijia>. 1'.) 



and jilmost continuous with that of tho prothorax, the 

 lateral ureas very shar|)ly indexed and without any hunu ral 

 I>n>niincnei' ; the surfaee very even and .scareely striat(\ 

 Slcnuiin with tlie ;;idar niar;;in sinuati', the eoxie in the 

 michMe oT the proi^ternuni, and the centro-sternite not tuher- 

 cuhir ; luesepisternunj not transversely impressed at the; 

 base and separated from the elytron hy the mesepinieron : 

 nu'tasternnm bi'tween the eoxui niueh shorter tlian the njid- 

 coxu', and witli no transverse fohl in front of the hind eoxa-, 

 the niete|)istcrnuni eontinuonsly narrowed Ijcliind abnost to 

 a point, its base not produeed internally, ami the dividing; 

 suture eomplete ; hind coxae extremely narrowly scparatecl 

 from the elytra. Vcntrr with tlie intercoxal j)roccss dis- 

 tinetly narrower than tlu* hind coxic, and its mar;^iu ;;ently 

 rounded ; hind mar^'iu of sej;mcut 1 very shallowly sinuate, 

 segment 2 h)nger than 3 or t, I^eys short ; the corbels of 

 the hind tibite oblicjuc, squamose, and narrowly enclosed 

 at the extreme apex, the external fringe of seta*, shortly 

 aseemling the dorsal ed^j^c of the tibia ; tarsal claws connate. 

 There are no marked external sexual characters ; the 

 first ventral se^^ment of the rj is shallowly impressed, and 

 the last one shorter than in the ? . 

 (ienotype, Leurops cana, sp. u. 



The absence of the transverse stria separating the rostrum 

 from the forehead and the comparatively slight convexity of 

 the eyes, coml)inrd with the obiicpie scjuamose corl)els of the 

 liiml til)i;e, will readily ilistiu^uisli the spocies of this genus 

 froiu their allies. 



Lf.iirops cana, sp. n. (PI. I. tig. 1.) 



^ ?. Colour black, the legs black to pieeous ; the last 

 tarsal joint, anteniiie, mentuin, and part of the mandibles 

 dark testaceous. The scaling dense, ash-grey above and 

 below, sometimes with an admixture of pale brownish scales 

 above, forming a very faint, broad, central stripe on the 

 pronotum and some broken lines on the elytra ; the latter 

 u ually with traces of a whitish spot ab >ut the midilie of 

 interval .5 and another In^hind it on interval 3. 



Ht'(t(l (juite smooth, the line close piuetation almost 

 entirely hidden by the scaling and the sliort, broad, baek- 

 "ardly recumbent setaj ; eyes very short-oval (3:2^). 

 li'js/rum u little shorter than its basal width, almost flat 

 aliove, with a shallow central impri'ssion in the anterior 

 half eontaiiiing an indisiinct longitudinal carina ; the upper 



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