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Female. Ferruginous. Rostrum extending to tbe middle coxa;; 

 first and second joints longer than the tbird and than the fourth. Antennae 

 red, very much shorter than the body; joints from the first to the third 

 successively decreasing in length; fourth piceous, somewhat lunger than 

 the third. Proihorax minutely thinly and irregularly tuberculated ; bind 

 part slightly dilated, acutely angular and slightly serrated on each side. 

 Four anterior femora with two rows of minute spines beneath. Hind legs 

 piceous. Hind femora incrassated, with four rows of tubercles and with 

 many smaller tubercles, armed beneath with three spines, of which the 

 middle one is more curved and much larger than the others. Hind tibiae 

 shorter than the hind femora, slightly dilated above, where they have 

 minute spines near the tips, more slightly dilated beneath, where they have 

 minute spines for half the length from the tips. Fore wings with a black 

 membrane. Length of the body 12 lines. 



a. Tejuca. Presented by J. Gray, Esq. 



22. Metapodios affinis. 



Mas. Niger ; antennae corf ore mullo breviores, arliculo 4o rufo lo 

 mullo longiore; prothorax subtuberculatus, lateribus serratis, anqulis 

 poslicis rectangulalis vix prominulis ; femora quatuor anteriora 

 subtvs biseriatim spinulosa ; femora postiea qtiinqueseriatim 

 spinulosa, dimidio apicali uniseriatim spinoso ; libite posticce dilatalcc. 

 Poem. — Tibice posticce subdilataim. 



Male. Black. Rostrum piceous, with the usual structure. 

 Antenna? much shorter than the body; joints from tbe first to the third 

 successively decreasing in length; fourth red, much longer than the first. 

 Prothorax thinly and minutely tuberculated; sides serrated; hind part 

 very slightly dilated and forming a right angle on each side. Four 

 anterior femora with two rows of minute spines beneath. Hind femora 

 incrassated, with four rows of minute spines and with a fifth row which 

 consists of small spines along the basal half and of large spines along tbe 

 apical half. Hind tibiae shorter than the hind femora, dilated along half 

 the length beneath, dilated along two-thirds of the length above, most so 

 on the basal third part. Length of the body 10| lines. 



a. Venezuela. From Mr. BirschelPs collection. 



Female. Hind tibia? slightly dilated above and beneath along the 

 whole length. Length of the body 1 1 lines. 



It much resembles M. suratus, but the prothorax is a little less dilated. 



b. Columbia. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



Country unknown. 

 23. Metapodius pleuriticus. 

 pleuriticus, Costa, R. Accad. Scienze Fisiche e Matem. Napoli, Fasc. 10. 



