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180. RlIYPAROCIlROMUS COLEOPTEROIDES. 



Niger, ellipticus, nilens ; caput brevissimum; antenna: lutea, corporis 

 dimidio non longiorcs, articulo Ao nigro ; prothorax transverse 

 subsulcatus, laleribus posticis albidis ; pedes fulvi, breviusculi,femori- 

 bus nigris. 



Black, elliptical, shining, convex. Head very short. Eyes not pro- 

 minent. Antenna? luteous, slender, about half the length of the body ; first 

 joint short; second much longer than the third ; fourth black, longer than 

 the third. Prolhorax smooth, a little narrower in front, finely punctured 

 and with whitish sides between the hind border and a slight, transverse 

 furrow. Legs tawny, slender, rather short; femora black; fore femora 

 incrassated. Wings extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen. Corium 

 of the fore wings finely punctured. Length of the body lj — l-J line. 



Group of R. Rolandri. 



a, b. Ccram. Preseuted by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



181. RlIYPAROCIlROMUS CINCTICORNIS. 



Mas et fcem. Niger, convexus, fere linearis ; caput sat Ion gum ; antenna 

 testacecc, graciliima, corpore breviores, articulis lo 2o 3oque apice 

 nigris, 4o nigro basi albo ; prothorax sulco transveiso valde deler- 

 minato, postice latior subi/ibbosus ; sculcUum albido marginatum; 

 pedes longi, gracilcs, femoribus tarsisijue basi albis, fcmoribus anticis 

 incrassatis subtus denticulatis ; corium albo strigatum bimaculatum 

 et unigultatum ; membrana fusca. 



Male and female. Black, convex, narrow, nearly linear. Head 

 elongate, broader than the fore part of the prothorax, narrower in front. 

 Eyes not prominent. Rostrum extending nearly to the middle coxne. 

 Antenmc testaceous, very slender, rather shorter than' the body; first, 

 second and third joints black towards the tips ; first a little shorter than the 

 head; second very much longer than the first; third a little shorter than 

 the second; fourth black, white towards the base, as long as the third. 

 Prolhorax broader and slightly gibbous between the hind border and the 

 very strongly-maiked transverse furrow. Scutcllum bordered with whitish. 

 Legs long, slender; femora and tarsi white towards the base; fore femora 

 incrassated, denticulate beneath. Wings extending to the tip of the 

 abdomen. Corium of the fore wings with two white angular costal spots; 

 first near the base, accompanied by some white streaks; second near the 

 tip; a white dot near the second spot and near the interior border; 

 membrane brown. Length of the body 4 lines. 



It may be considered as the type of a new group. 



a, b. Batchian. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



182. KiivrAUociiuoMUS stmctus. 



Mas. Niger, gracilis, linearis; input brevissimvm ', rostrum ccxas 

 in 1 1 media* atlingens ; antenna basi jhiva, corporis dimidio longiores ; 



