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and more j)arallel-side(l ; the nodosities on the fifth interstices 

 are indistinct. Tljis, most likely, is the male, but only one 

 has been obtained. 



Length (rostr. inch) 3, breadth | line. 



Catoptes cequalisj sp. n. 



Suhovate, rather elongate ; piccous, antennj« ferruginous ; 

 densely elotlied with small, round, depressed, grey and 

 yellowish-grey scales, and numerous nearly erect greyish 

 setas ; the posterior declivity is not very pallid, and there are 

 no fasciae. 



Rostrinn shorter than thorax, with a moderate central 

 carina; just before the eyes there is a slight transverse 

 impression. Thorax nearly one third broader than long, 

 widest before the middle, narrowed behind, with a slight 

 frontal constriction ; its surface is punctate, but not at all 

 rugose. Scutellum minute. Elytra elongate, not broad, the 

 base slightly incurved and but little wider than the thorax ; 

 they are not abruptly narrowed posteriorly ; striatc-punctate, 

 interstices simple. Tarsi rather short, the small second joint 

 not much more than half the breadth of the penultimate. 



Underside squamose. Prosternum deeply einarginate. 

 Metasternum and first abdominal segment broadly impressed; 

 fifth segment with a slight longitudinal groove. 



Scape rather densely setose, attaining front of tliorax. 

 Funiculus with the second joint quite the length of the first, 

 3 to 7 rather small, third and fourth but little longer than 

 broad. Club oblong-oval, acuminate. Ei/es obliquely oval. 

 Ocular lobes moderately developed. Scrobes subapical, 

 directed towards tiie lower part of the eyes ; there is no 

 groove between the eye and the scrobe itself. Posterior 

 corbels not distinctly truncate. 



This species looks like No. 1520 ; in it, however, the 

 corbels are slightly cavernous, the eyes are much larger and 

 nearly rotundate, the scrobes are directed more towards the 

 lower surface, the suture near the scutellum is slightly raised ; 

 the third and fifth interstices, though slightly elevated, are 

 not nodose. 



Length (rostr. inch) 2j, breadth | line. 



Ashburton. One example from iMr. W. W. Smith. 



Group Erirhinidae. 



Pactola hnmeraliSf sp. n. 



Convex^ subovatc, fuscous ; legs fusco-tcstaceous, scape 

 ruto-testaceous, funiculus piceous ; clothing dense, variegate, 



