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This species is more ov;il tluiu 1\ ovatiis, Er., and the 

 ))ociiliar dorsal stria) distinguish it from any other species 

 known to me. 



Halt. Kioto, Japan. 



Santalus pirati'cus, Lew. 



Fi^". 1 shows an outline of this species ; the antennal fossfB 

 are narrow and the mcsosternum is markedly emarginate, and 

 it is similar in all the species of the genus. 



Fig. 1. 



Fig. 1. — Santalus piraticus, Lew. 



Fig. 2. — Zabromorphus loyi/jicullia, Mars, 



Zabromorphus, gen. nov. 



Body oblong-oval, very convex ; the head, labrum trans- 

 verse and narrow, anterior outline arcuate, the funiculus of 

 the antenna is widened out behind the club, similar to that 

 figured for Contipus suhquadratus in MarseuFs Monograph; 

 mandibles canaliculate, outer rim carinate, frontal stria strong 

 and complete and slightly raised behind the mandibles; 

 thorax, marginal stria complete, lateral strige sometimes three 

 [pnchysomus), sometimes two [longicoUis) ^ antennal fossai in 

 tlie anterior angle, shallow, somewhat narrow and longitudinal, 

 chiefly opening to%var(ls the head ; elytra, dorsal stria3 well 

 marked, with crenulate edges; pygidiuni convex; pro- 

 sternum, anterior lobe bimarginate ; mesosternum feebly 

 emarginate or sinuous, marginate anteriorly; anterior tibiae 

 3-dentate, apical tooth very robust. The species known are 

 Ulster pachysomus, Ancey (type) ; apis, longicollis^ Mars. ; 

 viduus, Falir. ; momhasan and zamhesius, Lew. 



Fig. 2 represents the antennal fossse and the form of the 

 anterior tibiee of longicollis. 



Spilodi'scus arcuatuSj Say. 



Fig. 3 gives an outline of the sternal plates, antennal 

 fossae, and the anterior tibiae of this species. The fossee are 

 not circular. 



Pachylister pygidiaUs^ sp. n. 



Ovntus, parum convexus, niger, nitidus ; fronte stria integra sed 

 laevissime irapressa ; pronoto ciiiato, utrinque foveolato. stria 



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