138 Major T. Broun on ncni Genera and 



sutures, 3-5 on a lower plane than the basal two, but on the 

 same level as the epi pleura. Femora notched and grooved 

 near the extremity and with a denticle underneath. Tarsi 

 M-ith almost glabrous soles, having only a few fine hairs at 

 the sidrs, but with more along the front of the third joint. 



Should be interposed between Psejjfwla.r and Oreda. At 

 once diS'ercntiatcd from the former by the Midcly separated 

 middle eoxfe, by the absence of any raised triangular meso- 

 sternal process, and the abbreviation of the intermediate 

 ventral segments ; from the latter by the absence of any 

 well-limited pectoral canal. Psephula.c femuratus (852) is 

 closely allied to Aphocoelis, and if sternal structure and wide 

 separation of coxse be considered as of generic importance, 

 Dr. Sharp's Psepholax simplex (854) must ultimately become 

 the type of a distinct genus also. 



Aphocoelis versicolor, sp. n. 



Rostrmn rather shorter than thorax, considerably dilated 

 in front for two-thirds of its whole length below ; the 

 scrobes therefore appear deep and open and are quite visible 

 from above ; they begin near the apex and extend to the 

 eyes. Scape very short and stout, barely attaining the eye. 

 Funiculus thick, miich longer than the scape, 7-articulate, 

 basal joint obconical, not much longer than broad ; second 

 about as large as the first, moi'C slender at the base ; 3-7 

 transverse. Club short, ovate. Head broad. Eyes sub- 

 rotundate, but slightly acuminate in front, moderately 

 prominent, distant from the thorax and each other. Thorax 

 insinuate at the base, broader than long, much contracted in 

 front, closely punctured, covered with fuscous and dark 

 greyish squamae ; without ocular lobes, its apex emarginate. 

 Sculellura absent. Elytra short, a little broader than thorax, 

 rounded and nearly vertical behind ; they are distinctly 

 striate, but the punctuation is concealed by the squamosity ; 

 third interstices a little elevated, most evidently on top of 

 the posterior declivity, but not nodiform there ; at the base 

 they bear minute black crests. Tibia rather finely setose, 

 mucrouate, the anterior slightly flexuous, the others pro- 

 longed at the outer extremity and armed with a distinct 

 median tooth externally. 



The derm seems to be pitchy red, but the variegated dark 

 and greyish squamae entirely cover the surface. The elytra 

 on some parts appear to be studded with minute black 

 tubercles. The rostrum is dull piceous, punctate, with a 

 distinct intcr-antennal groove : its apex is nearly vertical 



