1090 COLEOPTEEA 



first depressed between the coxae ; third not much shorter than its 

 predecessor, its frontal suture deep, the back part much depressed, 

 so that the extremely short, almost linear fourth segment seems 

 raised ; fifth subconical, depressed near each side. Thorax rather 

 broader than long, base strongly sinuated near each side. Elytra 

 but little longer than broad, narrowed behind. Legs moderate, tibiae 

 quite unarmed ; tarsi 4-articulate, setose, the two basal joints more 

 prominent below than the third. Epipleurce broad at the base, linear 

 behind. 



This is undoubtedly an ally of Epistrauus. The palpi are minute, 

 and I have no specimens available for dissection, so that their struc- 

 ture, and that of the eyes, could not be determined with certainty. 



1940. G. Serrata, n.s. In/uscate-red, not dark, antennae and 

 legs red, tarsi paler ; covered with scale-like sappy matter, the setae 

 rather fine, pallid, not very conspicuous. 



Head with small rounded tubercles or granules, the vertex and 

 sides elevated. Thorax very similarly sculptured ; its middle por- 

 tion from base to apex on a higher plane than the sides, which there-- 

 fore appear explanate, the marginal channels broad, deep, and 

 nearly smooth ; lateral margins serrate, somewhat reflexed ; anterior 

 angles very prominent and incurved, the posterior rectangular ; the 

 sides nearly straight behind ; the disc is bicarinate longitudinally, 

 the costae, however, appear as if formed by granules in some places, 

 and the depressed interval bears, behind the middle, two rows of 

 smaller granules, there is a broad depression at each side of the 

 disc. Scutellum small. Elytra with prominent shoulders, apex 

 vertical, sinuous at base, not closely fitted to the thorax, sides ser- 

 rate, more explanate before the middle than behind ; disc convex, 

 with double rows of punctures, sometimes with transversely-raised 

 intervals, the sutural series (double) bordered externally by a gra- 

 nular costa on each elytron, the second double series of punctures 

 with less evident costae on the outside, the rest of the sculpture 

 granular. 



Underside (except the red, and slightly shining, apical ventral 

 segment) opaque, blackish ; head with broad, slightly-raised, coarsely- 

 sculptured lateral spaces. 



Length, 1 lines ; breadth, nearly f line. 



Howick. Amongst decaying leaves on the ground. 



Norix. 



Nov. gen. 



Allied to Enarsus, and with the facies of that genus. 



Antenna 11-articulate, club abruptly biarticulate ; their mode of 

 insertion, the mentuni and trophi, apparently the same as in Enar- 

 sus. The flanks of the prosternum broadly concave. Coxa rather 

 more widely separated. Process of the prosternum with a broad, 

 smooth, median channel, and at each side of the extremity with a 

 rounded elevation partially covering the coxa. Intermediate coxce 



