1222 COLEOPTEBA 



Lyperopais. 



Nov. gen. 



Rostrum as long as thorax, much curved downwards in front, 

 this curvate portion thick vertically and broadly grooved above, 

 thus appearing obtusely carinate laterally. Scrobes broad and deep, 

 they start from between the middle and the apex but do not quite 

 attain the eyes ; the upper part of the rostrum being narrower than 

 the lower, especially near the front, the scrobes are visible from 

 above throughout their whole length, but are more open or wider 

 near the point of the antennal insertion. Mandibles moderately 

 prominent. Eyes depressed, oblique, oviform, separated from the 

 thorax by a short space. Antenna implanted before the middle ; 

 scape much curved, a little thickened towards the extremity, reach- 

 ing the hind margin of the eye ; funiculus 7-articulate, basal joint 

 not clavate, about two-thirds the lengtli of the elongate second joint, 

 third half the length of the preceding one, joints 4-7 each longer 

 than broad, almost obconical ; club ovate, densely pubescent, not 

 very definitely articulated. Thorax transverse, base truncate, feebly 

 incurved behind the eyes. Scutellum small, curvilinearly triangular. 

 Elytra wider than thorax at base, twice its length, much narrowed 

 apically, with a slight sutural notch. Legs stout, femora inflated ; 

 deeply hollowed underneath at apex, the posterior armed with a 

 stout tooth-like process : tibiae flexuose, the anterior inwardly pro- 

 duced at the extremity, the posterior narrowed at base and there 

 furnished with an acute process meeting that of the thigh, apex 

 dilated and cavernose : tarsi densely clothed below, basal joint very 

 slender at base, its widest part triangular, second short, triangular, 

 third bilobed, cleft nearly to its base, claws simple. Goxce pro- 

 minent, the anterior almost contiguous, intermediate more widely 

 separated. Metasternum rather short. Abdomen with five segments, 

 the two basal largest, the others narrow. Epipleurce very narrow. 



Allied to Lyperobius, but well differentiated therefrom by the 

 structure of the rostrum and legs. 



2153. L. mirus, n.s. Subopaquc, dull pitchy-red, rostrum 

 and tarsi darker ; sparsely clothed with small, depressed, greyish, 

 reddish, and greenish scales, the palest predominating but none con- 

 spicuous ; moderately elongate and convex. 



Rostrum with rather shallow punctures, nearly smooth in front, 

 there are two elongate punctiform impressions at the apex, and its 

 hinder half is subcarinate along the middle. Head distinctly but 

 not coarsely punctuated, with an interocular impression. Pro- 

 thorax broadest before the middle, convex, a little sinuate at apex, 

 its sides medially rounded but contracted behind, constri3ted 

 anteriorly ; closely punctured near the sides, where the squamosity 

 is most apparent, but with fewer punctures on the disc. Elytra at 

 base not greatly exceeding the middle of thorax in width, their 

 sides for half their length but little curved, considerably narrowed 

 posteriorly ; striate-punctate, interstices appearing as if slightly 



