402 Mr. A. ]\I. Loa on 



slernum with side-pieces of uneven size, the hind ones half 

 the width of the front ones, but the same leuj:fth. Meta- 

 sternum moderately large, side-pieces distinct, and at front 

 end trianp;ularly produced inwardly. Abdomen rather lonj;, 

 sutures deep and straight except between first and second 

 segments in mi(hlle, where, however, it is distinct. Legs 

 moderately long, front coxae touching, middle separated by 

 a narrow keel ; femora edentate, third tarsal joint wide and 

 deeply bilobed. 



A curious genus, specimens of which I have liad in my 

 collection for many years. I refer it, with some doubt, to 

 the Atcrpides, in which it certainly seems out of place. 

 But as the mentnm does not fill the area of the mouth, the 

 ocular lobes are distinct, mctasternura moderately long, with 

 its side-pieces distinct, I do not know where else it could be 

 placed. In the subfamily it may be placed provisionally 

 near ^-Esiofes. 



The Atcrpides certainlv contain some very diverse forms — 

 compare, for instance, Jthemaia with ocular lobes practi- 

 cally absent, Aterpus with unusually prominent ones, Rhi- 

 naria with sides of rostrum as in Tauyrhynchides, and AL,siotes 

 with head invisible from above. 



Anomocis apicalis, sp. n. 



(J. Black. Densely clothed. 



Head with dense, normally concealed punctures. Rostrum 

 almost the length of prothorax ; with five conspicuous 

 cariuje from Ijase to antennae, the median one cleft at its 

 apex, the two on each side connected in front, but moderately 

 separated posteriorly ; in front of antennae with dense and 

 r:'.ther coarse jiunctures. Antennae inserted about one- 

 fourth from apex of rostrum. Prothorax rather strongly 

 convex:, sides evenly rounded, with large granules and 

 partially concealed punctures. Elytra at extreme base not 

 much wider than prothorax, but then dilated, with sides 

 subparallel to near apex, then strongly coarctate to apex, 

 with the jipex itself obtusely bimucronate; with rows of 

 large, deep, angular, partially concealed punctures; inter- 

 stices with small tubercles in places, suture, third, fifth, and 

 seventh, each with a moderately large tubercle overhanging 

 the posterior declivity ; the declivity itself abrupt, and with 

 several small tubercles. Under surface with dense, partially 

 concealed punctures. Abdomen with first segment about 

 as long as second and third combined, second as long as 

 third and fourth combined, fifth as long as second to fourth 



I 



