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middle, wliicli is smooth, nitid, and impressed witli a faint 

 line; sides ilistinctly carinate in an oblique direction on their 

 posterior halt', the carina becoming obsolete in front of the 

 middle. Scntellum and sides of mesonotum rather thickly 

 punctured. Elytra closely punctulate, each with three or four 

 raised lines or costa3, of which the two innermost are usually 

 very distinct and unite posteriorly, to be continued a little 

 further back as a single line ; the third costa is less distinct, 

 and a little before the apex bends in to join the posterior end 

 of the common stem of the two inner costai; the fourth line 

 is still less distinct and is sometimes almost quite obsolete. 

 A very faint pubescence, consisting of very short suberect 

 fulvous hairs, is present over all parts of the body. 



ParaphiluS, gen. nov. 



Allied to Vesperus, but differing from that genus by the 

 following characters : — Head shorter, gradually narrowed 

 from the eyes backwards, and without a distinct constriction 

 or neck. JProthorax slightly rounded at the sides, and scarcely 

 narrower anteriorly than at the base, its lower front margin not 

 deeply emarginate ; prosternal process somewhat wider, so 

 that the anterior coxte are less approximated. First abdo- 

 minal sternite of the female more sharply pointed in front. 

 Third joint of the tarsi less deeply cleft. 



The great resemblance which the unique species of this 

 genus presents to some of the species of Philus is further 

 evidence in favour of the view that Vesperus is nearly related 

 to, and should be placed near, the Monodesmid group of 

 Prionidai. 



Paraphilus duplex^ sp. n. 



Testaceus, fulvo tcnuissime puhesceus ; elytris pallidioribus ; pro- 

 thorace paullo transverse, supra subnitido, sat dense ininuteque 

 punctulato ; elytris crebro puuctulatis, pallidis, versus basin sub- 

 nitidis testaceis, ( J ) apicem abdominis paullo superantibus, 

 ( ^ ) segmentuin primum abdominis ventrale vix excedentibus. 

 Long. J 17-21 millim. 



Uah. China : Pekin [Sivinhoe) ; Foochow [J. de la Touche). 

 Head dull reddish testaceous, closely and minutely punc- 

 tured. Protiiorax somewhat nitid above, minutely and rather 

 densely punctured, the sides slightly rounded in the middle, 

 and without any trace of a lateral carina. Elytra in the male 

 completely covering the abdomen, closely punctulate, pale 

 yellowish testaceous in colour, with the liase more reddish 

 and slightly nitid, each narrowed and subaeuminate at the 

 apex ; in the female scarcely reaching beyond the second 

 ventral segment of the abdomen, dehiscent at the suture, each 

 rounded at the apex. 



