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Genus Epiphyma. 



Caput perpendiculare, thorace insertion ; oculis oblongis, intus sinuatis ; 

 antennis (fig. 4 a) dimidio corporis longioribus, subfiliformibus, articulis 

 tertio ad sextum gracilibus, fere aequalibus, quiuque ultimia paidlo 

 elongatis et incrassatis, filiformibus ; palpis maxittaribus articido idtimo 

 ovato. TJiorax transversus, antepectoris segmento antero-laterali (fig. 4 h) 

 subcuneiformi, angido postico obtuso, angulo exteriori ad thoracis 

 angidum anticum non extensum. Scutellum breviter oblongum, apice 

 rotundato. Elytra oblonga, convexa, tborace latiora. Pedes robusti, 

 tarsis (fig. 4 d) articulo primo duobus sequentibus fere aequali, ungue 

 valido, unguiculo (fig. 4 e) vix ante medium appendicidato. Pro- 

 sternum (fig. 4/) postice ampliation, lateribus bisinuatis ; mesosternum 

 pentagonum. Corpus anguste oblongum, valde convexum. 



Type, Epiphyma intestinorum (Thorns.). Brazil. (Plate I. fig. 4.) 



Genus Mekoda. 



Caput tborace fere insertum, facie lata, perpendiculare ; antennis gracilibus, 

 filiformibus ; oculis vix prominulis, intus emarginatis. Thorax trans- 

 versus, lateribus marginatus ; antipectoris segmento antero-laterali (fig. 

 2 b) postice in lobum oblongum producto, angido exteriori ad thoracis 

 angulum anticum extenso. Scutellum latum, subhemisphsericum. 

 Elytra oblonga, convexa. Pedes antici incrassati ; femoribus anticis 

 valde ampliatis, subtus dente acuto productis; tibiis ejusdem pans 

 arcuati3 ; tarsis (fig. 2 d) articulo primo duobus sequentibus fere aequali ; 

 unguicido (fig. 2 e) medio appendicidato. Prosternum (fig. 2f) ad apicem 

 ampliatum, lateribus bisinuatis, mesosternum subpentagonum. Corpus 

 oblongo-elongatum, valde convexum. 



Type, Meroda costata, Baly. 



Meroda costata. (Plate I. fig. 2.) 



M. anguste oblonga, convexa, nitido-picea. antennis obscure Mvis ; ely- 



tris costatis, interspatiis confuse bifariam punctatis. — Long. 3-4 lin. 



Narrowly oblong, convex, shining piceous, antenna3 pale fulvous; 

 elytra punctate-striate, the interspaces costate. Head closely strigose- 

 punctate, front impressed with an elongate fovea ; labrum smooth, pale 

 piceous; antenna? two-thirds the length of the body, terminal joint 

 stained with piceous ; palpi fulvous. Thorax nearly twice broader than 

 long at the base ; apex indistinctly produced in the middle, slightly 

 sinuate on either side ; sides rotundate-angustate, anterior and posterior 

 angles produced into an obtuse tooth ; above transversely convex, 

 deflexed at the anterior angles, surface deeply but subremotely punc- 

 tured, puncturing on the sides subvariolose. Scutellum semirotundate, 

 surface minutely punctured, opake. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 oblong, each elytron with nine smooth and shining elevated costse, the 

 first abbreviated ; interspaces deeply punctate, the punctures irregularly 

 arrauged in a double row. Body shining beneath, segments of abdo- 



