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METAPARIA. 
Crotch, Proceed. A cad. of Philadelphie, 1873, p. 40. 
« Head broad, antennæ distant, eyes emarginate, not bordered by a 
groove, deeply inserted in the thorax which is not lobed behind the eyes; 
antennæ with joints 2-4 equal, claws appendiculate, tibiæ dentate at tip. » 
(Ex Croron, loc. cit.) 
M. CLYTROIDES Crotch, Proc. Acad. Philad , 1873, p. 40... . . Texas. 
PENITICUS. 
Sharp, Ent. Monthl. Magaz., XIII, 1876, p. 101. — Broun, Man. of the New 
Sealand Col. I, 1881, p. 626. 
« Corpus breve, convexum. 
Thorax lateribus marginalis et sinuatis, angulis posterioribus 
minute prominulis, basi truncato. 
Elytra ad angulos humerales pliculis elevatis. 
Pedes crassiusculi, tarsorum unguiculis basi appendiculatis. 
» Head deflexed, inserted as far as the back of the eyes, which are 
convex. Front coxæ rather widely separated, the central part of the 
prosternum only half as long as the sides of the thorax. Middle coxæ rather 
widely separated; metasternum very short; hind coxæ only a little more 
distant from once another than the front ones are; in form they are rather 
short and transverse. Fourth ventral segment abbreviated in the middle, 
th short and indistinct. Elytra convex and bulged, rather produced at the 
extremity, near the rounded and indistinct humeral angles, with some short 
longitudinal elevations or folds. Legs rather short and stout, the tibiæ 
without grooves or notches ; the claws of the tarsi thick at their base, so as 
to appear appendiculate. 
» These curious insects, from the structure of their tarsi and general 
characters, must not doubt be classified in the Eumolpides, but I fail to 
discover in Chapuiï’s work any near ally for them. » (Ex Scan, loc. cit.) 
P. ANTIQUUS Sharp, Ent. Monthl. Mag., 1876, p. 402. . . . . Nouvelle-Zélande. 
P. ROBUSTUS Broun, Man. New Seeland Col. 1881, p. 628. — 
Waterhouse, Aid to the Identification of Insect. . . . . » 
P. SuFFUSUS Sharp, Ent. Monthl. Mag., 4886, p. 102. . . . . Ile Auckland. 
