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little the shortest and the last a little the longest, and rounded; above with the last 
three segments and a part of the second exposed, the second of a duller and softer 
texture than the last three*; all the exposed segments have a narrow fimbria along the 
margin, widest in front in the pygidium, and very slightly turned-in at the anterior 
margin of the other segments. Legs very short; thighs flat and broad; tibiæ stout, 
without a channel on the outside of the apex for the reception of the tarsi; tarsi long 
and slender, the terminal article (claw-joint) as long as all the rest taken together; 
anterior tarsi dilated and shorter in the males. 
Position and Affinities.—lruvrngxEs. | ORTHOGRAMMA. CiILLÆUS. 
1. ORTHOGRAMMA LONGICEPS. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 3.) 
Elongata, parallela, punctata, subnitida et testaceo-flava; capite antice fus- Fig. 81. 
cescente, abdomine supra fusco, elytris piceo-fuscis, basi piceo-testaceis ; 
capite distincte punctato, fortius antice, medio antice longitudinaliter im- 
presso, epistomate bidentato; thorace antice quam postice latiore, ante Epistoms. 
medium latissimo, modice convexo, punctato; elytris oblique subcarinato-lineatis, 
interstitiis gemellato-punctatis, postice obliteratis ; abdomine leviter punctato. Long. 
4% lin., lat. $ lin. 
Habitat in insula Dorey. 
Elongate, parallel, punctate, somewhat shining, testaceous yellow, with the head fus- 
cescent in front, the abdomen above fuscous, and the elytra piceo-fuscous, with the base 
paler or piceo-testaceous. Head not very flat; epistome with two projecting teeth (fig. 81), 
and extending backwards from between them there is a rather deep longitudinal punc- 
tate impression for about a third of the length of the head, more deeply punctate in - 
front, more faintly behind. Antennz piceo-testaceous, terminal article paler. Thorax 
nearly as broad as long, but narrower behind than in front, broadest a little before the 
middle, truncate straight in front, sides sloping in a gentle curve from before backwards, 
and declinate towards the front, posterior angles rounded, anterior nearly right-angled, 
the points of the angles rounded; distinctly punctate, somewhat convex, unequal on the 
surface as if portions had been slightly flattened, and with a slight mesial longitudinal 
impression. Scutellum triangular, broad, irregularly and sparsely punctate. Elytra 
about a half longer than the thorax, and about equally broad, with a few faint longi- 
tudinal ridges, between which is a double row of punctures obliquely directed from the 
base inwards, deepest towards the base, effaced towards the apex, which is smooth, the 
sutural row of punctures deepest and largest. Wings when expanded extending beyond 
the body. Abdomen faintly punctate, with a longitudinal impression. Underside tes- 
taceous yellow. 
Collected by Mr. Wallace in the island of Dorey in New Guinea. A single specimen 
is in the British Museum. 
* This softer texture shows that when alive the second segment, with the exception of its harder posterior margin, is 
covered by the elytra; but in all the specimens which I have seen a large portion of that segment has been visible from 
above. 
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