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Palpi maxillares ardculo secundo longiore, articulis tertio et 

 quarto longitudiue subequalibus, hoc apice oblique truncate. 



— — luhiales articulo ultimo oblique truncato. 



Thorax quadratus, antice subangulatus. Sternum anticum pro* 

 ductum tarsi elongati : elytra integra. 



Antennae elongate, the second shorter than the third joint, the 

 last pointed. 



Maxillary palpi with second joint the longest, the third and fourth 

 nearly equal in length, the lattef obliquely truncated. 



Labial palpi with the last joint obliquely truncated. 



Thorax squared, anteriorly somewhat angulated. Anterior ster- 

 num produced. Tarsi elongated. Elytra entire. 



Species 1. — Bicolor. 

 A. — Supra fusca, subtus antennis pedibusque testaceis. 

 Cebrio bicolor. Fabridi Syst. Eleut, 

 Long. Corp. 16 millim : 

 Habitat in Barbaria. 

 Mus. Latreille. 



Descr. — Caput perfuscum, supra profunde punctatum. Man- 

 dibulae rufae, apicibus nigris. Palpi, maxillae et labium sub- 

 ferrugineo testacei. Thorax perfuscUs ; dorso profunde punctato. 

 Pleura subferruginea. Pectus subferrugineUm. Epigastrium et 

 pedes saturate testacei, tibiis et tarsis obscurioribus subfuscescen- 

 tibus. Elytra fusca (sutura ferruginea) striata, jugis pustulatis, 

 punctulis elongatis ; striis latis obscurioribus. 

 A. — Above fuscous, beneath, the antennae and feet testaceous. 



Descr. — Head somewhat fuscous-brown, deeply punctured. 

 Mandibules red, their apices black. Palpi, maxillae and lip pale- 

 ferrugineous-clay-coloured. Epigastrium and feet deep testa- 

 ceous, the tibiae and tarsi more obscure, of a pale fuscous- 

 brown. Elytra deep brown, (the suture ferrugineous) and 

 striated. The sides pustulated, with oblong points and broad 

 obscure striae. 

 Length 7 | lines.* 

 Inhabits Barbary. 



* By a line is intended the eighth of an inch throughout this paper. — ^W, E. L. 



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