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and rather pointed at the apices, each elytron with nine or ten rows 

 of distinct punctures. Posterior tibijB dilated at the apices, the 

 latter furnished witli a row of bristles and below with a long fulvous 

 spine ; claws simple. 

 A single specimen. 



Hypnophila apicipennis, sp. nov. 



Black ; base of the antennae, the head, thorax, and legs rufous ; 

 eh'tra strongly puuctate-striate, the apices fulvous. 



Length ^ line. 



Head impunctate ; antennae with the last five joints transversely 

 dilated, black, the others fulvous. Thorax nearly three times 

 broader than long, transversely convex, rufous, shining, impunctate, 

 the basal margin with a short longitudinal groove at each side. 

 Elytra subglobose, very convex, strongly punctate-striate, their 

 apices fulvous, this colour extending also partly to the sides. Claws 

 simple. 



The single specimen obtained, like the following, is glued to a card, 

 so that I cannot say anything about the underside. It is smaller 

 than H. violaceipennis, but seems to possess all the characters of 

 Hypnophila. 



Hypnophila rugicollis, sp. nov. 



Black ; head and thorax very finely rugose and wrinkled ; elytra 

 dark purplish, distinctly punctate-striate. 



Length ^ line. 



Head finely rugose ; antennje black, of the same structure as in 

 the preceding species. Thorax more than twice as broad as long, 

 the sides defiexed ; the surface entirely covered with fine longitudinal 

 rugosities, giving it an opaque appearance ; a small longitudinal 

 indentation is placed on each side at the basal margin, and a lateral 

 groove extends close to the lateral margin, the latter appearing 

 somewhat thickened and shining. Elytra ovate, very convex and 

 pointed at the apices, the punctures regular and moderately deep and 

 placed in striae, the single punctures being very closely approached. 

 Legs black, the posterior femora very strongly incrassate, their tibiae 

 straight and armed at the apex with a long and distinct spine ; the 

 first joint of the posterior tarsi nearly as long as the three following 

 joints together ; claws simple. 



A single specimen. 



Manobia apicicornis, sp. nov, 



Piceous or black ; head, thorax, and legs fulvous ; antennae black, 

 the four lower and the last joint fulvous ; elytra black, their apices 

 fulvous, strongly punctate-striate. 



Var, a. Entirely fulvous. 



Var. b. Obscure piceous ; the tibiae fulvous. 



Length 1 line. 



Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles strongly raised, of an 

 elongate triangular shape, bounded behind by a deep transverse 



