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A genus whose nearest ally appears to be Copturus ; but 

 widely different in the short, stout legs, especially the anterior 

 pair, the rostrum in repose not extending to the meso- 

 sternum, the shortness of the antennae, the scape not extend- 

 ing to the eye, and other characters. The exponent of this 

 genus has a marked resemblance to Menemachus stigma. 



Podalia mimica. 



P. ovalis, fusca, setulis pallida griseis vestita, pedibus autennis- 

 que pallidioribus vel subferrugineis. Long. 1^ lin. 



Hob. Galle. 



Oval, slightly depressed above, dark brown, covered with 

 pale greyish setulse varied with silaceous, the elytra with a 

 few indefinite blackish spots ; rostrum much shorter than the 

 prothorax, slightly broader at the tip, the basal half seriate- 

 punctate, bicanaliculate beneath, the scrobe cutting into the 

 canal on each side ; antennae subferruginous, second joint of 

 the funicle conical, shorter than the first, the remainder very 

 short and gradually broader, the club large, oval j prothorax 

 narrowed anteriorly, rounded at the sides, not contracted at 

 the base; scutellum small; embayed by the elytra; the latter 

 striate-punctate, punctures indistinct ; body beneath and legs 

 with greyish setulse. 



Ampiiialus. 



Rostrum modice elongatum, cylindrieum, paulo arcuatum ; scrobes 

 terminates, ad partem inferiorem oculi desinentes. Oculi infra 

 subaeuminati. Antennce tenues ; funiculus 7-articulatus, arti- 

 culis duobus basalibus elongatis : clava distincta. Prothorax 

 transversus, basi truncatus, utrinque rotundatus, lobis ocularibus 

 prominulis. Scutellum minutum. Elytra subglobosa. Pectus 

 breve, late excavatum, antice emarginatum. Meso- et nutaster- 

 num brevissima. Abdomen segmento primo amplissimo, tribus 

 sequentibus brevibus ; processus interfemoralis late truncatus. 

 Femora obsolete dentata ; tibice flexuosae, calcaratae ; tarsi breves : 

 unguiculi liberi ; coxa anticce contiguse, intermedin separatee. 



An Acalles-like form, but with a broad shallow excavation 

 (hardly a canal) on the short pectus. This character seems 

 to ally it to Lacordaire's u sous-tribu Ithyporides." The un- 

 usual character of the second abdominal segment not being 

 longer than either the third or fourth is also found in Ithy- 

 porus itself. 



Amphialus turgid us. 

 A. ovatus, fuscus, supra nitide nigro-granulatus, inter granula sat 



