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derately deeply punctate, and clothed with a cinereous pubes- 
cen Palpi and legs ferruginous. 
y one specimen received, which I gave to M. Chevrolat. 
CERASPHORUS, Serv. 
Cerasphorus murinus. 
Ceropogon murinum, Chevr. Rev. et Mag. d. Zool. 1850, p. 568, 
Punctulatus, griseo-murinus; palpis, antennis (villosis cor- 
pore longioribus) pedibusque (geniculis obscuris) pallidis ; 
thorace rotundato, arcubus duobus oppositis elevatis, ad 
latera anguloso spinoso; elytris parallelis, angustissime 
truncatis et fere emarginatis (fcemina ). 
Long. 9 lin., lat. 6 lin 
Very densely pubescent and finely punctate, of a dirty pale 
grey colour. Head rounded, elongated posteriorly, deeply 
channelled. Palpi, antennz (which are clothed with a long 
pubescence, and are longer than the body), and legs pale fer- 
ruginous. Mandibles pubescent, smooth and black at the ex- 
tremity. Thorax rounded above, truncated, straight both in 
front and behind, and grooved along the margin, bearing on 
the disk a sort of horseshoe in relief, and on the side a little 
beyond the middle a sharp angle. Scutellum rounded. Elytra 
straight at the base, somewhat convex, parallel, narrowly trun- 
cated and emarginate at the extremity, scarcely broader than, 
and three times as long as the thorax. Legs tolerably long, 
ferruginous; thighs regularly thickened towards the middle, 
slightly flattened on the anterior side; knees obscure. Abdo- 
men swollen, composed of five segments. £c 
This species comes near the Cerasphorus hirticornis of Ser- 
ee but may be distinguished by the following characters :— 
not so sha ; : 
Only a single specimen received, which I gave to M. 
Chevrolat. ; 
ANISOGASTER, Deyr. 
Anisogaster? semifemoratus. 
Heterogaster ? semifemoratus, Chevr. Rev. et Mag. d. Zool. 1856, p. 569, 
Ochraceo-fuscus ; antennis pedibusque rufis, cum dimidia parte 
