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infuscatis ; oculis amplis, nigris, fortiter granulatis ; thorace 
ongiore quam latiore, lateribus medio subangulosis ; abdo- 
mine pedibusque pallidis. 
Long. 4-5 lin., lat. 1-14 lin. 
Linear, depressed, livid testaceous, strongly and closely 
punctate, clothed with an ash-coloured pubescence. Head 
rounded, square and hollowed out in front. Eyes large, 
rounded, coarsely granulated, black, tolerably distant from 
The male differs from the female in having larger antenne 
and a narrower thorax keeled in the middle above and scarcely 
angular on the sides. Considerable variation occurs in the 
coloration of different individuals of the same sex. 
M. Chevrolat, in describing this species, followed Dejean, 
and placed it under the genus Obrium; but he did so with the 
qualification that it ought to constitute a new g r 
ethia, Newm. Subsequently Mr. Pascoe (loc. cit.) described 
it under the name here adopted, but without expressing any 
opinion as to the affinities of the genus. Prof. Lacordaire has 
overlooked it; but I think it should come near Gime and its 
allies 
Not rare. In many collections— British Museum, Pascoe’s, 
Fry's, my own, &c. 
APHOPLISTUS*, nov. gen. 
Angustus, parallelus, alatus, irregulariter sparsim punctatus 
et tenuiter pilosus, textura opaca. Caput parvum, mandi- 
bulis parvis; labrum transversum, recte truncatum ; palpis 
tenuibus, brevibus, articulo ultimo ceteris paululum latiore, 
truncato; labio brevi, lato, vix emarginato; oculis sat for- 
titer granulatis, lateralibus, distantibus, subreniformibus, 
subtus multo majoribus et latioribus; antennis (foem.) te- 
*’Adomards, disarmed, in allusion to the absence of spines on the 
thorax. 
