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255. 

 HYPULUS BIFLEXUOSUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Melandryidae Z^ac/i. — HelopiiZaf. 



Type of the Genus Hypulus Quercinus Payk. 



Hypulus Payk. — Serropalpus ///. — Dircaea Fah., Gyll. — Helops 8f 

 Notoxus Panz. 



AntenncE inserted immediately before the eyes, scarcely so long 

 as the thorax, submoniliform and pilose, slightly increasing in 

 thickness to the apex ; 1 1 -jointed, basal joint a little longer 

 than the 2nd and 3rd which are of equal length, terminal joint 

 rather the longest and conical (6). 



Lahrum transverse, oval, coriaceous, pilose and ciliated (1). 

 Mandibles small, subquadrate or trigonate, tridentate, with a 

 fleshy lobe on the internal side (2). 



Maxillcc very small, terminated by 2 pubescent lobes, the ex- 

 ternal one the largest. Palpi large, 4-jointed, basal joint small, 

 2nd and 3rd pilose, subobtrigonate, 4th the largest, pilose, sub- 

 obovate (3). 



Mentum very small, subquadrate, anterior margin membranous. 

 Lip nearly as large, subquadrate ; anterior margin slightly con- 

 cave, with a tuft of hairs in the centre, angles rounded. Palpi 

 attached to scapes, triarticulate, basal joint minute ; 2nd large, 

 subglobose, pilose ; 3rd slender and oblong (4). 

 Head nutant. Eyes small. Thorax semiovate, posterior margin slightly 

 convex, angles obtuse. Scutellum subtrigonate. Elytra elongate- 

 oval. Wings ample. Legs nearly of equal size, rather long and 

 slender. Tibiae spurred. Tarsi, 4 anterior 5 -jointed, the posterior 

 pair 4-jointed, in which the basal joint is the longest (of) ; penul- 

 timate joint the smallest and emarginate. Claws small and bent (5, 

 afore leg). 

 Obs. The dissections and descriptions are taken from the insect figured. 



BiFLExuosus Nobis. 



Pitchy black, shining, covered with yellowish pubescence ; rather 

 minutely but not deeply punctured. Antennae ochreous at the 

 base. Elytra with a waved interrupted fascia before, and another 

 narrower beyond, the middle. Tibiae obscure ferruginous 3 Tarsi 

 of the same colour, ochraceous at their apex. 

 The longer line in the plate shows the superior length of the 

 female, the thorax of which is broader in proportion. 

 In the Cabinets of Mr. Cooper, Mr. F. Walker, and the Author. 



