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Dermatodes mirandus. 



D. ovatus, squamis laete viridibus, aliis maculatim aureo-nitidis, 

 tectus ; rostro capite continuato ; anteiiuis funiculo clavaque 

 nigris. Long. 5g lin. (rostr. incl.). 



Hab. Zanzibar. 



Ovate, densely covered with rich glossy green scales, with 

 golden scales interspersed ; head not broader than the rostrum 

 and without thegroove separating them ; antenn^with the scape 

 passing behind the eye, the funicle filiform, black, the club 

 also black, but covered with a whitish pubescence ; prothorax 

 moderately transverse, broad at the base, the sides slightly 

 rounded ; scutellum small^ distinct ; elytra convex, gradually 

 narrowing towards the apex, striate-punctate, striee very 

 shallow ; corbels of the posterior tibiae densely covered with 

 whitish hairs ; claw-joint elongate. 



A richly coloured species, with an exceptionally long 

 scape ; the length, however, varies according to the species ; 

 in some it does not or scarcely attains the eye, D. ccesicolUs 

 for example j in others it impinges more or less on it. 



Episomus gemmeus. 



E. oblongo-ovatus, niger, squamis viridi-aureis vestitus ; antennis 

 funiculo tenuato, clava pyriforme sed apice acuta ; capite rostro- 

 que linea angusta longitudinaliter impresso. Long. 6| lin. (rostr. 

 inch). 



Hah. Sumatra. 



Oblong, ovate, black, clothed above, but not closely, with 

 golden-green scales, beneath^ and especially the femora, with 

 close-set, mostly paler scales ; antennte with a comparatively 

 slender funicle, its second joint elongate, the club pyriform, 

 with the apex somewhat produced and pointed ; prothorax 

 with slightly impressed transverse grooves at the sides, and 

 with two black stripes on the disk j elytra punctured, the 

 scales confined to the punctures. 



The species of Episomus are so variable in coloration that 

 very little reliance can be placed on it to differentiate them ; 

 the sculpture also is not very definite. The specimen here 

 described has unusually lustrous scales, a comparatively 

 slender funicle, a club tapering at the base, with a somewhat 

 produced and pointed apex, &c. It may possibly be E. gra- 

 ciHcornis, very shortly described by Ritsema, but which is 

 said by Chevrolat not to be a true Episomus. 



Episomus uniformis. 

 E. ovatus, omnino griseo-squamosus ; antennis funiculo crasso, 



