276 tDecemlDer, 



surface punctate-stri'ate, their epipleurse small and continued to the apex, thickened 5 

 femora moderately thickened at the middle ; tibise robust, longitudinally sulcate, the 

 anterior armed with a single, the posterior with a double spine ; tarsi equal, the 

 third joint deeply bilobed, claws bifid ; prosternum broad, its base slightly rounded ; 

 mesosternum transverse ; first abdominal segment double the width at the middle 

 , of the following ones. 



In spite of a careful and long examination, I can come to no 

 definite conclusion as to the proper place of this remarkable insect. 

 The general appearance and some of the structural characters are 

 those of a species of Corynodes amongst the Emnolpidce, but the form 

 of the head, thorax and antennae, and the spines of the tibise, are not 

 suggestive of a place in this Family ; the distant antennae, punctate- 

 striate elytra and broad prosternum forbid the species to be ranked 

 amongst the Galerucidce ; while the mucronate apex of the tibise and 

 broad prosternum are equally strange to the first section of the Phyto- 

 jpJiaga, the Eupodes. Like the genus Oeralces from Africa, the present 

 one is another intermediate link between two divisions, probably the 

 EumolpiddB and Galerucidce. 



PSEUDEUMOLPFS DIMIDIATTJS, Sp. n. 



Fulvous, the antennae, sides of the breast and the legs black, thorax nearly im- 

 punctate, elytra finely punctate-striate, the anterior half piceous, the posterior 

 fulvous. Length, 3^ — 4 lines. 



Head perpendicular, fulvous, the vertex with a few fine punctures at the sides, 

 the face broad, rather flattened, the clypeus separated by an obsolete transverse 

 groove, slightly broader than long, the sides with a longitudinal ridge, the surface 

 sparingly punctured, the anterior margin deeply concave ; mandibles fulvous, their 

 apex black ; palpi slender, fulvous, terminal joint elongate, pointed ; antennae nearly 

 extending to the end of the elytra, black, the lower five joints shining, the rest 

 opaque, pubescent, the basal joint short, ovate, thickened, the second scarcely shorter, 

 the following joints gradually and slightly increasing in length, terminal ones 

 widened, slightly longer than broad ; thorax longer than broad, narrowed at the 

 base, the sides strongly deflexed anteriorly, subcylindrical, with a very thin lateral 

 margin, which is visible from above only at the posterior portion of the thorax, all 

 the angles obsolete, posterior margin slightly produced at the middle, the surface 

 somewhat convex, fulvous, shining, entirely impunctate, with the exception of a few 

 minute punctures at the sides ; scutellum broad, its apex broadly rounded, the disc 

 with a few strong punctures ; elytra subcylindrical, broader than the thorax, the 

 shoulders prominent, deeply sulcate within, finely punctate-striate, the rows here 

 and there geminate, visible to the apex, the latter slightly obliquely truncate, not 

 quite covering the pygidium, the anterior half piceous, the rest fulvous ; under-side 

 shining, impunctate, the sides of the breast black, finely obliquely strigose ; legs 

 black ; prosternum broader than long, its basal margin broadly rounded, its surface 

 rather strongly punctured ; mesosternum strongly transverse, rather long, deeply 

 punctured ; tibiae with several longitudinal sulcations, the posterior pair bimucronate. 



Hah. : Graboon (my collection) . 



