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capite paullo latior, postice sensim attenuatus, versus marginem anti- 
cum et basin transverse impressus, parte antica transverse striolata ; 
medio disci linea tenuissima levi elevata; elytra elongata, subde- 
pressa in medio latiora: punctato-striata, punctis minutis; inter- 
stitiis inter puncta ad basin elytrorum in tubercula parva (in lineas 
4 singuli elytri) elevatis; picea, basi anguste pallidiori, fascia tenui 
valde irregulari inter basin et medium, altera undulata media, tertia 
latiori subapicali apiceque ipso aureo-sericeis ; pedes castanei, tarsis 
omnibus, apiceque tibiarum 2 posticarum nigris ; corpus infra piceum, 
metasterno late castaneo, abdomine basi luteo. 
12. Omapius ciytirormis. (Pl. XXXVIII. fig. 12). 
Elongatus subcylindricus obscure piceus aureo subsericeus; capite 
postice, apice elytrorum, femoribus basi et infra flavis ; elytris 
sericie aurea reticulatis. 
Long. corp. lin. 7, 
Hab. apud Singapore. 
Preecedentibus longior et subcylindricus. Caput cum oculis pro- 
thorace latitudine fere sequale, oculi magni fere contigui; occipite 
pilis flavis dense obsito, facie griseo-setosa ; palpi pallide lutescentes, 
apice fusci. Mandibule nigre; antennz nigre ; articulis 3-10 sen- 
sim majoribus triangularibus, 1 1mo magno compresso e basi ad apicem 
sensim angustato parum curvato, apice rotundo ; prothorax subcylin- 
dricus, parallelus, antice et postice linea transversa impressus, supra 
sub lente tenuissime transversim striolatus, subsericeus, sericie aurea 
densiore versus angulos anticos: elytra elongata, subcylindrica, picea, 
opaca, puncto parvo pallido basali intra humeros apiceque pallido 
fulvo-sericeo, disco, preesertim pone medium, lineis tenuibus sericeis 
reticulata. Corpus infra nigrum, griseo-setosum; pedes 4 antici 
coxis albidis, trochanteribus piceis, femoribus infra pallide flavis, 
supra cum tibiis et tarsis piceo-nigris ; pedes 2 postici cum coxis et 
trochanteribus nigro-picei, femoribus basi pallide flavis. 
February 27, 1855. 
Dr. Gray, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The Chairman communicated the following extract from a letter 
he had received from Francis Brent, Esq. of Folkestone :—-‘ The 
fishermen bring into Sandgate, Kent, hundreds of immense Conger 
Eels, which they pick up at sea, off Dungeness. Most of them are 
dead, but some only nearly so. The frost appears to have destroyed 
them. Some of them are very large indeed. On Thursday last 
(the 22nd of February 1855), several tons were brought in by the 
boats, and sent off to the London markets.’ By the papers it 
