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more quadrate and less uneven thorax, and tb.e finer sculpture o£ 

 tlie elytra ; it is also of rather narrower and more cylindric form. 

 Hadley, Dikoya ; twelve examples. 



MiCROTONUS, nov. gen. 



Corpus suboblongum, squamosum ; antennae lO-articulatse, clava parva, 

 uniarticulata ; oculis convexis, squamosis. Prothorax fortiter transversus. 

 Tibia; lineares, extus squamosse, tarsi articulis tribus basalibus subsequali- 

 bus. Sulci antennarii modice elongati ; coxae anteriores parum distantes ; 

 prosterni processus reflexus ; coxae intermediae et posteriores parum, sed 

 magis quam anteriores, distantes. 



This is another o£ the group of genera having the eyes clothed 

 with a large patch of very coarse scales, and to be placed near 

 Colohicus. In appearance it is very similar to Labromimus, but is 

 distinguished by the diminished club of the antennae, this being 

 quite small, longer than broad, and apparently consisting only of 

 one joint, though a close examination shows that there is at the 

 apex of the club evidence of a small terminal joint consolidated 

 with the tenth joint ; the other joints of the antennae bear some 

 scales as they do in Labromimus. 



MiCEOVONFS SQTJALiDus, n. sp. (Plate YI. fig. 2.) 

 Suboblongus, parum convexus, niger, opacus, setulis erectis brevissimis 



dense adspersus, ante apicem griseo-flammiilatus, marginibus setulosis; 



antennis extrorsum tarsisque rufis. Long. 4-5 miUim. 



Antennae short, the first joint concealed, second thick, third 

 about twice as long as broad ; club scarcely thicker than the 

 second joint. Head broad, clothed with very short erect scales, 

 those in front pallid. Thorax twice as broad as long, the sides 

 curved, distinctly narrowed behind, the surface only slightly un- 

 even, covered with erect scales like the head ; these scales are 

 mostly dark, but there are a few pallid ones across the middle, 

 the sides densely fringed with short scales. Elytra without 

 definite sculpture, likewise covered with short erect scales which 

 are dark in colour, but at the shoulder there is an indistinct mark 

 of pallid scales and a still more obscure one near each side of the 

 scutellum, while at the apex there is a very irregular transverse 

 series of pallid marks forming a flammulate fascia. Under sur- 

 face opaque, not distinctly punctate, sparingly clothed with fine 

 grey, setiforin scales. 



Dikoya ; fourteen examples. 



