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Dej. Cat., and from which the above differs in its smaller size, 

 narrow form, and sculpture of the rostrum, in which it is nearly- 

 smooth with a few small irregularly scattered punctures. Tlie 

 form of the scutellum is uncertain, being masked by the hairs. 



Desmidophorfs encatjstus. 



D. breviter ovatus, fuscus, pilis silaceis varius ; elytris brevibus, coq- 

 vexis, humeris oblique truacatis, fasciculis parvulis fuscis instructis, basi 

 maculis duabus pallidis notatis. Long. 6 lia. 



Sab. Madagascar. 



Shortly ovate, brown varied with silaceous hairs ; rostrum 

 black, shining, coarsely punctured; prothorax transverse, rounded 

 at the sides, but broadest at the base, closely and deeply punc- 

 tured ; scutellum rounded ; elytra short, convex, much broader 

 than the prothorax at the base, shoulders obliquely truncate, 

 striate-punctate, punctures unequal approximate ; interstices 

 raised, second, fourth, and sixth having on each three brownish 

 fasciculi, the base with a pale oblong spot on each side the scu- 

 tellum ; legs with greyish hairs ; femora unarmed ; body beneath 

 dark brown. 



A short stout species like D. ursus, which is not fasciculate, 

 has prominently angular shoulders, thick short tibiae, and the 

 third joint of the funicle longer than the two preceding. 



Neiphagus. 



Rostrum incrassatum, apice lamella triangular! elevata instructum ; scrobes 

 medianse, obliquse, infra oculos cuvrentes. Oculi rotundati. Antennae 

 mediocres ; funiculus breviusculus ; clava distincta. Prothorax convexus, 

 margine antico ad latera sinuato. Elytra convexa, postice abrupte de- 

 clivia. Rima pectoralis angusta; luesosternum integrum, depressum. 

 Abdomen segmentis tribus intermediis subaequalibus. Pedes robusti; 

 femora antica dente parvo armata ; tibiae intus mucronatae, posticae corbeUis 

 caveruosis ; tarsi triangulares ; unguiculi basi connati. 



Allied to Desmidophorus, but with the three intermediate seg- 

 ments equal or nearly equal in length, and with small connate 

 claws. 



Neiphagus dentatus. (Plate XLI. fig. 7.) 



JV. crassus, niger opacus, supra fere esquamosus ; funiculo articulis 

 quatuor basalibus modice elongatis et fere aequalibus ; elytris baud fasci- 

 culatis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hah. Momboia. 



Eobust, brownish black, opaque ; head and rostrum closely 



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