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Jjldemonus {Ericlisonii), but the short funicle gradually passing 

 into the club, and the connate claws are at once distinctive. 



Peeisthenes adfstus. (Plate XLI. fig. 9.) 



P. oblongus, fusco-niger opacus, prothorace elytrisque fascia post- 

 mediana, e squamulis griseis formata, obsitis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hah. Momboia. 



Oblong ; dull brownish black, with closely set greyish scales on 

 the prothorax and on the elytra, where they form a post-median 

 band, broadest towards the sides; rostrum slightly curved, 

 shorter than prothorax, and. irregularly punctured ; antennae 

 ferruginous ; club nearly as long as the funicle, pubescent ; pro- 

 thorax small, notched at the base, a broad deep longitudinal 

 impression at the apex, which overhangs the head ; scuteilum 

 oblong oval, black ; elytra much broader at the base than the 

 prothorax and about three times as long, very convex, with large, 

 shallow, slightly approximate punctures, the apex of each rather 

 obliquely truncate ; body beneath closely covered with rufous- 

 grey scales ; legs varied with brown scales. 



Saphictjs. 



Antennae funiculo 7-articulato, articulo basali elongate, secundo pauUo 

 minus elongate, cseteris gradatim brevioribus. Rima pectoralis inter 

 coxas interniedias protensa, apice aperta. Abdomen segmento basali 

 ampliato, tribus interniediis brevissimis. Pygidium obtectnm. Femora 

 compressa, breviter dentata, postica elongata. Corpus crassum. 



The character of the pectoral canal extending beyond the 

 intermediate coxse clearly differentiates this genus from Fsalistus, 

 Gerst., in which it does not pass beyond the anterior coxse. 

 Sphadasmus, with which it agrees in facies, has no pectoral 

 canal. 



Saphictjs YAMEGATrs. (Plate XLI. fig. 4.) 



S. brevis, niger, pilis niveis interrupte maculatim vestitus; antennis 

 piceis ; rostro modice elongate, medio basali carinato ; prothorace trans- 

 verso, in medio alte elevate et acute carinato, basi fortiter bisinuato ; scu- 

 tello oblongo ; elytris brevissimis, in medio valde gibbosis, apice singu- 

 lorum rotundate ; tibiae compressae ; tarsis posticis articulo basali elongate. 

 Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



