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Tarsi lobis articuli tertii haud divergentibus. Gcetera ut in 

 Lohotrachelo. 



In the species described below the legs are shorter and the pro- 

 thorax proportionally larger than in Lohotrachelus, with which 

 genus, however, it agrees in the remarkable character of having 

 the medi-basal portion of the prothorax prolonged so as to cover 

 the scutellum. 



Mrtetra suturalis. M. elliptica> nigra, nitida, sutura lineaque 

 lateral! elytrorum niveo-squamosis ; rostro toto capiteque inter oculos 

 carinatis, illo piceo, sat confertim oblongo-punctato ; anteunis fulvis ; 

 funiculo articulo primo quam secundo paulo longiore, cseteris bi-evibus, 

 gradatim incrassatis ; prothorace longiore quara latiore, modice con- 

 fertim punctato ; elytris fortiter sulcato-punctatis, interstitiis setulis 

 albis minutis sparse vestitis ; corpore infra niveo-squamoso ; pedibus 

 piceis ; femoribus dente modice elongate instructis ; tarsis fulvis, 

 articulis tribus basalibus conjunctim elongato-triangularibus. Long. 

 Ulin. 



Hab. Waigiou. 



Telephae strigilata. T. ovalis, rufo-fusca, pilis albis vel ochra- 

 ceis sparse vestita ; antennis subtestaceis ; oculis minoribus ; protho- 

 race modice transverse, crebre punctato, callo laterali magis limitato ; 

 elytris utrinque mediocriter rotundatis, sulcato-punctatis, basi, pone 

 medium apiceque pilis albis longiusculis obsitis, fascias tres indeter- 

 minatas formantibus ; abdomine segmento secundo valde ampliato. 

 Long. 1| lin. 

 Hab. Batchian; Sarawak. 



The genus Telephae {ante, vol. x. p. 487) must, I think, be 

 placed with the Isorhynchinae. Lacordaire says that " the only 

 absolute character" which separates that group from the Zygo- 

 pinse is found in their " perfectly cylindrical rostrum." I confess, 

 however, failing in most cases to appreciate this subtle distinc- 

 tion ; as a rule, perhaps, the rostrum of the Zygopinse is more 

 subulate, and the eyes occupy a greater portion of the head, at 

 least in the more typical species. One of the best characters 

 seems to be that the eyes are uncovered in repose. They have each 

 a seven-jointed funicle and a small scutellum, in two genera 

 covered by an extension of the prothorax. As a rule, the species 

 are either naked or partially covered with loosely set narrow or 

 hair-like scales, more or less assuming the form of pubescence. 

 All the members of the Isorhynchinse here described (and there 

 are a few more) are, except one, due to Mr. Wallace's researches ; 



