mh. f. v. pascoe on tkk curctjlionidie. 167 



Htpermetiia. 



(A-terpinse.) 



DeocagicB omnino congruit, prseter scrohes infra rostrum hand 

 coniiiventes ; ct Uhice apico latiores, uucis carcutes. Corpus 

 cylindricum. 



The only exponent of this genus is a peculiar insect, very dif- 

 ferent in appearance to the last, though the generic characters 

 are almost the same. The scales on the upper part, except at 

 the apex of the elytra, are so exactly like the derm they cover as 

 to be easily overlooked. 



Hypermetra analis. (Pi. IX. fig. 5.) H. elongata, brunnea, 

 supra squamis concoloribus, ajiice elytrorum excepto, tectaj capite 

 rostroque sat nude pallido-squamosis, hoc dimidio apicali paulo ex- 

 cavato ; antennis piceis ; funiculo articulis quinque ultimis rotun- 

 datis, extrorsum sensira crassioribus ; prothorace latitudine fere ses- 

 quilongiore, disperse punctate, punctis leviter impressis, unisquami- 

 geris ; seutello distincto, orbiculari ; elytris latitudine plus triplo 

 longioribus, striato-punctatis, punctis elongatis, vix approximatis, 

 unisquamigeris, interstitiis niodice convexis, apice sat subito declivi- 

 bus, dense albido-squamosis, et singulatim tuberculo maguo instruc- 

 tis ; corpore infra pedibusque subpiceis, squamis albidis vix dense 

 tectis. Long. 2\ lin. (rest. incl.). 



Hab. My sol. 



The number of genera of Aterjyinco has now been so augmented 

 that the following Table will be useful : — 



TibijB spurred Dexagia, n. g. 



Tibiae not spurred. 

 With ocular lobes. 

 Eunicle 6-jointed. 



^Metasternum normally long Aterpus, Schon. 



Metasternum short Iphisaxus, Pasc. 



Funicle 7-jointed. 



Shoulders pointed, often tuberculate. Lophotus, Schdn. 



Shoulders rounded Bhinopletlies, Pasc. 



Without ocular lobes. 

 Body more or less ovate. 

 Scrobes median or basilar. 



Scrobes median, oblique Pelororhimis, Schon. 



Scrobes basilar, transverse Bhinaria, Kirby. 



Scrobes terminal, or nearly so. 



