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cMtes ; it may be added that the basal joint is scarcely thicker 

 than the second. 



Agilaus pedestris. (PI. VII. fig. 11.) A. oblongus, supra niger, 

 nitidus, granulatus, squamulis filiformibus rufo-ferrugineis inter gra- 

 nula repletus; capite confertiin granulato; rostro subtenuato, ar- 

 cuato, prothorace cum capite paulo longiore, in medio carinulato, basi 

 subreticulato-punctato, versus apicem punctis magis dispersis ; scro- 

 bibus prsemedianis, breviusculis ; antennis ferrugineis, funiculo art. 

 prime secundo longiore, cseteris ad quintum primo a;qualibus, duobus 

 ultimis brevioribus ; prothorace raodice convexo, utrinque sat fortiter 

 rotundato, apice angustiore, vage granulato ; scutello transverse ; ely- 

 tris prothorace multo latioribus, basi incurvatis, apicibus rotundatis, 

 striato-puncta^tis, interstitiis vage inaequaliter granulatis; corpore 

 infra fusco, ferrugineo-piloso ; femoribus subgranulatis ; tibiis con- 

 fertim punctatis, lateribus costatis ; tarsis breviusculis, latis, ferrugineo- 

 pilosis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hab, Sarawak. 



EOTYEStrS. 



(Prionomerinse.) 



Caput rotundatuni, inflexum ; rostrum subtenuatum, cylindricum, 

 arcuatum ; scrobes obliquse. Oculi magni, sat grosse granulati, 

 antice contigui. Antennce praemedianse ; scafo breviusculo ; 

 funiculo 7-articulato, art. basali elongate, crasso, secundo multo 

 minoi'e, reliquis brevibus ; clava perampla, elongato-ovata, art. 

 ultimo excepto, laxe articulata. Prothorax subtransversus, 

 convexus, utrinque rotundatus, basi basinuatus, lobis ocularibus 

 parvis, distinctis, infra margine antico profunde emarginato. 

 Elytra prothorace multo latiora, convexa, suboblonga, apice 

 late rotundata. "Femora antica perampla, subtus dente raagno 

 trangulari crenulato instructa, altera minus incrassata, dente 

 parvo armata ; tibi(B anticaj valde arcuatse, apice acuminatae, 

 interraedise et posticse fere rectae, uncinatse ; tarsi art. basali 

 elotigato, tertio bilobo ; unguiculi parvi, simplices, approximate 

 Abdomen segmento secundo duobus sequentibus conjunctim 

 breviore. 



The exponent of this genus is a remarkably hairy little insect, 

 closely allied to Prionomerus, Schon., but with the eyes con- 

 tiguous above, the fore tibia? acuminate and without a hook at 

 the apex, and the prothorax with ocular lobes and deeply emar- 

 ginate beneath for the reception of the base of the rostrum, the 



