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Erebaoes. 

 Bostrunt teuue, apice paulo dUatatum, dimidio apicali nudum, 

 mtidum ; scrobes medianae, laterales. iScapics oculurn haud at' 

 tingeus ; funiculus 7-articulafcu3, art. duobua basalibus Ion- 

 giusculis, primo breviore ; clava breviter ovata, adnata. OcuU 

 majusculi, tenuiter granulati. Protlorax apice paulo productus, 

 supra subplanus, lateraliter compreasus, lobis ocularibua an- 

 gustis. Mytra prothorace arete applicata, supra planata, pos- 

 tice declivia, pone humeroa angulato-producta. Pedes elongati ; 

 femora liuearia ; tibim rectae, sequilataa ; tarsi subelongati, art.' 

 tertio late bilobo. Rima pectoralia inter coxas intermedias'pro- 

 tensa, apice aperta. Ejpisterna metathoracis angusta, diatincta. 

 Abdmnen segmento secundo breviusculo, duobua sequentibus 

 conjunctim vix aequali ; sutura prima recta. 

 The two species compoaing this genua are quite distinct in 

 habit, owing to the pecuHar shape of the elytra, from any other 

 Tragopus.^orm, although, in some respects, a little like Reccymus, 

 but differing in their finely facetted eyes and pectoral canal open 

 at the apex. 



Erebaces angulatus. (PI. VIII. fig. 8.) E. oblongus, niger, 

 omnmo silaceo-squamosus ; rostro ferrugineo, vage punctulato ; an- 

 tennis ferrugineis, funiculo clavaque pubescentibus, illo parce nigro- 

 setoso ; prothorace subquadrato, antice constricto, supra remote punc- 

 tate, punctis squamigeris, in medio tuberculis duobus obsito, anguHs 

 posticis productis, rotundatisj scutello distincto; elytris quadrato- 

 cordatis, vage nitide granulatis, supra seriatim foveatis, singulatim 

 tuberculo basali elevato oblongo, altero postico multo majore, tcr- 

 tioquc minore latcrali, instructis, angulo humcrab producto, nigni- 

 marginato, apicibusrotundatis; pedibus sat dense setosulis. Lons 

 5^ lin. ^' 



Hab. Batchian. 



Erebaces pleuricausta. E. oblongus, piceus, supra dense silaceo-, 

 infra pedibusque fusco-squamosus j rostro ferrugineo vage punctu- 

 lato ; antennis piceis, funiculo clavaque ut in E. angulato ; pro- 

 thorace suboblongo, . utrinque antice rotundato, postice parallelo, 

 supra fusco-marginato, punctis remotis, squamis repletis, imprcsso ; 

 scutello obsoleto; elytris subcordatis, striato-punctatis, intcrstitiis 

 latis, prope suturam uniseriatim granulatis, angulo humerali producto, 

 fere obsolete nigro-marginato, apicibus rotundatis, in singulo elytro 

 tuberculo basali oblongo, altero postico majore, tertioque laterali 

 instructo ; pedibus sat dense setosulis. Long. T) lin. 

 Hab. Morty. 



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