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sequalibus, fasciculisque plurimis e setulis ereetis formatis, niunitis . 

 femoribus sparse setosis, tibiis setulis curvatis seriatim instructis. 

 Long. 3 lin. (rostr. incl.). 

 Ilab. Nicaragua (Chontales). 



Ophbtota. 

 (Ehyparosominae.) 



Caput exsertum, fronte planatum, supra ocuIob cristatum ; rostrum 

 crassum, apicem versus seusim angustius ; scrobes flexuosa), 

 obliquse, ab ore usque infra oculum currentes. Oculi ininusculi 

 ovati, laterales. Antennce subapicales ; scapus oculum attingens ; 

 funiculus 7-art., articulo primo ampliato, secuudo breviter obco- 

 nico, cseteris transversis, ultimo clavam arete applicato. JPro- 

 thorax ampliatus, apice productus, lobis ocularibus nullis. 

 Scutellum distinctum. Elytra prothorace manifeste latiora, 

 lateribua parallela. Pedes mediocres ; femora modice incras- 

 sata ; tihics rectso, apice mucronataj ; tarsi breves, articulis tribus 

 basalibus latitudine sequalibus, tertio subbilobo ; unguiouU 

 eimplices, divaricati ; coxcb auticse contigusB. Pectus apice in- 

 tegrum. Metasternuvi hvQXG. -4J(/o?ne7i segmentis 3-4 brevibus. 

 This genus is allied to Zephryne, but is a stouter form, the club 



of the antenna) adnate to the funicle, the prothorax rounded, 



tlie mctasternum short, &c. Mr. Masters tells me that it is 



found on the " Salt bush " in marshy places. 



Ophryota saUAMiBUNDA. 0. ovato-ampliata, picea, squamulis im- 

 bricatis murinis, umbrino plagiatis, dense tecta ; capite inter oculos 

 excavate, crista ad apiccra rostri gradatiin miruis elcvata, producta; 

 rostro capite longiore, longitudinaliter gibboso, in medio sulcato j an- 

 tennis squamulosis, setulis nigris adspersis; prothorace latitudine 

 baud longiore, apice multo angustiore, rude subremote punctato, in 

 medio leviter sulcato ; elytris prothorace sesquilongioribus, $ magis 

 latioribus, remote striato-punctatis, interstitiis convexis, alternis po- 

 stice raro nodosis, apice late rotundatis, singulis plagis umbrinis 

 quinque ornatis, scil, una basali macula prothoracis conjuncta, una 

 obliqua ante medium, duabus pone medium fascias communes for- 

 mantibus, una exteriore humerali; corpore infra pedibusque dense 

 albido-squamulosis, his squamis longis interjectis ; tarsis sparse nigro- 

 setulosifi ; unguiculis testaceis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hah. South Australia (Port Augusta). 



Pantoreites vittatus. p. rufo-brunneus, supra squamulis raris niveis, 

 aliis condcnsatis vittas formantibus, vestitus ; rostro piceo, squamulis 

 adsperso; funiculo articulis secundo tcrtioque sequalibus; prothorace 



