480 WR. r. 1'. PAscoE on the cuitouLiONiD-a:. 



prothorace parum latiora. Pedes subvalidi ; femora incrassata, 

 subtus dentata ; tihicB modice elongatse, rectae, apice unguicu- 

 lat£e ; tarsi articulo basali longiusculo, ultimo elongate. Fro- 

 jpectus elongatum, profunde canaliculatum ; mesosternum antice 

 truucatum. Abdomen segmento secundo ampliato. 



In this genus the pectoral canal is limited behind by the trun- 

 cate anterior portion of the mesosternum, but the sides behind 

 the anterior coxae are open. This character distinguishes it, inter 

 alia, from Strongyloptei^us and Qlecliiniis. Its strongest affinity 

 is with the Chilian Empleurus, Lac, but differing in the rostrum 

 aud scrobes. 



OssETKRia scuTELLARis. O. oblonj^o-ovalis, fuscus, squatnulis 

 griseis ercctis parce vestitus, scutello solo dense appressis; rostro 

 capite vix longiore, sejunctim squamoso ; antennis piceis, clava breviter 

 ovata ; prothorace longitudiue parum latiore, basi baud angustiore, 

 leviter bisinuato, squarais nigris subsetiformibus erectis adsperso ; 

 scutello oblongo j elytris striato-punctatis, interstitiis convexis, prae- 

 scrtim postice, pone medium squamulis fasciatim magis condensatis ; 

 corpore infra pedibusque piceis, sat dense squamosis ; tibiis interme- 

 diis basin versus margine exteriore angulato-dentatis. Long A\ lin. 



Hub. New Guinea (Dorey). 



THEREBUS. 



( Cryptorhy nchina), ) 



Empleuro affinis, sed rostro capite triplo longiore, tenuiore, recto, 

 et scrohihus medianis. 



The rostrum is also much longer and more slender and cylin- 

 drical than in Osseteris ; the eye is ovate and finely faceted, while 

 in Osseteris and Empleurus it is coarsely faceted ; in the latter 

 the scrobes commence nearly at the base of the mandibles. The 

 type of the genus is a yellowish-brown insect (under the lens the 

 scales are seen to have a golden tinge) and bears a certain resem- 

 blance to Cepurus torridus. 



Therebus cepuroides. T. oblongus, piceus, sat dense subaureo- 

 squamosus ; rostro apicem versus depresso ; mandibulis porrectis, an- 

 tennis ferrugineis; funiculi articulis duobus basalibus breviusculis, 

 prime paulo longiore, cjeteris valde transversis ; prothorace transverse, 

 antice angusto, tubulato, utrinque rotundato ; scutello scutiformi, 

 squamulis minutis pallidioribus dense tecto ; elytris prothorace mani- 

 feste latioribns, ad latera vix rotundatis, sulcato-punctatis ; corpore 



