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antennae are usually infuscated, sometimes the eighth only, 

 and occasionally none at all. The carinae are usually less 

 shining (they sometimes appear almost black) than the 

 adjacent parts, this being especially the case with the male ; 

 they are all acute and conspicuously elevated, and appear 

 like more or less elongated remnants of acutely elevated inter- 

 stices ; counting from the suture across each elytron (but 

 excluding that not visible from above) there are near the base 

 five (two very short), (^8) across the middle there are two, 

 shortly after same three or four, at summit of apical slope 

 four, and below same from one to three; true striation appears 

 to be entirely absent from the elytra, the punctures being so 

 close together that, although in rows, those of one row fre- 

 quently partially displace those of the adjacent rows, although 

 not confluent with them. The prothoracic punctures are 

 everywhere crowded together, but they are not net-like, as on 

 most species of the genus, being deeper, round (although some 

 are elongated), and not flat-bottomed; the shallow depressions 

 are placed as follows : — Two on each side (the front one of 

 these is sometimes almost absent), two about the middle 

 towards the base (as on biimpressaj, and the seventh (and 

 largest) between the same and the apex. The abdomen of the 

 male is more convex than is usual in males of the subfamily. 

 The sexual differences of the tarsi are but slight. 



Lepidocolaspis, n. g. 



Eyes rather small, lateral, prominent, entire, and rather 

 coarsely faceted. Clypeus widely transverse. Labrum the 

 length of clypeus, but somewhat narrower. Antennae elon- 

 gate. Protliorax lightly transverse, sides gently rounded and 

 simple. Scntelhnn distinct. Elytra suboblong, much wider 

 than prothoTax. Prosternum with medisternum wide, parts 

 in front of coxae very narrow; episternum on each side small, 

 front edge oblique. Metasternum about as long as basal 

 segment of abdomen. Legs moderately long; all femora 

 dentate ; tibiae longitudinally canaliculate, not notched near 

 outer apex; claws bifid. Squamose. 



The only species known is a minute, rather densely 

 squamose insect, in general appearance somewhat like flypo- 

 deres den ti colli s in miniature. Its nearest (but not very close) 

 ally is perhaps Cleorina; from Tomyris it is distinguished by 

 the absence of tibial notches ; from Edusa and TIyj)oderes by 

 the bifid claws and entire eyes. 



(98) On two specimens there are seven, of which three are 

 short. On these specimens also the carinae are more conspicuous 

 elsewTiere. 



