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large, feebly transverse, trapezoidal, broadly impressed laterally, 

 the apex strongly emarginate throughout the width. Ligula appa- 

 rently with a small acuminate apical process ; labial palpi very 

 long, two-jointed, the second about twice as long as the first, slen- 

 der, somewhat contorted toward apex. Maxillary palpi normal. 

 Prothorax sabparallel, the sides feebly convergent toward base, 

 and, viewed sublaterally, broadly, strongly sinuate before the basal 

 angles; hypomera feebly inflexed, broadly visible from the side, 

 entire, broad behind. Elytra well developed, parallel. Abdomen 

 parallel, the first three segments impressed at base, the fourth and 

 fifth equal. Anterior coxae moderate ; intermediate widely sepa- 

 rated, the mesosternal process extending to the middle, flat, broadly 

 rounded at apex, the latter slightly superposed on the tip of the 

 broad metasternal process ; acetabula deep, sharply defined, Meta- 

 sternum large and long, the side pieces moderate in width, parallel. 

 Legs rather short ; tibiae clothed densely and evenly with short 

 stiff inclined setae, with a very long black seta just behind the 

 middle and another near the tip externally; tarsi 4-4-5 jointed, 

 slender, the last joint of the anterior and intermediate much longer 

 than the basal three ; posterior much shorter than the tibiae, but 

 very slender, the four basal joints exactly equal, fifth very long but 

 distinctly shorter than the first four together ; claws very long, 

 slender, feebly arcuate. 



This genus appears to be allied to the European Diestota, but 

 differs in the subobsolete infralateral carina of the head, longer, less 

 incrassate antennae, emarginate mentum, more developed proster- 

 num and longer terminal joint of the tarsi. Diestota fanehr is Shp., 

 will probably have to be referred to Apheloglossa. 



A. rufipennis n. sp. — Sabparallel, black, basal parts of the antennae 

 and legs throughout dark rufo-testaceous ; elytra rufous, clouded with blackish 

 in a broad subtriangular basal area and externally toward apex ; head and 

 pronotum minutely, strongly granulato-reticulate and perfectly opaque, finely, 

 closely but almost imperceptibly punctate ; elytra finely reticulate, more aluta- 

 ceous, minutely, very densely, subasperately but not very plainly punctate, 

 the abdomen shining, finely, closely, distinctly punctate, more sparsely toward 

 tip ; pubescence anteriorly short, suberect, dense but not conspicuous, still 

 denser on the elytra, longer but sparse on the abdomen. Head transverse, 

 fully four-fifths as wide as the prothorax ; antennae nearly as long as the pro- 

 thorax and elytra together, very widely distant at base. Prothorax transverse, 

 three-fifths wider than long, the sides from above subparallel, broadly, evenly 

 arcuate; apex truncate, just visibly narrower than the base, the apical angles 

 obtuse but distinct from above ; base broadly, feebly arcuate ; basal angles 



