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tenth slightly increasing in width, eleventh about as long as 
ninth and tenth combined and much wider. Palpi with two 
Spiniform processes on apical joint, one on the pan 
ones thin and with a deep apical notch. Length 18-2 mm. 
e processes on the metasternum are joined together at 
the base, at the apex each is obtusely bifid, although the cleft 
1s very feeble on some specimens. From some directions the 
on one side of the base. The figures of L. palpalis ? will give 
a good general idea: of this remarkable insect, but it differs 
from that species in being smaller, apical joint of antennae 
and trochanters armed. The notched hind tibiae even more 
clearly indicate the affinity of the genus with Palimbolus 
"E Didimoprora), near which, despite the very different [ct 
that 
were 
.. ARTICERUS SUBCYLINDRICORNIS, n. SP. 
: p : : L xxv. fig. 4. : 
Ue g: a, castaneous, dise of elytra paler. Moderate y 
TURON short, pale pubescence, denser on metasternu 
zs AE 
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