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ELATERID. 
CHROSIS. 
C. angusticollis, sp. nov. (Mas). Angusta ; valde elongata ; 
rr rothorace coccineo (in medio nigricanti), cap ite 
antennisque a pedibus piceis; capite sparsim fortiter 
10 ad 7) longiori, supra longitudinaliter profunde trisulcato, 
ut caput pubescenti, sparsim. subtiliter (ad latera magis 
crebre magis grosse) punctulato, antice fere truncato, lateri- 
bus sat parallelis, angulis posticis fortiter divaricatis ; 
elytris breviter (apicem. versus magis longe) pubescentibus, 
ad apicem oblique subtruncatis, sat fortiter striatis, a r- 
stitiis leviter convexis punctulatis. Long., 81; 
(vix 
Allied t to C. trisulcatus, Er., but extremely distinct by, inter 
alia multa, the very much sparser puncturation of its head and 
prothorax and the narrower and more parallel form, and the more 
abruptly pia dpa hind angles of the latter. The antennes con- 
siderably passing od ee of the prothorax indicate the specimen 
before me to be a 
Victoria Ditidine. Banga. 
PARASAPHES. 
= rete sp. nov. Angustus; valde elongatus ; 
rrugineus, capite antennis et prothoracis vittis 2 nigrican- 
tibus femoribus infuscatis; capite crebre  subfortiter 
punctulato, pilis albidis sat elongatis vestito ; prothorace 
quam ad basin latiori ut 10 ad 8 (quam ad medium latiori ut 
10 ad 7) longiori, supra longitudinaliter sat profunde 5- 
sulcato, in partibus medianis elevatis glabro sparsim sub- 
subtiliter (latera versus magis grosse) rmm antice 
subtruncato, lateribus fere rectis, angulis pos haud 
divaricatis ; elytris breviter ubescentibu us, ad aeo i vado 
acuminatis, sat fortiter striatis, interstitiis leviter convexis 
punctulatis. Long., 71; lat., 14 
There seems to be no doubt that this species and the following 
should be associated generically with that for which Dr. Caudeze 
former is (not horizontal but) strongly declivous ; and the nn 
have their basal joint very elongate, the 2nd scarcely half a 
long as the basal une and slightly dilated : the 3rd still hörten, 
