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fasciculate, as the erect scales, though thickly distributed, 

 are nowhere in small patches ; on the elytra the fascicles are 

 almost confined to the third, fifth, and seventh interstices; 

 the stout scales are very thickly distributed on the legs. 



OUROPOROPTERUS, n. g. 



Head moderately large, not visible from above. Eyes 

 •ovate, widely separated, finely faceted. Rostrum moderately 

 long and rather thin, moderately curved ; a shallow groove on 

 each side above scrobe. Antennae thin ; scape inserted nearer 

 apex than base of rostrum, the length of funicle ; two basal 

 joints of funicle elongate ; club ovate, subcontinuous with 

 funicle. Prothorax transverse, subcorneal, sides rounded, 

 base bisinuate, constriction feeble, ocular lobes obtuse. 

 Scutellum small. Elytra subovate, base very little under 

 than base of prothorax and trisinuate. Pectoral canal deep 

 and moderately wide, terminated between four anterior coxae. 

 Mesosbernal receptacle U-shaped, wails of equal thickness 

 throughout but rather strongly raised posteriorly ; feebly 

 cavernous. Metasternum considerably shorter than the fol- 

 lowing segment; episterna narrow. Abdomen rather large; 

 sutures distinct ; first segment not much longer than second, 

 its suture with it curved, intercoxal process rather narrow, 

 second slightly longer than third and fourth combined and 

 considerably longer than fifth. Legs not very long; femora 

 not grooved, indistinctly dentate, posterior terminated 

 before apex of abdomen ; tibiae compressed, feebly bisinuate ; 

 tarsi moderate, third joint wide and deeply bilobed, fourth 

 moderately long but not thin. Elliptic, convex, squamose, 

 tuberculate, apterous. 



Very close to (Emethylus, from which it differs, especially 

 in the shoulders and absence of wings : the ocular lobes are 

 also much less prominent, and the mesosternal receptacle is 

 differently shaped. The latter organ is decidedly raised, but 

 slopes down to the front instead of up, as is usually the case ; 

 seen from behind (or when probed) it appears to be cavernous, 

 but when viewed from in front it appears to be almost open. 



OUROPOROPTERUS DIURUS, n. sp. 



3 . Dark reddish-brown, antennae and claw-joints some- 

 what paler. Very densely and almost uniformly clothed, with 

 rather stout, dark fawn-coloured scales, subfasciculate at apex 

 of prothorax, and absent only at extreme apex of rostrum. 



Head with dense, small, entirely-concealed punctures. 

 Rostrum the length of prothorax, base noticeably wider than 

 .apex, sides incurved to middle : densely and rather coarsely 



