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1. PSILOMERUS GRACILICORNIS. B.M. 



Psilomerus gracilicornis, Blanch. 

 Psilomerus marginicollis, Chevr, 

 Hah. E. Indies (Neelgherries). 



161. METHIA. 



Methia, Newman, Entom. p. 418. 



Thia, Newman, Entom. p. 18 (olim), nee Leach. 



Obrium, p., Dej. 



1. Methia pusilla. B.M. 



M. testacea; oculis nigris, antennis fuscis; thorace fusco, lmeis 

 duabus longitudinalibus anticis testaceis ; elytris pallide tes- 

 taceis, humeris, fascia pone medium undata apicib usque fuscis. 



Methia pusilla, Newman, Leconte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 



n. s. ii. p. 144. 

 Thia pusilla, Newman, Entom. p. 18. ( 



Obrium Dejeanii, Leconte, Dej. Cat. p. 358. 

 Hab. N. America. 



162. STENHOMALUS, n. g. 



Head with the eyes prominent, wider than the thorax, almost 

 meeting below. Jaws longish, knife-shaped. Antennae longer 

 than the body, fourth joint rather longer than the third, fifth 

 longer than the fourth ; tenth and eleventh joints somewhat 

 curved. Thorax contracted before and behind, bulging on each 

 side in the middle. Body depressed. Legs slightly clavate. 

 Elytra rounded at the apex, 



1. Stenhomalus fenestratus, n. s. PL VIII. f. 2. B.M. 



S. piceo-brunneus, elytris medio ad suturam macula pallida sub- 

 depressa, ante apicem et ad suturam macula elongata. pallida 

 depressa medio fenestrata. 

 Long. lin. 3^. 



Pale pitchy-brown, antennae lighter rufescent, third, fourth, 

 fifth and sixth joints with scattered longish hairs on the hinder 

 margin and a delicate greyish pubescence, especially on the ter- 

 minal joints. Thorax somewhat nodulose on the middle of the 

 back, with scattered erect hairs. Scutellum with the base co- 

 vered by the thorax, yellowish. Elytra pitchy-brown, punctured, 

 shoulders and tip smooth ; each about the middle and close to 



