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Subfamily Cyminae. 



Neocrompus, gen. ii. 



Head short, strongly punctate, distinctly deflexed, about two-thirds as 

 long as wide across eyes (13 : 20), much shorter and more deflexed than in 

 Ischnorhynchus and Crompus ; eyes prominent, extending laterally about half 

 their diameter beyond anterior angles of pronotum ; bucculae moderately 

 elevated more or less triangular, short not extending posteriorly beyond insertion 

 of antennae ; rostrum extending beyond coxae to base of abdomen, the first 

 segment long extending beyond gula on to disc of prosternum ; antennae com- 

 paratively short about as long as head pronotum and scutellum together ; basal 

 segment extending slightly beyond apex of head ; ocelli as in IscJmorhynchus. 

 Pronotum densely coarsely punctate, relatively short, slightly more than half 

 as long in middle as wide across humeral angles (4-7 : 81) and slightly less than 

 half as wide anteriorly as posteriorly (35 : 81) ; lateral margins straight with a 

 feebly elevated lateral ridge or caring,, much less prominent than in Crompus ; 

 anterior margin concave, posterior margin convex, humeral angles rounded ; 

 disc distinctly convex, anterior region in front of cicatricial depression, some- 

 what swollen. Scutellum triangular, equilateral, strongly punctate ; lobe of 

 metasternal orifice moderately prominent as in Crom.pus but much less so than 

 in Ischnorhynchus . Corium extending to apex of abdomen {<^), costal margin 

 strongly dilated and along basal half reflexed ; clavus with three rows of 

 punctures, the two nearest the scutellum rather irregular ; corium with a row 

 of large deep punctures along the basal half of the inner edge of the dilated costal 

 area, two rows of fine punctures along the claval suture and cubital vein and 

 scattered punctures on the area between M and Rs. Anterior femora only 

 moderately incrassate (scarcely more so than the intermediate and posterior 

 femora), armed with a. single short spine placed about one-fifth of the length of 

 femur from apex ; basal segment of posterior tarsus slightly shorter than second 

 and third segments together. Seventh ventrite in male long, laminately pro- 

 duced to cover pygophor as in Crompus. 



Genotype : — Neocrompus heller si, sp. n. 



Allied to Crompus Stal and Ischnorhynchus Fieber, but differs from both in 

 the shorter more deflexed head, short triangular bucculae, long first rostral 

 segment, shorter more transverse pronotum with straight lateral margins with 



