MR. J. S. BALT ON SOME SPECIES OE GALEErCTNiE. 



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basali ad duos sequentes sequilongo ; unguiculis appendiculatis. Pro- 

 sternum coxis anticis occultum ; acetabulis anticis apertis. 



Type Paridea thoracica. 



Closely resembling AulacopTiora in general form, separated by 

 the prolonged elytral epipleura and by the appendiculated claws. 



Paridea thoracica. Ovata, postice ampliata, convexa, flava, 

 nitida j pectore abdominisque maculis nigris ; capite thoraceque rufo- 

 fulvis; antennis (basi exceptis) nigro-piceis; thorace quam longo latiore, 

 lateribus fere parallelis, sinuatis, disco profunde transversim exeavato ; 

 ely tris tenuiter sed distincte punctatis, utrisque plaga basali subrotun- 

 data, alteraqiie pone medium, transversa, nigris. Long. 2| lin. 



F(Bm. Abdominis segmento anali integro, obtuso. 



Hah. India. 



Antennae rather slender, filiform. Thorax about one fourth 

 broader than long ; sides parallel and rather deeply sinuate from 

 the base to beyond the middle, very slightly dilated before the 

 latter ; disk smooth, broadly and deeply excavated transversely, 

 more deeply excavated on either side. Elytra dilated posteriorly, 

 finely but distinctly punctured. Abdominal segments stained 

 with black on either side. 



Genus tEnidea, Baly, 



iEwiDEA FACIALIS. Elongata, flavo-fulva, nitida; thorace laevi, disco 

 leviter transversim exeavato ; lateribus a basi ad ultra medium diver- 

 gentibus, hinc ad apicem rotundato-convergentibus ; elytris parallelis, 

 puncto humerali suturaque basi, nigris. Long. 4 lin. 



Mas. Facie infra antennas lamina transversa trigonata, antrorsum pro- 

 ducta arraataj clypeo transverso, tumido, apice superior! bispinoso; 

 antennarum articulo tertio subtus emarginato. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



Clypeus in the male transversely swollen, its anterior border 

 emarginate, its upper edge free, bispinose ; face below the antenn£e 

 armed with a large, transverse, horizontal, triangular plate, its 

 apex acute ; antenna? in the same sex robust, the third joint sinuate 

 beneath. Tlicrax about one half broader than long ; sides straight 

 and diverging from the base to beyond the middle, thence con- 

 verging towards the apex. Elytra finely punctured. 



