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chites ; it may bo added that the basal joint is scarcely thicker 

 than the second. 



Agilaus pedestris. (PI. VII. fig. 11.) A. oblongus, supra nigcr, 

 nitidus, granulatus, squamulis filiformibus rufo-ferrugineis inter gra- 

 nula repletus; capite confertim granulato; rostro subtenuato, ar- 

 cuato, prothorace cum capite paulo longiore, in medio carinulato, basi 

 subreticulato-punctato, versus apicem punctis magis dispersis ; scro- 

 bibus praemedianis, breviusculis ; antennis ferrugineis, funiculo art. 

 primo secundo longiore, caeteris ad quintum primo aequalibus, duobus 

 ultimis brevioribus ; prothorace modice convexo, utrinque sat fortiter 

 rotundato, apice angustiore, vage granulato ; scutello transverso ; ely- 

 tris prothorace multo latioribus, basi incurvatis, apicibus rotundatis, 

 striato-punctatis, interstitiis vage inaequaliter granulatis; corpore 

 infra fusco, ferrugineo-piloso ; femoribus subgranulatis ; tibiis con- 

 fertim punctatis, lateribus costatis ; tarsis breviusculis, latis, ferrugineo- 

 pilosis. Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Sarawak. 



ECTYRSUS. 

 (Prionomerina?. ) 



Caput rotundatum, inflexum ; rostrum subtenuatum, cylindricum, 

 arcuatum ; scrobes obliqua?. Oculi magni, sat grosse granulati, 

 antice contigui. Antenna pra?mediana? ; scapo breviusculo ; 

 funiculo 7-articulato, art. basali elongato, crasso, secundo multo 

 minore, reliquis brevibus ; clava perampla, elongato-ovata, art. 

 ultimo excepto, laxe articulata. Prothorax subtransversus, 

 convexus, utrinque rotundatus, basi basinuatus, lobis ocularibus 

 parvis, distinctis, infra margine antico profunde emarginato. 

 Elytra prothorace multo latiora, convexa, suboblonga, apice 

 late rotundata. Femora antica perampla, subtus dente magno 

 trangulari crenulato instructa, altera minus incrassata, dente 

 parvo armata ; tibia antica? valde areuata?, apice acuminata?, 

 intermedia? et postica? fere recta?, uncinata? ; tarsi art. basali 

 elongato, tertio bilobo ; unguiculi parvi, simplices, approximate 

 Abdomen segmento secundo duobus sequentibus conjunctim 

 breviore. 



The exponent of this genus is a remarkably hairy little insect, 

 closely allied to Prionomerus, Schon., but with the eyes con- 

 tiguous above, the fore tibia? acuminate and without a hook at 

 the apex, and the prothorax with ocular lobes and deeply emar- 

 ginate beneath for the reception of the base of the rostrum , the 



