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Acicnemis brevipennis. A. breviter ovata, nigra, maculatim albo- 

 squamosa ; rostro, capite antice, tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis, illo di- 

 inidio corporis paulo breviore, et basi fortiter punctata; antennis 

 breviusculis ; clava brevi, ovata ; prothorace ampliato-rotundato, 

 convexo, crebre fortiter punctato ; scutello minuto ; elytris subglobo- 

 sis, fortiter sulcato-punctatis, punctis singulis squama repletis, inter- 

 stitiis sat latis, subplanatis ; corpore infra femoribusque castaneis, illo 

 sat confertim punctato. Long. 1-1 \ lin. 



Hab. Batcbian ; Amboyna. 



A short aberrant species, the femora long but less pedunculate ; 

 the intermediate and posterior coxae more widely apart. The 

 white spots are a little uncertain in their number, and occur chiefly 

 on the anterior edge of the prothorax, and in a curved line behind 

 the middle of the elytra. 



Berethia. 



(Menemachinae. ) 



Ab Acicnemide differt femoribus brevioribus, haud vel vix pedun- 

 culatis, posticis corpus haud superantibus ; dbdomine sutura 

 prima in medio obsoleta. 



A modification of Acicnemis, but sufficiently distinct. The 

 typical species has short stout posterior tibiae, strongly bisinuate 

 on the inner edge. The second species has much of the style of 

 coloration of A. partialis. 



Berethia medinotata. (PI. X. fig. 3.) B. oblonga, subplanata, 

 nitide fusca, supra subnuda, infra femoruraque basi dense albo-squa- 

 mosa ; rostro prothorace cum capite haud longiore, basi grosse crebre 

 punctato ; antennis subferrugineis, articulo secundo funiculi primo 

 sesquilongiore ; prothorace subtransverso, antice angusto, utrinque ad 

 medium gradatim latiore, fortiter crebre punctato, punctis unisqua- 

 migeris ; elytris prothorace multo latioribus, profunde sulcato-pun- 

 ctatis, interstitiis rugosis, apicibus mucronatis, sutura, apice excepto, 

 nigris, macula media oblonga alteraque apicali, e squamis albis con- 

 densatis, notatis ; tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis ; illis albo-squamosis. 

 Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Ceram. 



Berethia sannio. (PI. X. fig. 2.) B. oblonga, modice convexa, nigra, 

 supra, femoribus tibiisque umbrino-squamosis albo nigroque variegatim 

 notatis ; rostro prothorace duplo longiore, apicem versus nitide subfer- 

 rugineo, basi sejunctim griseo-squamoso ; antennis subferrugineis, arti- 

 culo secundo funiculi primo duplo longiore; prothorace latitudine paruin 

 longiore, sat crebre punctato, dorso albo bivittato ; elytris leviter sul- 



