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prothorace parum latiora. Pedes subvalidi ; femora incrassata, 

 subtus dentata ; tibiae modice elongatae, rectae, apice unguicu- 

 latae ; tarsi articulo basali longiusculo, ultimo elongato. Pro- 

 spectus elongatum, profunde canaliculatum ; mesosternum antice 

 truncatum. Abdomen segraento secundo ampliato. 



In this genus the pectoral canal is limited behind by the trun- 

 cate anterior portion of the mesosternum, but the sides behind 

 the anterior coxae are open. This character distinguishes it, inter 

 alia, from Strongylopterus and Glecliinus. Its strongest affinity 

 is with the Chilian Umpleurus, Lac, but differing in the rostrum 

 and scrobes. 



Osseteris scutellaris. O. oblongo-ovalis, fuscus, squamulis 

 griseis erectis parce vestitus, scutello solo dense appressis; rostro 

 eapite vix longiore, sejunctim squamoso ; antennis piceis, clava breviter 

 ovata ; prothorace longitudine parum latiore, basi haud angustiore, 

 leviter bisinuato, squamis nigris subsetiformibus erectis adsperso ; 

 scutello oblongo ; elytris striato-punctatis, interstitiis convexis, prae- 

 sertim postice, pone medium squamulis fasciatim magis condensatis ; 

 corpore infra pedibusque piceis, sat dense squamosis ; tibiis interme- 

 diis basin versus margine exteriore angulato-dentatis. Long A\ lin. 



Hab. New Guinea (Dorey). 



Therebus. 



( Cry ptorhy nchina?. ) 



Empleuro affinis, sed rostro capite triplo longiore, tenuiore, recto, 

 et scrobibus medianis. 



The rostrum is also much longer and more slender and cylin- 

 drical than in Osseteris ; the eye is ovate and finely faceted, while 

 in Osseteris and Empleurus it is coarsely faceted ; in the latter 

 the scrobes commence nearly at the base of the mandibles. The 

 type of the genus is a yellowish-brown insect (under the lens the 

 scales are seen to have a golden tinge) and bears a certain resem- 

 blance to Cepurus torridus. 



Therebus cepuroides. T. oblongus, piceus, sat dense subaureo- 

 squamosus ; rostro apicem versus depresso ; mandibulis porrectis, an- 

 tennis ferrugineis; funiculi articulis duobus basalibus breviusculis, 

 primo paulo longiore, cscteris valde transversis ; prothorace transverso, 

 antice angusto, tubulato, utrinque rotundato ; scutello scutiformi, 

 squamulis minutis pallidioribus dense tecto ; elytris prothorace mani- 

 festo latioribus, ad latera vix rotundatis, sulcato-punctatis ; corpore 



