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angustatus, basi truncatus, subtus cylindricus. Scutellum leviter 

 excavatum. Elytra ovata, marginata, apice sat fortiter truncata. 

 Pedes omnes subeequales, simplices, tenues, tarsis cylindricis art. 

 3-4 magis minusve trigonis, unguibus simplicibus. Prosternum 

 carinatum. 



In honorem Dom. Hon. Walteri Ellioti (Madaraspatani), natu- 

 ralistse diligentissimi, meritissimi, nomen imposui. 



13, Elliotia pallipes. N. 



E. supra nigra -nitida, thorace scutelloque rufo-testaceis, labro 

 elytrorumque limbo atque sutura brunneo-testaceis ; subtus piceus, 

 pectore rufo-testaceo, pedibus albidis, his geniculis oreque (palpis 

 obscurioribus exceptis) testaceis. Long. corp. 2jj lin. 



Caput ad antennarum insertionem et inter oculos utrinque pro- 

 funde impressum. Thorax basi rugosus, ante medium utrinque 

 uni-impressus, linea media longitudinali divisus. Elytra punctato- 

 striata, infra humeros leviter impressa. 



In ripis lacus Colombensis sub veget. putrescent, mens. Jul. 

 non infrequenter legi. Agilis est et avolare semper expeditus. 



A pretty and very interesting little insect, about whose systema- 

 tic position I am not quite satisfied, however I provisionally place 

 it towards the end of the true Lebiid^:. I find it most to agree 

 with the descriptions of the g. Pentagonica S. G. and Rhombodera 

 E. with neither of which, however, it is identical. The head is 

 distinguished by the large and prominent eyes and four deep im- 

 pressions, two larger ones at the root of the antennee, two smaller 

 ones between the eyes, also by a very distinct neck which connects 

 it with the thorax ; the labrum is large, transverse and entire with 

 the angles rounded off and the base narrowed ; the mentum is but 

 slightly transversely emarginated, edentate ; the ligula is truncat- 

 ed at the tip, the paraglossse adhere to it, reach a little beyond it 

 and are obtuse at the apex ; the palpi are rather long with the last 

 joint elliptic, acuminate; the antennse are strong, filiform and reach 

 beyond the shoulders, joints 5-10 are of equal length and cylin- 

 dric, 4-11 are pilose. The most remarkable part of the insect is, 

 however, the thorax which is of a sub-rhomboidal shape, trans- 



