HYPERAXIS. 
417 
Thorax rather broader than long, sides nearly straight, surface not 
Fig. 147 . — - Ncplirella clongaia. 
very deeply punctured. Elytra finely punctured, surface indis- 
tinctly wrinkled, pubescent like the head and thorax. Abdomen 
more sparingly pubescent. 
Length 5| mm. 
Hob. Ceylon. 
Genus HYPERAXIS. 
Hyperaxis, Lefcv. Cat. Eumolp. 1885, p. 79. 
Metaxis, lialy (nee de Chaudoir ), Journ. Ent. ii, 1863, p. 157. 
Type, IJ. sellata , Baly, from Borneo. 
Range. India; Burma; Andamans; China; Borneo. 
Oblong, subcylindrical, clothed with scales above, intermixed 
with short, rigid, erect hairs. Head moderately exserted, 
perpendicular; antennae slender, filiform, nearly equal to the body 
in length, first joint incrassate, second very short, moderately 
thickened, third slender, equal in length to the preceding two 
united, the rest each nearly as long as the third, terminal joints 
slightly shorter and thicker; eyes entire; terminal joint of 
maxillary palpi narrow, ovate. Thorax subcylindrical, lateral 
border obsolete (in some species with finely serrate margins). 
Elytra much broader than the thorax, deeply punctate-striate. 
Legs moderate ; femora toothed beneath, anterior and posterior 
femora strongly incrassate, intermediate femora more slender, the 
latter emarginate or notched at apex : claws bifid. Prosternum 
elongate, broad, somewhat wedge-shaped ; mesosternum oblong. 
Hull-looking insects with close, adpressed pubescence that forms 
sometimes obscure bands or spots. In the typical forms the 
anterior and posterior femora are much thicker than the femora 
of the intermediate legs, but certain species occur in which this 
is much less marked and these can scarcely be distinguished from 
JJemotina. 
YOL. I. 
