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anterior and posterior femora very strongly dilated into a broad 
tooth, intermediate femora less strongly thickened, their tibiae 
eraarginate at apex ; claws bilid. Prosternum constricted between 
the coxae, strongly widened posteriorly. 
Most of the characters of 11 yperaxis, but the thorax with serrate 
margins and the prosternum of different shape. 
748. Pseudometaxis serraticollis, Jac. Mian Soc. Eat. Bd<j. vii, 
1900, p. 102. 
Obscure piceous or fulvous, densely clothed with grey scales. 
Head closely covered with grey scales ; clypeus concave on the 
anterior margin ; labrum and palpi fulvous ; antennae fulvous, 
extending to middle of elytra, third and 
following two joints equal, terminal 
joints shorter. Thorax about half as 
broad again as long, sides rounded and 
gradually widened near the base, margins 
with a row of teeth. Elytra wider at 
base than the thorax, subeylindrieal, 
very finely and closely punctured, clothed 
with very short grey scales and rows of 
erect black hairs, sutural portion near 
base obscure fuscous ; sides of more 
fulvous colour. Legs and body beneath 
fulvous. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hah. Burma. 
This species must not be confounded 
with Demotina serraticollis, Baly, which 
is a smaller insect of different colour 
and with differently shaped thorax; the 
anterior and posterior femora in the 
present species are very strongly dilated and agree in this respect 
with Hyperaxis, but it is not convenient to include in one genus 
insects with no thoracic margins and others in which the latter 
are present. The prosternum also in Hyperaxis is broadly sab- 
quadrate, not widened at the base. 
Fig. 1 49. — Pseudometaxis 
serraticollis. 
Genus LEPltOTES. 
Leprotes, Baly , Journ. Eat. ii, 1863, p. 158 ; Lefev. Cat. Emnolp. 
1885, p. 80. 
Type, L. gracilicornis, Baly. from Hongkong. 
llange. Tartary; India; China; Japan. 
Body elongate, subeylindrieal, clothed above and beneath with 
adpressed scales. Head exserted ; antennae filiform, scarcely 
thickened at apices, basal joint incrassate, second shorter than the 
