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margin of the eye j antcnn?e median, scape clavato, reaching the eye, funi- 
culus 0-jointed, short, club larger; scutelluin large, triangular ; tarsi with 
first two joints small, third much wider, deeply bilobed ; segments of abdo- 
men nearly equal ; interfemoral process narrowly rounded at apex. Sp. M. tur- 
ritusj sp. n., pi. 17. fig. 11, from Caffraria. 
PhjsarchuSj g. n., Pascoe, p. 425. Allied to the preceding genus ; anteniife 
inserted before middle of rostrum; scape reaching middle of eye ; funiculus 
7-join ted. Sp. P. pijramidalisj sp. n., pi. 17. fig. 10, from the I4ji Islands. 
Ilacuris, g. n., Pascoe, p. 425. Allied to Sjphadasmus ; rostrum elongate, 
nearly cylindrical, scarcely arcuate ; antennae median, scape slender, clavate, 
club slender; elytra subtriangular ; legs elongate, second pair shortest; 
femora clavate ; anterior coxae somewhat distant, intermediate remote ; first 
two segments of abdomen very large, connate ; interfemoral process angulated 
at apex. Sp. I, laticollisj sp. n., pi. 17. fig. 7, from Queensland. 
Asytesta, g. n., Pascoe, p. 426. Allied to Phyephencs) prothorax with 
ocular lobes ciliated. Sp. A. humeralis, sp. n., p. 426, pi. 17. fig. 13, from the 
Moluccas ; A. vittata, Pasc. p. 431, from the Moluccas and Aru ; and A, 
maura, Pasc. p. 432, from the Moluccas. 
Thycstctha, g. n., Pascoe, p. 426. Allied to Arachnohas, but with a pec- 
toral canal extending between the posterior legs, anterior and intermediate 
coxae contiguous, femora channelled beneath. Sp. T, nitida, sp. n., p. 427, 
pi. 17. fig. 20, from Aru. 
Odoacisj g. n., Pascoe, p. 427. Allied to Mecopus ; club of antennae with 
basal joint short ; anterior legs moderate, coxae armed with an acute spine ; 
posterior femora very long, incrassatad ; propectus unarmed in S j posterior 
coxae widely distant. Sp. O. grallariuSj sp. n., pi. 17. fig. 24, from Siam. 
Semio, g. n., Pascoe, p. 427. Allied to Cryptorhynchus ; body broad, de- 
pressed ; eyes small, lateral ; antennae subbasal, scape short ; tibiae curved, 
compressed ; second segment of abdomen larger than third. Sp. S, ricinoideSj 
sp. n., p. 428, pi. 17, fig. 21, from Brazil. 
Eyrius, g. n., Pascoe, p. 428. Allied to Ccutorhynchm ; pectoral canal 
distinct; junction of prothorax and elytra forming a prominent ridge. Sp. 
E. camelus, sp. n., pi. 17. fig. 9, from Natal. 
IsaXj g. n., Pascoe, p. 429. Allied to Cryptorhynchus ) rostrum slender, 
straight, almost perfectly cylindrical. Sp. I. gollinago, sp. n., pi. 17. fig. 14, 
from Queensland. 
Mormosintes, g. n., Pascoe, p, 429. Allied to Poroptcrus) last joint of 
funiculus adpressed to the club ; tarsi linear, penultimate joint entire ; inter- 
coxal process angulate in front. Sp. M. ruhus, sp. n., pi. 17. fig. 16, from 
Queensland. 
Bkpiarda, g. n., Pascoe, p. 430. Allied to Protopalm ; antennce long, apical, 
scape long, first two joints of funiculus long, the rest short, ciliated ; prothorax 
ciliated behind the eyes. Sp. JB. undidata, sp. n., pi. 17. fig, 12, from Queens- 
land; B. lophotes, Pasc. 1. c. p. 432, from the Fiji Islands. 
Myrtesis, g. n., Pascoe, p. 430. (Crypto7'hynchides.) Sterna very short, the 
three pairs of coxse close together, but those of each pair widely separated by 
a deep pectoral canal ; interfemoral process very wide, emarginate. Sp. M. 
cnUgata, sp. n., p. 431, pi. 17. fig. 19, from Queensland. 
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