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and gestroi , fig. 4, Bedel, Nesitis attenuata , Crotch, fig. 5, Linodesmus coccus , 
Fabr., fig. 6, and Coptengis spinipennis, Bed., fig. 9 (end of elytron). 
Ilelota , Macl. Synopsis of species: — H. gemmata , Gorli., larva de- 
scribed and figured, p. 52, fig. 8, II. mellii, Westw., = thibetana , Westw. ; 
II. ocellata , Bits., = guerini, Hope (figured, fig. 1) : Ollilf, Cist. Ent. iii. 
pp. 51-57, pi. iii. II. cerco-punctata, Lewis, aud gemmata, Gorham, figured ; 
Waterhouse, Aid, ii. pi. cxxxiii. figs. 1 & 2. 
j Episcapha taishoensis, gorhami , hamata , Lewis, and fortinei , Crotch, 
noticed ; Lewis, Ent. M. M. xx. p. 140. 
Coplengis sheppardi, Paso. Variation noticed ; Bedel, Ann. Mus. Genov, 
xviii. pp. 437 & 438. 
Triplatoma gestroi , Bedel, redescribed and figured ; Gorham, P. Z. S. 
1883, p. 80, pi. xviii. fig. 1. 
Erotylus lineatus and Morphoides ( Brachysphcenus ) procerus , Erichs., 
noticed ; Dohrn, S. E. Z. xliv. pp. 104 & 105. 
New genera and species : — 
Neoblylus , Bedel, Ann. Mus. Genov, xviii. p.438. Allied to Coptengis ; 
third joint of antennae short, and tip of elytra truncate. Type, N. ceratus , 
sp. n., ibid., New Guinea. 
Trichulus , id. ibid. Allied to Triplatoma ; short, pubescent above, last 
joint of labial palpi oval. Type, T . pubescens , Crotch (figured, pi. x. 
fig- 2). 
Eulytus, id. 1. c. pp. 436 & 441. Allied to Triplatoma', metasternum 
oblong between the middle coxae, and bounded in front by a transverse 
line. Type, T. bizonatus, Crotch (figured, pi. x. figs. 1 & 7). 
Nesitis, id. 1. c. pp. 43G & 442. Allied to Eulytus ; mesosternum 
bounded in front by a transverse line. To include Triplatoma attenuata , 
Crotch (figured, pi. x. fig. 5), Engis sexnotata , Wiedem., and N. discre- 
pans , sp. n., 1. c. p. 343, Sumatra. 
Linodesmus , id. 1. c. pp. 436 & 443. Allied to Triplatoma ; funiculus 
slender, joints long ; sides of metasternum not margined below the middle 
coxae. Typ e,Elater coccus , Fabr. (figured, pi. x. fig. 6). 
Ilybosoma, Gorham, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 77. Intermediate between 
Coptengis and Triplatoma. To include II. hydropicum , pi. xviii. fig. 6, 
striatum , p. 77, and telrastictum , p. 78, spp. nn., Philippines. 
Motrita , Westwood, Tijdschr. Ent. xxvi. p. 77. Allied to Tritoma. 
Type, M. fulvipes, sp. n., 1. c. p. 78, pis. iii. fig. 16, & v. figs. 19-25 (details). 
Ilelota gorhami , p. 53, sinensis, fig. 3, Chantung, N. China, p. 54, and 
culta , fig. 2, North India, p. 55, Olliff, Cist. Ent. iii. pi. iii. 
Encaustes crotchi , Gorham, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 76, pi. xviii. fig. 7, Philip- 
pines, Bohol ; E. prcenobilis, Lewis, Ent. M. M. xx. p. 138, Japan. 
Micreneaustes torquatus , pi. xviii. fig. 5, Old Calabar, and plagiatus , 
Java, Gorham, l. c. p. 76. 
Mcgalodacne imperatrix , pi. xviii. fig. 8, Mamboia, and furcata , Old 
Calabar, &c., id. 1. c. pp. 78 & 79 ; M. bellula , Lewis, l.c. p. 139, Japan. 
Cryptodacne vagepunctata, Broun, N. Z. J. Sci. i. p. 497, New Zealand. 
Episcaphula tetrasticta, Gorham, Notes Leyd. Mus. v. p. 253, Saleyer. 
Episcapha semperi , Mindanao, cordata, Old Calabar, p. 81, difficilis , 
