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III. Apod, biguttatus and notatus are the types of a third Asiatic 
group, where the head and thorax are nearly constructed as in 
the preceding group, but the former broader and more conic; 
the latter more pulvinate, subperpendicularly attenuate ante¬ 
riorly ; the body is less elongate; the elytra are decidedly 
broader and shorter ; the legs are stouter; the femora more 
clavate ; the posterior still more extended behind. Besides 
these characters, they have the additional peculiarity of the 
basal striga of the thorax elevated on each side ; this swelling 
is of a light pellucid or subtranslucent hue, either fulvous 
or yellow. Parts of the elytra also present such pellucid 
markings, either maculiform or lineiform. ( Physapoderus , 
Jekel).* 
IV. Apod. Coryli , morio , intermedins , fuscicornis , languid,us, rufi- 
collis , nigripennis , j davoebenus, Thoms. (= Mouffleti , Jekel, 
litt. Corresp. et MSS. Ins. Saund.), pectoralis , sanguineus , 
htemorrhoidalis, cyaneus , &c., constitute the main group, in 
which the head is shorter, more convex, much less conical 
than in the preceding; the thorax is hardly conical, the sides 
a little rounded, in some males, evidently rounded at the 
sides in other males; and in all the females subtransverse, 
i. e. scarcely as long as its basal width ; it is glossy, canali¬ 
culate, convex, subpulvinate, obliquely attenuate anteriorly, 
with the apical margin slightly emarginate, subtruncate. The 
elytra are punctate or punctate-striate, the punctures very 
often obliterated posteriorly; the interstices even, smooth or 
punctulate. The posterior femora are hardly or not at all ex¬ 
tended behind the apex of the body. (Apoderus, pr. d.) 
* A third species (Apod, basalis , Jekel : subquadratus, nitidus ; sub- 
tus flavescens, capite, rostro, antennis, thorace, scutello, femoribus 
anterioribus extrorsum tibiis tarsisque quatuor anticis obscure ru6s, 
elytris nigris ; striga basali thoracis utrinque, margine circumscutellari 
liueolaque adnexa elytrorum elevatis flavo-pellucidis; capite thoraceque 
antice elevato-conicis, politis ; elytris antice scrobiculatis, postice stria- 
tis interstitiis convexis.—Long. 6%; el. 3^; lat. mill., Java) from 
Dupont, exists in Mr. Bowling’s collection. 
