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ANNALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI. 
1911. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW BRENTHIDAE. 
By Dr. S. Bolkay. 
(With 4 textfigures.) 
Mr. L. Bibó collected in German New-Guinea a large series of 
•species, belonging to the family Brenthidæ. I found in this collection 
a new genus, nearest allied to the south-american genus Taphrocleres. 
The new genus includes three new species, the third of which however 
originates from Formosa. 
The genera, characterized by a much shorter femur, than the 
abdomen, may be easily distinguished as follows : 
I. Head very long, cylindrical. Rostrum very short. Prothorax entirely 
smooth. „„ „„ _ „„ „„ _ _ „„ „„ Anisognathus Lacord. 
II. Head broader than long. Rostrum longer than head. Prothorax finely 
canaliculate. _ „„ „„ „„ „„ _ Taphroderes Schoenh. 
HI. Head somewhat longer than broad. Prothorax strongly canaliculate. 
Pseudotaphroderes nov. gen. 
Pseudotaphroderes nov. gen. 
Male. — Head somewhat broader than long, broadest at the 
posterior margin of the eyes, truncate posteriorly, with a small trian¬ 
gular incision. Rostrum as long, as the head, basal portion conical, 
anterior portion as long as the basal one, not dilated anteriorly, a 
little bent downwards, truncate at the end; between the antennæ a 
short, longitudinal furrow is to be seen. Mandibles very small, not 
at all visible from above. Antennæ rather short, inserted half-way of 
the rostrum; basal joint large, 2—8 moniliform, 9—10 oval and enlarged, 
the last pointed at the end. Eyes moderate, roundish, not very pro¬ 
minent, facettæ coarse. 
Prothorax (fig. 1) pear-shaped, strongly canaliculate above, its 
anterior portion compressed, with a cavity for the anterior femora, as 
broad as the head behind the eyes ; posterior angles rounded. 
