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the head, bucculae carried a short distance upon the pectus, narrow, 
enlarging a little towards the base of the head and subtruncated} ros¬ 
trum very slender in the middle, the second joint as long as the third 
and fourth together, the third much broader than the rest, depressed, 
a little longer than the fourth, the fourth about two-thirds the length 
of the third, and not quite so robust. Thorax eight-sided, broader 
than long, the anterior division very abruptly narrowed each side and 
emarginated, the humeri projecting, with a subacute process at the 
outer extremity, posterior margin truncated. Scutellum broad, a little 
longer than the corium, not abruptly sinuated at sides, bluntly rounded 
at tip. Gorium of almost equal breadth throughout, the interior apical 
margin obliquely rounded, middle of the apex emarginated, membrane 
with about 7 longitudinal undulating nervures. Sides of the abdomi¬ 
nal segments with projecting, thorn-like, blunt processes. Yenter 
obesely convex. Sternum with a groove to receive the rostrum. An¬ 
terior tibiae prismatic, having a spine upon the inside face. 
P. podopioides n. sp. 
Pale testaceous, obscured with fuscous markings, covered with hoary 
pile. Head fuscous, with the cranium, tylus and anterior and basal 
margins yellow, surface with a few deep, coarse punctures, and with 
several irregular, longitudinal ridges; antennae blackish, with long, 
stiff white hairs; rostrum piceous, reaching the middle coxae, under¬ 
side of the head and bucculae yellow, punctured with fuscous. Thorax 
closely, finely punctured with fuscous, surface very much broken, with 
the smooth lateral margins and small scattered intervals between the 
punctures yellow, anterior margin deeply emarginated, with a blunt 
denticulus at each anterior angle, humeral projections a little curved 
backwards, smooth, bearing a tooth-like process at the extremity, be¬ 
hind this emarginated, from the emargination to the basal margin the 
sides are regularly rounded, the basal margin subtruncated, smooth. 
Scutellum irregularly, erodedly, closely punctured with fuscous, the 
surface uneven, bearing a Y-shaped elevation, the stem of which runs 
towards the apex, a short, smooth line at the basal middle and a few 
smooth areas yellow. Corium with the punctures finer and more regu¬ 
lar, fuscous, base, nervures and a corneous, lenticular spot beyond the 
middle yellowish; membrane pale brown, the nervures bounded with 
whitish. Tergum blackish, densely punctured, posterior exterior an- 
