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HORN EXPEDITION—COLEOPTERA. 
CISTELID^. 
METISTETE. 
M. incog/liia, sp. nov. (1). Augusta; elongato-ovalis ; nitida; glabra; 
picea, palpis tarsisque testaceo-rufis, tibiis rufescentibus ; capite profunde, pro- 
thorace obsolete, crebre subtilius punctulatis ; lioc quam latiori sublongiori, sat 
ovali, antice quam postice paruni latiori, lateribus sat arcuatis, latitudine inajori 
ad medium posita ; elytris punctulato-striatis, puiicturis in striis (his leviter 
impressis) sat magnis subquadratis, interstitiis sat planis sparsim subtiliter 
punctulatis. Long. 6 1. Lat. 2 1. 
Distinguished from the previously-described species of the genus inter alia by 
its elongate prothorax, which to a casual glance appears to be longer than wide, 
and by measurement is fully as long as wide. 
Locality of capture not specified. 
LAGRIID^. (?) 
LixiONiCA (gen. nov.) 
Palpi labiales minuti (articulo apicali dilatato), maxillares elongati (articulo 
apicali elongato-ovato) ; mandibula porrecta, ad apicem acuminata arcuata ; labrum 
breve transversum ; caput parvum postice angustatum tubulatum ; prothorax 
hexagonalis ; oculi (? maris solum) magni, fortiter granulati, supra et subtus 
subapproximati, antice vix emarginati; antennse elongatm, articulis compressis 
subserratis (basalibus 2 brevibus, 2° quam P'® breviori, 3° elongate quam priece- 
dentes conjuncti plus quam duplo longiori, 4° quam 3^*® sat breviori, .5°-10° ex 
ordine paullo longioribus, 11° quam 10°® triple breviori); scutellum modicum; 
elytra sat parallela, punctulata, costis subtilibus circiter 8 instructis ; coxse anticse 
(et inter has prosternum) sat prominentes, postice sat late clausie ; tarsi hliformes 
simplices, posticarum articulo basali quam sequentes 2 paullo longiori; unguiculi 
sat elongati, gracile.s, simplices. 
I assign this genus to the Lagriidee on account of its being heteromerous, 
with the front coxie closed behind, the claws simple and the front coxte much 
raised above the plane of the front part of the prosternum (it is to be noted, 
however, that the whole hind part of the prosternum rises up from the general 
plane, so that the coxaj themselves do not project much from this part of the 
prosternum). A casual glance would assign the genus to the Cisfelidce, but I do 
