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 44 APPENDIX; lB. ?3.. MsouBRus !(oI, (n. .) M. nigro*fuscus !abro palpisque lfieeis thorace vlx ptmctato pontic rugoso, elytris rugis vel punctis confiuentibus substriath fossult ad humeros profund& liueque suturali impreuis corpore subtus pills sub-sericeo pedque concoloribus. - Tab. B. fig. 2. OAr. This singular insect has an affinity to $agra, but differs �. .from that genus in having setiform artterm2, porrect .mandibles, and 8ecuriform palpi. Its labit is also toUlly different from tht of a $agra, .and more like that of some of those insec which belong to the heterogeneous magazine called P/. It doubted]y, the most slng*ular and novel form in Captain King*8 collection, and forms a new genus, of which the characters are follow. MEOMERUS, (norton enus.) dnb,u inter oculos iraerin fforme vel potira setace culo basilri crassJori secundo ubgloboso brevimdmo apicali acuto. ].rm traverso-quadratum antic submembranaceum tomre- tmmm ubemarginatum. Mandi&ule exe portecrm supr convexiuscube lunulatm vd falcifm, mes doro sulminua apice re1 extus obliqu8 truncat acutissimm. Ma.///a bai cornera proceubus duobus submembranaceis api- cem versus instructre, iobo extemo vel apicali ovali extus ciliato, inferno tenuiori apice subacuto margineque intemo vix uidentato. Palpi mudllarff quadriarticulati, articulo stipitali minimo conspicuo, secundo obconico Iongo duobus ulthnis imul sumpfis longitudine fera mluali, tertio obconic craniori, ultimo muri- formi compresso. Palpi labiales triartlculati articulo stipitali minitoo inconspicuo, secundo 1ono obconic9 seth quibusdam at apicem imtructo, terfio �trianguhri compreso vel securiformi. 'La&ium membranaceum cotdatum antic bilobm, lobis elon- �gatis tillaris internolatere rect'dineari extus ad aplcem rotundaris. Meaturn emieircuhre autice rotudatum margine antleo emar-

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