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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