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Show 116 MR. M. JACOBY ON THE [Feb.1, Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles rather flattened ; palpi slender; antennae two thirds the length of the body, testaceous, the apical joints obscure fuscous. Thorax about one half broader than long, the sides strongly narrowed or constricted at the base, obsoletely impressed at the sides, impunctate, the lateral margins furnished with some long hairs. Scutellum broader than long, testaceous or margined with piceous. Elytra clothed with some rather long and stiff hairs, strongly longitudinally costate at the sides, less strongly at the disk, the interstices impressed with two rows of distinct punctures, partly confluent and becoming single towards the apices. Underside testaceous, the breast sometimes darker. Legs moderately long, the claw-joint of the posterior tarsi very elongate, as long as the metatarsus. PRIAPINA (gen. nov. Galerucinae). Narrowly oblong. Antennse filiform, the third joint very small. Thorax transversely subquadrate, obsoletely grooved at the disk. Elytra closely semipunctate-striate. Legs slender, tibise with a spine ; the metatarsus of the posterior tibiae longer than the three following joints together ; claws appendiculate. I am obliged to establish this genus on account of the structure of the antennse, in which the third joint of the male is so small as to be scarcely perceptible ; the long first joint of the posterior tarsi and the mucronate tibise are further characters which will assist in the recognition of Priapina. The specimen being glued to a card, I am unfortunately not able to speak about the state of the anterior coxal cavities. There will, however, be no difficulty in recognizing the genus if the antennae are examined. In Luperodes, a closely allied genus, the third joint in both sexes is very distinct, double the length of the second and scarcely shorter than the fourth. PRIAPINA LONGICORNIS, sp. nov. Fulvous or testaceous ; head impunctate ; terminal joints of the antennse fuscous ; thorax fulvous, rugosely punctured; elytra testaceous, the margins narrowly piceous, surface closely punctured. 3. Antennae longer than the body, the third joint minute. 2 • Antennse slightly shorter, the third joint a little longer; elytra coarsely punctured. Length 1 line. <S . Head impunctate, fulvous, the frontal tubercles narrowly transverse ; eyes rather large. The four lower joints of the antennse testaceous, the others fuscous, the fourth joint longer than the three preceding ones together and longer than the following joints. Thorax twice as broad as long, the sides slightly narrowed towards the base, the angles not produced, the anterior and posterior margins straight; surface obsoletely transversely depressed, coarsely punctured. Scutellum piceous. Elytra testaceous, narrowly margined with piooous, very closely punctured, the punctuation arranged in semi-irregular rows. Legs rather long and slender. In the female the third joint of the antennae is nearly equal in |
