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Show 1866.] MR. F. P. PASCOE ON THE COLEOPTERA OF PENANG. 267 This genus, which has something of an Obrioid habit, has the anterior coxae perfectly contiguous. The narrowly constricted prothorax posteriorly is also characteristic. It is perhaps nearest some of the African forms of Phytcecia, not yet clearly understood, e. g. Obereopsis, Chev. Col. (INitocris, Thorns.). NEDYTISIS OBRIOIDES. (PL XXVIII. fig. 1.) N. rufo-testacea; elytris dimidio apicali fuscescentibus; abdomine segmentis tribus apicalibus argenteis. Reddish testaceous, the apical half of the elytra brownish; head and prothorax minutely pubescent, impunctate, a finely raised line on the vertex, but becoming impressed between the eyes, and so continued to the mouth ; eyes and mandibles black ; prothorax narrowest posteriorly ; scutellum small, rounded ; elytra subseriate-punctate at the base, more irregularly posteriorly, the apex of each dehiscent and terminating in a sharp angle; body beneath reddish testaceous, thinly pubescent, the posterior coxae, posterior margin of the meta-thorax, and last three abdominal segments covered with a coarse bright silvery pubescence; legs and two basal joints of the antennae reddish testaceous, rest of the antennae blackish. Length 5 lines. [To be continued.] EXPLANATION OF PLATES XXVI., XXVII., XXVIII. PLATE XXVI. Fig. 1. Cuphisia callosa, p. 230. 2. Sodus ursulus, p. 237. 3. Cacia herbacea, p. 233. 4. melanopsis, p. 232. 5. Cyardium cribrosum, p. 240. 6. Atossa atomaria, p. 254. Fig. 1. Nedytisis obrioides, p. 267. 2. Glenea orme, p. 261. 3. • vesta, p. 260. 4. neanthes, p. 259. 5. porphyrio, p. 259. 6. ant hy 11 is, p. 262. Fig. 7. Agelasta lambii, p. 235. 8. substrigosa, p. 236. 9. balteata, p. 236. 10. Ixais episomoides, p. 239. 11. Obages palparis, p. 243. 12. Cenodocus granulosus, p. 238. Fig. 7. Glenea manto, p. 262. 8. • alysson, p. 261. 9. Tanylecta lambii, p. 263. 10. Ectinogramma collare, p. 266. 11. Zosne cincticornis, p. 264. PLATE XXVII. Fig. 1. Serixia prasinata, p. 257. | Fig. 5. 2. Xyaste nigripes, p. 257. 6. 3. Omocyrius fulvisparsus, p. 246. 7. 4. Daxata ustulata, p. 230. Metopides occipitalis, p. 249. Thylactus angularis, p. 242. Thestus oncideroides, p. 248. PLATE XXVIII. > |