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Show 950 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL OX [Dec. 11, with a broad deep furrow having elevated sides but not continued beyond the anterior coxae, which are broadly separated. Scutellum small, punctiform. Sternum elongate, mesosternal process broadly truncate and deeply vertical anteriorly, metasternal epimera not upwardly produced. Elytra elongate, jointly sinuate at base, covering the pygidium, convex, with ten complete striae. Abdomen with the segments truncate, 2 much longer than 3 and 4 together. Legs short, the posterior tibiae only just exceeding the apex of elytra; femora stout, scarcely clavate, all armed with a strong tooth; tibiae slightly curved at base, subcompressed, uncinate, not carinate externally, their corbels open, elongate and very oblique; tarsi with the third joint broadly lobate, claws strongly appendiculate. T ype : Euderoides mossambica, sp. nov. In general facies this genus very closely resembles Euderes Schh., but differs in the following important particulars : the retracted head, the more widely separated eyes, the deep pro-sternal furrow, the broadly separated anterior coxae, the non-carinate tibiae and the obliquity of the corbels in the posterior pairs. E uderoides mossambica, sp. nov. (Plate LXVII. fig. 4.) Long. 8, lat. 34- mm. Colour uniform piceous black throughout, with sparse depressed, golden setae. Head retracted, hemispherical, rugosely punctured and without impressions, llostrum shorter than the anterior tibiae, scarcely curved, gradually dilated from base to apex; upper surface slightly convex, shallowly punctate and with a narrow smooth central line. Antennce short, dark ferruginous, with the club fuscous. Prothorctx a trifle longer than broad, base bisinuate, much broader than apex, dorsal apical margin broadly and roundly produced over the head, sides moderately rounded, broadest about middle; upper surface almost plane, rugosely punctured throughout and with a fine abbreviated central carina. Elytra elongate, oblongo-ovate, jointly sinuate at base and there slightly broader than the base of the thorax; shoulders oblique, sides parallel from there to beyond middle; upper surface convex, with broad striae containing shallow punctures, the intervals plane, finely rugose and with short depressed golden seta?. Legs rather short and stout, rugose and sparsely setose, all the femora armed with a short tooth. P ortuguese E. A frica : Beira (P. A. Sheppard). T ype in the British Museum. N eipiiagus mashunus, sp. nov. (Plate LXVII. fig. 10.) Long. 9-12, lat. 5-6| mm. Head deeply and rugosely punctured, with scattered setiforin |
