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ward and visible part of the insect ; but for the accommodation 

 of such entomologists as prefer characters from the Instru- 

 menta Cibaria, I have inserted in a note the character of this 

 genus so defined by my accurate and indefatigable friend the 

 Rev. William Kirby, F. L.S., who, at my request, undertook 

 that task. I shall only add one more observation, which is, 

 that, numerous as this genus is in New Holland, I have never 

 seen a single specimen from any other country, in the many 

 cabinets that I have examined. 



NOTOCLEA. 

 Character Generis. 



Antenna, filiformes. 



Caput immune, deflexum. 



Thorax transversus, dilatato-marginatus. 



Elytra dilatato-marginata, angulo baseos exteriori acuto. 



Corpus ovale, valde convexum, subtus planum*. 



Species. 



* Corpus ex oblongo hemisphaericum, subtus planiusculum. 

 Caput insertum, parvum, Iransversum. 



Oculi laterales, subreniformes, reticulati. 

 Nasus distinctus, postice obtusangulus, antice transversus. 

 Lalium (seu labium superius) parvum, transversum, apice subemarginatum. 

 halrum (seu labium inferius) apice emarginatum, ex apice palpigerum. 

 Valvulce breves, apice piloso palpiformi, e latere palpigerre. 

 Talpi exteriores (seu valvulares) 4-articuIati ', articulo primo et baseos mi- 

 nutissimo; secundo longiori clavato incurvo subcompresso ; tertio brevi 

 clavato ; ultimo magno compresso, securiformi, apice intus concavo. 

 Palpi interiores (seu labiates) triarticulati ; articulis clavatis equalibus. 

 Mentum trans versum, parallelogramicum, interdum apice emarginatum. 



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