Mr. Kinnav's Century of Insects. 417 
This genus in habit much resembles Moluris Latr.; but the bi- 
fid labium, cordate mentum, subfiliform palpi, and antennæ ter- 
minated by an ovate acute joint, which distinguish the latter, 
sufficiently warrant me in considering them as distinct. | 
curvipes. 54. S. "TI 
CTI Pirate XXI. Fic. 15. 
cs . Long. corp. lin. 54. 
Habitat in Brasilia. D. Hancock. 
Corpus globoso-ovatum, glaberrimum, nitidiusculum, nigro-zene- 
um. Caput orbiculatum, levissime punctulatum. Clypeus sub- 
| triangularis, a fronte sutura profunda separatus. Antenne api- 
cem versus. paulo crassiores: articulo primo brevi obconico 
sequentibus vix crassiori, secundo brevissimo subgloboso, ter- 
tio sequentibus paulo longiori subclavato, reliquis longitudine | 
sensim decrescentibus plus minus obconicis: extimo oblique 
truncato. Thorax convexus, levissime punctulatus, antice sub- 
emarginatus, postice transversus subemarginatus, lateribus ro- 
tundatis tenuissime marginatis. Scutellum minutissimum. Co- 
leoptra subglobosa, seriatim quasi variolosa: variolis obscuris 
canaliculatis. Epipleura latiuscula. Pedes piceo-nigri. Tibie 
graciles, arcuatæ: calcaribus duobus minutissimis obsoletis. - 
Tarsi pulvillati. 
| |... STRONGYLIUM Kirby. 
Labrum transversum. ; | 
Labium subcordatum. 
Mandibule brevissimæ, validæ, apice edentulæ acutæ. 
Maxille apertæ, apice bilobæ : lobo exteriori majori extus rotun- 
dato, interiori minuto acuto. 
Palpi articulo extimo magno securiformi. 
Mentum 
