Mr. Kinnay's Century of Insects. 497 
This genus is related to Brentus; but its tridentate mandibulæ 
and incrassate antennæ, taken in conjunction with its short and 
rather conical thorax, sufliciently distinguish it. 
 hemoptera, 64. Rh. | 
PraATE XXII. Fro. 7. 
Long. corp. (Rostro excluso) lin. 74. 
Habitat in Australasia. Ex Museo D. MacLeay accepi. 
B. Ex Museo D. Marsham. 
Corpus angustum, lineare, atrum, obscuriusculum, subtus parce 
albido-pilosum. Caput deflexum, punctulatum, medio con- 
strictum, postice convexum. Rostrum teres, capitis thoracis- 
que longitudine, punctulatum, apice nitidum. Antenne rostro 
- pone medium insidentes, thorace longiores, basi attenuate gla- — 
bree, alias pilosissimæ : articulo primo clavato subarcuato cras- 
siori, secundo brevi obconico, tertio sequentibus vix longiori 
subclavato, proximis duobus magnitudine crescentibus obco- 
nicis, reliquis æqualibus subobconicis, extimo ovato-lanceolato. 
Oculi hemisphærici, supra pilis rufis subtus albidis cincti. Tho- 
raz subconicus, antice constrictus, piloso-velutinus ; utrinque 
vitta laterali intus subrepanda, linea dorsali, maculisque dua- 
bus posticis, piloso-fulvo-aureis. Elytra punctulatissima, pi- 
losa, fulvo-aurea: sutura nigricanti. Tibie apice bicalcaratze. 
Tarsi pulvinati. Unguiculi simplices. : P 
Var. 8. Thorace utrinque macula magna triangulari sanguinea, 
linea dorsali maculisque posticis nullis. Alias simillima. An 
eadem ? DOT 7 
EvunniNvs Kirby. 
Labrum vix distinctum. 
Labium subcordatum. 
Mandibule apice tridentate : dentibus æqualibus acutis. 
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