Die Insekten uml Arachnoideen der Kemuelen. 



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eulus with the rst and 2nd joints elongate, the ist rather longer than the 2nd, 3rd joints (about 

 two-thirds the length of the 2nd), the 4 tri, 5r.l1, and 6th joints globular, the jth a little broader 

 than the 6th, the club cone-shaped. Eyes round, moderately prominent. Thorax as long as 

 broad, genüy constricted in front and behind the middle, truncate in front and behind. Scutellum 

 very small and triangulär. Elytra not broader than the thorax at their base, convex, gradually 

 enlarging to the middle, and then again narrowed to the apex. Wings absent. Legs moderately 

 long, femora strongly clavate; anterior tibiae nearly straight; apex of the posterior tibiae truncate, 

 hollowed, the margins ciliated. Tarsi spongy below, the ist Joint as long as the two following 

 together, the 4th Joint a little longer; the claws curved, separated. 



Intercoxal projeetion of the abdomen wide, nearly straight in front and at sides: 3rd and 

 4th segments equally short, much shorter than the 2nd segment. General form elongate, sub- 

 fusiform. 



This and the following genus appear to nie to be evidently allied to Brachyderes." 



sericeus C. O. Waterh. 1875. 



Canonopsü sericeus C. O. Waterhouse, Ent. Mo. Mag., Vol. XII, 1885, p. 55. 



Canonopsü sericeus C. O. Waterh., Studer, Arch. f. Naturg., 45. Jg., 187g, S. 112. 



Canonopsis sericeus C. O. Waterh., Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, Vol. CLXVIII, 1871), p. 232, Tat'. XIV, Fig. 9. 



Canonopsü sericeus C. O. Waterh., Studer, Forschungsreise d. Gazelle, Bd. III, 1889, S. 124 u. 126. 



C. O. Waterhouse 1875, 1- c - : 



„Sub-fusiformis, convexus, flavo-griseo-sericeus. Antennis pieeis, clava nigra. Fronte fovea 

 magna impressa. Thorace latitudine haud longiori, supra longitudinaliter canaliculato, canalicula 

 ante medium expansa atque utrinque tubercula obsoleta instrueta. Elytris basi thorace haud 

 latioribus, at 37 2 longioribus, elongato-ovalibus, punetato-striatis, interstitiis vix convexis, interstitio 

 seeundo vittis duabus velutinis nigris ornato. Femoribus basi pieeis. 



Long. 5V2 lin., elytr. lat. 2 lin. 



Many examples." 



Ist nicht erbeutet worden. 



Eetemnorhinus G. R. Waterh. 1853. 



Eetemnorhinus G. R. Waterhouse, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 2. Ser., Vol. II, 1853, p. 184 — 185; Lacordaire, 



Gen. des Coleopt. T. VI, p. 562. 

 Agonelytra C. O. Waterhouse, Ent. Mo. Mag., Vol. XII, 1875, p. 55. 

 Eetemnorhinus G. R. Waterh., C. O. Waterhouse, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, Vol. CLXVIII, 1879, p. 232. 



G. R. Waterhouse 1. c. : 



„Antennae longiusculae, scapo thorace attingente, clavato, basi inflexo ; articulis duobus 

 basalibus funiculi longiusculis, obeonicis, reliquis brevibus, sub-turbinatis ; clava ovata, acuminata. 

 Rostrum capite brevius et vix angustius; scrobe brevissima, postice supra flexa. Caput pone 

 oculos elongatum. Oculi laterales, breviter ovales, parum prominuli. Thorax parvus, antice 

 posticeque truncatus, lateribus parum rotundato-ampliatus. Scutellum trianguläre. Elytra elon- 

 gato-ovata, pone medium ampliata, humeris rotundatis, subangulatis , supra parum convexa, 

 apice singulatim rotundata. Pedes medioeres; femoribus muticis. 



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