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tribus ultimis elongatis pilosis, clavam elongatam lineari- 

 lanceolatam formantibus*. Oculi subhemisphaerici pro- 

 minuli. Septum irregulare a naso per tertiam fere par- 

 tem oculi transcurrit. Nasus s. clypeus transversus, di- 

 stinctus, antice rotundatus, marginatus : margine reflexo t. 

 Rhinarium verticale, brevissimum:|;. 

 Truncus. Thorax transversus s. longitudine latior, tenu- 

 issime marginatus, antice angustior ; sinu magno ad re- 

 cipiendum caput exciso, postice obsolete trilobus : lobo 

 intermedio rotundato, supra ad latera puncto ordinario 

 ■ impressus. Prosternum inter pedes anticos elevatum, 



compressum, apice dilatatum, oblique truncatum§. Me- 

 sosternum lineare, inter pedes intermedios latitans. Me- 

 tasternum basi et apice mucronatum : mu crone postico 

 bifidoll- Scutellum triangulare. Coleoptra oblonga, stri- 

 ata : striis duplicatis, podicem, excepto summo vertice, 

 obtegentia. Fedes robusti : femoribus posticis incrassa- 

 tis; tibiis anticis apice bidentatisf : dente exteriori lon- 

 giori obtuso; interiori brevi acuto ; calcaribus 1, 2. 2. 

 posticis obtusis**; tarsorum unguiculis simplicibus in- 

 fiexistt, 

 , ' Abdomen convexum : segmentis ventralibus sex; primo 

 brevissirao ; ultimo depresso obtuso. 



The insect from which I have taken the characters of this 

 genus I originally met with at a dealer's ; and though it was 

 transfixed with a needle, which seemed to indicate that it was 



* Tab. III. Fig. 4. f. t Ibid. n,a. 



% Ibid. b. I call the part, often conspicuous in this tribe, intervening between the 

 uasus and the labrum, Rhinarium. \ Ibid. i. 



II Ibid. k. If Ibid, g. ** Ibid, h, a. ft Ibid. 1. 



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