564 Mr. KiRBv's Description of Insects 



Lingua^ tenuis apice furcata, utrinque paraglossa recta lineari. 



Mention breve, transversum, supra inajquale. 



Maxillce apice spina recta intlexa. 



Palpi labiales triarticulati : articulis duobus primis tenuioribus 

 subcylindricis primo brevissimo : extimo crassiori arcuato, 



^- — maxillares mandibulis longiores quadriarticulati : articulo 

 primo brevissimo ; secundo sequentibus crassiori apicem ver- 

 sus sensim incrassato, tertio obconico, extimo subfusiformi. 



AntenncE filiformes, capite thoraceque longiores ; articulo primo 

 reliquis crassiori cylindrico ; secundo minutissimo. 



Corpus valde depressum. Caput thoracis fere magnitudine, pos- 

 tice collo distincto. Prot/iorax postice attenuatus, utrinque 

 in angulum obtusum prominens, ita ut fere hexagonus evadit. 

 Pedes tibiis anticis intus emarginatis, tarsis omnibus dilatatis : 

 articulo penultimo bilobo. Elytra haud abbreviata, prope 

 apicem externe subemarginata. Abdomen ano obtuso. 



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This genus appears to connect the Lebiada with the Galeri- 



tidce. The type is, I suspect, oriental, and appears quite distinct 



from any genus at present defined. 



terminata. H. 



Long. Corp. lin. 4. circiter. 



Habitat in India Orientali ? 



Introd. to Ent. iii. 540. note ''. 



Descr. Caput fere pentagonum uti Forjicuhe, nigrum : ore an- 

 tennisque rufis ; hae thorace vix breviores. Fron santice 

 utrinque longitudinaliter excavatus, pone oculos utrinque 

 item fossula excavata. Prot/iorax niger, in medio et late- 

 ri bus longitudinaliter canaliculatus. Pedes tesiacei. Elytra 



, • The Lingua of the above work is synonymous with the Ligula Latr. 



