BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 179 



feebly curved, widening to base and apex. Aiite7in(e short, rather 

 thick; scape inserted ahnost in exact middle of rostrum and never 

 reaching apex; funicle subcylindric, two basal joints elongate, the 

 rest gradually widening ; club short, ovate, continuous with 

 funicle. Prothorax large, apex entire and overhanging head, 

 base truncate, sides rounded, constriction absent, ocular lobes 

 prominent. Scutellum absent. Elytra subparallel or gradually 

 decreasing from base, no wider than prothorax, base truncate, 

 shoulders feebly clasping prothorax or not. Pectoral canal wide 

 and rather deep, terminating between two anterior pairs of coxee. 

 Mesosternal receptacle strongly raised, its apex thin and widely 

 emarginate, rapidly sloping to base, middle of declivity subcostate, 

 cavernous. Metastermim short. Basal segment of abdo7nen\erj 

 large, almost as long as rest combined, sloping towards apex; 2nd 

 subequal with intermediate at its middle, longer at sides; three 

 apical enclosed within elytra and depressed; apical as long as 

 intermediates; sutures of all very distinct. Legs moderately 

 shoi't; femora linear, edentate, posterior feebly passing elytra; 

 tibise short, subcylindric, straight or almost straight; tarsi rather 

 stout, subcylindric, spinose beneath, 3rd joint entire, similar to 

 2nd, claw-joint and claws long. Cylindric, elliptic, strongly 

 convex above, punctate, squamose, setose, apterous. 



I have three species (but only four specimens) under examina- 

 tion. They are all densely clothed with small scales mixed with 

 a substance (indissoluble in alcohol) which causes them to appear 

 as if covered with paste, and which is continued even to the claw- 

 joint; the setfe are always visible, but in some places the scales 

 are entirely concealed. The genus may be readily distinguished 

 on account of its large prothorax, simple tarsi, and peculiar 

 abdomen ; the pectoral canal is densely squamose throughout. 

 In describing the genus Pascoe says, " the hind femora not 

 extending beyond abdomen." This is a mistake; if the femora 

 be extended their full length it will be seen that they slightly 

 pass the elytra, though in their ordinary position they do not 

 appear to extend so far. All the species are black, with antennae 

 and claws dull piceous-red; the club slightly darker. 



