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Empolis, gen. no V. 



Corpus angustum, elongatum ; rostrum minus gi-acile, 

 arcuatum, prothorace longius, supra longituclinaliter carina- 

 tum, apice ipso leviter dilatato ; scrobes subapicales rectse 

 fere infra rostrum positte infra baud conniventes ; scapus 

 oculum vix attiugens ; funiculus 7-articulatus, articulis 1° et 

 2° elongatis, ceteris brevibus, ultimis vix transversis ; clava 

 sat elongata ; oculi niagni, sat depressi, fortiter grauulati ; 

 prothorax quam longior baud latior, antice quam postice 

 paullo angustior, lobis ocularibus subobsoletis ; scutellum 

 distinctum ; elytra prothorace paullo latiora ; coxae inter- 

 medise valde approximatte ; femora medio incrassata, mutica, 

 basi pedunculata ; tibiee anticse intus leviter bisinuatse baud 

 denticulatse, apice curvatse mucronatas ; tarsorum articulus 

 ultimus sat elongatus ; unguiculi divaricati, intus (basin 

 versus) late obsolete dentati ; abdominis segmenta 3"™ et 4"°* 

 conjuncta 2° baud breviora ; suturas ventrales ad latei-a baud 

 angulata, P arcuata ; prosternum antice sat elongatum, fortiter 

 emarginatum, baud canaliculatum. 



The above characters in combination will distinguish this genus 

 from all other Erirhinid genera yet described. I think it must 

 stand near Aoplocnemis, from which its scrobes not meeting below 

 the rostrum will at once distinguish it. (Enochroma is insuffi- 

 ciently described being only distinguished from Aoplocnemis (and 

 that by only four characters), but among those the scrobes distant 

 from the eyes and the peculiar front tibise are not found in the 

 present insect. Eniopea has the antennal club equal to the apical 

 6 joints of the funicle (here scarcely equal to the last 4 joints) and 

 no ocular lobes. Desiantha has the claw joint of the tarsi as long 

 as the preceding 3 joints (here much shorter). Anorthorhinus has 

 the rostrum suddenly contracted in front of the eyes. Erirhintts 

 has divergent claws. Agestra has no ocular lobes. Neraestra has the 

 front tibise denticulate within. Emplesis has non-mucronate front 

 tihite. Nedyleda, Paryzeta and Methane have finely granulated 

 eyes. Empira has the rostrum shorter than the prothorax and 



