Goleopterological Notices, VI. 455 



neous, with the palpal foramina large and approximate; remain- 

 ing mouth parts not clearl}'^ visible in the type. Mandibles small. 

 Labrum short, transverse, truncate, the epistoma short and small, 

 with the suture fine. Eyes small and coarsely faceted. Antennae 

 moderatel}' developed, ten-jointed, the first two moderatelj' large 

 and subequal, the following six small, narrow, compacth' joined, 

 the funicle bent at its middle point; club \Qvy abrupt, rather 

 large, broad, onh' slightly' longer than wide, oval, strongly com- 

 pressed, composed of two joints which are apparenth' free but 

 closely joined, the first transversely lunate and wider than the 

 second, the latter transA'erselj' oval, fitting in the hollow of the 

 first; antennae not received in excavations except the funicle, 

 which may be received in the deep cleft separating the prosternal 

 lobe from the hypomera. Prosternum small, without raised lines, 

 rather narrow between the coxte, the latter separated by less than 

 their own width, their small and deep cavities closed behind b}'" 

 the raesosternum, the process ver}- short, extending partially 

 under the broad and slightly advanced, rounded and finely beaded 

 mesosternal lobe ; apical lobe short, truncate and onlj- partially 

 concealing the mouth parts in repose. Middle coxa; widely, the 

 posterior very remotely separated. Metasternum and first ven- 

 tral segment with very feeble oblique coxal lines; met-episterna 

 moderate!}' narrow, long and parallel. Abdomen composed of 

 five segments, the last four short and subequal, the first nearly 

 as long as the next three combined ; sutures perfectly rectilinear 

 from side to side. Legs short, completely free, the femora stout, 

 oval, partially receiving the tibite, the latter short, sublaminate 

 and rounded externalh' ; tarsi moderate in length, four-jointed, 

 the three basal joints short; claws small, slender and arcuate; 

 trochanters laminate. Epipleura; moderate in width, flat, horizon- 

 tal, gradualh' and finely' attenuate behind, the outer margin de- 

 scending very slightl}' below the level of the inner at the base. 



The advancement of a rounded and beaded mesosternal lobe is 

 a character peculiarly distinctive of the Phalacridfe, and the gen- 

 eral habitus of the bod\' in the present genus also suggests that 

 family, but the resemblance goes no further. 



E. politiis n. sp. — Pale testaceous throughout, stronoly shining, the 

 upper siurface throughout minutely and sparsely punctate, each puncture liear- 

 ing a very fine short and decumbent hair. Head very strongly transverse, a 

 little more than one-half as wide as the prothorax, received closely within a 



