188 Mr. Curtis’s Descriptions of 
tenuated and curved, external with the 2nd joint stout, 3rd as long, but 
slender and clavate, 4th not so long, nearly linear and truncated (p). 
Mentum with a narrow and deep emargination, producing a triangular 
acute tooth in the middle (14); 2nd and 3rd joints of palpi nearly equal 
in length, the latter slightly attenuated at the base and apex, which latter 
is truncated. 
Antenne not longer than the head, slender, filiform and compressed, basal 
joint the longest and stoutest, 2nd obovate, 3rd subpyriform, 4th and 
following obovate, not longer than the 2nd, apical joint scarcely longer 
(a). Head somewhat ovate, broad at the base (13) : eyes small ovate, not 
touching the thorax, which is broader than the head before, subcordate, 
a little broader than long, the sides with a slender margin, narrowed 
behind, the base a little convex, the angles obtuse, anterior margin slightly 
concave, leaving the angles a little projecting: scutellum triangular, nearly 
concealed by the thorax. Elytra a little broader than the thorax and 
more than twice as long, sublinear, the apex rounded and scarcely emar- 
ginated. Legs short, anterior stout: tibiæ, anterior short, dilated and 
compressed at the apex, slightly notched, spiny outside, with a broad 
lanceolate spine at the apex a little curved, and a larger one below it, 
more slender (15): intermediate tibiæ very spiny outside and ciliated in- 
ternally, posterior longer and curved, with finer spines on both sides: 
tarsi very bristly, anterior slightly dilated, the 4 basal joints cordiform. 
8. CYLLOSCELIS ELLIPTICUS. Curt. 
Ochreus; capite thoraceque ferrugineis, hoc foveis duabus longis basalibus ; 
elytris pallidé fusco-zeneis, minutè striatis. 
Length 5$ lines; breadth 2 lines. 
Shining ochreous: head and thorax ferruginous, the latter convex and fus- . 
cous on the disc, with an elongated fovea on each side at the base, and a 
faint line down the middle: mandibles black at the apex: antenne and 
anterior tibiæ subferruginous: elytra pale fuscous-æneous, costal margin 
ochreous, with 8 fine strize on each, the Ist furcate at the base, the last 
sinuated and punctured at the base and apex. 
