204 Mr. Curtis's Descriptions of 
Palpi short, triarticulate, basal joint the shortest, 2nd clavate, ciliated 
with very long hairs inside and at the apex, 3rd nearly as long, slender, 
elliptic-ovate, a little truncated. Labium bilobed. 
Antenne not longer than the head, clavate, compressed, pilose, 11-jointed, 
basal joint ovate, 2nd subglobose, 3rd minute, 5 following subovate, de- 
creasing in length, the remainder forming a loose club, 9th and 10th 
obovate-truncate, 11th ovate, .slightly truncated (a). Head large, sub- 
quadrate (19): eyes small but very prominent, and projecting beyond the 
thorax, which is obovate-truncate: scutel small. Elytra broader than 
the thorax and more than 4 times as long, convex, apex rounded. Wings 
very ample. Legs rather short: anterior stout (20) : tibice, anterior short, 
compressed, denticulated externally, with 2 short spines at the apex, one 
hooked: farsi slender, 5-jointed : basal joint small, 2nd the longest, 4th 
obovate; claws simple acute. 
The deeply notched mandibles, denticulated anterior tibiae, small basal 
joint of tarsi, which are slender, and minute 3rd joint of antennæ, characterize 
this genus. It seems to be allied to Thanasimus* in habit, but the antennæ 
are most like those of Corynetes1. 
*55. Exops BEvawr. Curt. 
| Tas. XV. Fig. F. 
Piceus, pilosus, punctatus ; capite granulato ; antennis subferrugineis. 
Length 61 to 10 lines; breadth 2 to 3 lines. 
Shining piceous, with fine long hairs, especially on the head and thorax; 
palpi and antenne ferruginous; head coarsely granulated: thorax mi- 
nutely punctured: elytra sparingly punctured, inclining to castaneous 
as well as the legs: underside pubescent. 
The relative size of the head varies considerably in this species, several of 
which were taken at Valparaiso, from whence also it was received by Robert 
Bevan, Esq., to whom I have the pleasure of dedicating it. 
* Curt. Brit. Ent. fol. and pl. 398. + Ib. 351. 
