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  EUCNEMIDID 
  BEETLES 
  — 
  FISHER 
  81 
  

  

  Sciitelluni 
  elongute-tritinguliir, 
  gibbose 
  autorioily, 
  .sli<i:hlly 
  emarginute 
  

   at 
  apex. 
  Elytra 
  strongly 
  convex, 
  attenuate 
  posteriorly, 
  distinctly 
  stri- 
  

   ate. 
  Propleural 
  triangle 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  ^vide 
  at 
  base; 
  antennal 
  groove 
  

   along 
  lateral 
  margin 
  shallow, 
  not 
  very 
  wide, 
  smooth 
  along 
  outer 
  mar- 
  

   gin, 
  not 
  margined 
  internally. 
  Marginal 
  carina 
  and 
  prosternal 
  suture 
  

   converging 
  anteriorly, 
  the 
  latter 
  closed, 
  carinate 
  and 
  strongly 
  ele- 
  

   vated 
  anteriorly. 
  Metasternal 
  einmeron 
  visible. 
  Metasternal 
  epi- 
  

   tternum 
  broad, 
  sides 
  parallel. 
  Posterior 
  coxae 
  broad, 
  sides 
  parallel. 
  

   Abdomen 
  convex; 
  last 
  sternite 
  slightly 
  gibbose 
  toward 
  apex, 
  which 
  

   is 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  short, 
  broad, 
  truncate 
  projection. 
  Femora 
  com- 
  

   pressed. 
  Tibiae 
  subcylindrical. 
  Tarsi 
  shorter 
  than 
  tibiae, 
  without 
  

   lamellae; 
  first 
  segment 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  than 
  following 
  segments 
  

   united; 
  fourth 
  segment 
  hollowed 
  out 
  on 
  dorsal 
  surface 
  for 
  receiving 
  

   following 
  segment, 
  truncate 
  at 
  apex; 
  tarsal 
  claws 
  robust, 
  cleft 
  near 
  

   apices. 
  

  

  Genotype. 
  — 
  Neodiapodms 
  buscki 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  Diapodius 
  Bonvouloir, 
  but 
  it 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  

   description 
  given 
  for 
  that 
  genus 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  pronotum 
  not 
  longer 
  

   than 
  wide, 
  the 
  propleural 
  triangle 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide 
  at 
  the 
  bottom, 
  the 
  

   metasternal 
  epimeron 
  visible, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  sinuate 
  in 
  front, 
  the 
  meta- 
  

   sternal 
  episternum 
  broad 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  parallel, 
  the 
  posterior 
  tarsi 
  

   shorter 
  tlian 
  the 
  tibiae, 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  tarsus 
  slightly 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  the 
  following 
  segments 
  united, 
  the 
  tarsal 
  claws 
  cleft 
  near 
  

   the 
  tips, 
  and 
  the 
  male 
  antenna 
  only 
  slightly 
  serrate. 
  

  

  NEODIAPODIUS 
  BUSCKI. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  MaJr. 
  — 
  Elongate, 
  strongly 
  convex, 
  uniformly 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  with 
  

   the 
  legs 
  and 
  palpi 
  slightly 
  paler, 
  subopaque. 
  rather 
  densely 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  very 
  short, 
  recumbent, 
  whitish 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Head 
  coarsely, 
  confluently, 
  rugosely 
  punctate, 
  without 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  

   ■ 
  iirina; 
  interocuiar 
  carinae 
  slightly 
  elevated, 
  not 
  extending 
  beyond 
  

   antonnal 
  sockets; 
  clypeus 
  at 
  base 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  distance 
  between 
  it 
  

   and 
  eye, 
  in 
  front 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  at 
  middle 
  and 
  sinuate 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  

   surface 
  longitudinally 
  carinate 
  at 
  middle. 
  

  

  Pronotum 
  stroi^gly 
  convex 
  anteriorly, 
  depressed 
  along 
  base, 
  witli 
  a 
  

   more 
  or 
  les.s 
  distinct 
  longitudinal, 
  median 
  depression 
  extending 
  from 
  

   base 
  to 
  near 
  apex; 
  sides 
  parallel 
  along 
  basal 
  two-thirds, 
  arcuatcly 
  

   narrowed 
  near 
  aj>^x; 
  surface 
  coarsely, 
  confluently. 
  rugoselv 
  punctate. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  with 
  sides 
  parallel 
  to 
  middle, 
  then 
  gradually 
  narrowed 
  to 
  the 
  

   lips, 
  which 
  are 
  slightly 
  separated 
  and 
  acute; 
  surface 
  rather 
  deei)ly. 
  

   longitudinally 
  striate; 
  intervals 
  slightly 
  convex, 
  densely, 
  finely 
  granu- 
  

   losa' 
  basally, 
  becoming 
  finely, 
  sparsely 
  punctate 
  toward 
  apices. 
  

  

  Body 
  beneath 
  densely 
  punctate 
  on 
  abdomen, 
  more 
  coarsely 
  and 
  

   deeply 
  on 
  i)rostei 
  nuni, 
  mesosternum, 
  and 
  melasternum; 
  last 
  abdominal 
  

   sternite 
  coarsely 
  granulosc 
  toward 
  apex. 
  

  

  