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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  long 
  (1.1X1.8 
  mm.), 
  base 
  about 
  a 
  fourth 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  apex 
  (1.1 
  : 
  

   1.6 
  mm.), 
  apex 
  very 
  sHghtly 
  produced 
  and 
  slightly 
  sinuate, 
  base 
  

   straight, 
  sides 
  evenly 
  rounded; 
  disk 
  very 
  lightly 
  and 
  sparsely 
  punc- 
  

   tate; 
  median 
  unpression 
  sharp, 
  distinct. 
  Elytra 
  greatly 
  inflated, 
  

   wider 
  at 
  base 
  than 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  humeri 
  rounded; 
  striae 
  

   finely 
  impressed, 
  strial 
  punctures 
  shallow; 
  intervals 
  slightly 
  convex, 
  

   with 
  subrecumbent 
  tawny 
  setae. 
  Legs 
  moderately 
  robust; 
  posterior 
  

   tibiae 
  rounded 
  at 
  apex, 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  row 
  of 
  spines. 
  

  

  Figure 
  74. 
  — 
  Tosastes 
  glohularis 
  Pierce: 
  a, 
  Female 
  genital 
  tube, 
  dorsal 
  view; 
  h, 
  female 
  

   genital 
  tube, 
  ventral 
  view; 
  c, 
  female 
  genital 
  tube, 
  lateral 
  view; 
  d, 
  eighth 
  sternite 
  of 
  female; 
  

   e, 
  receptaculum 
  seminis; 
  /, 
  median 
  lobe 
  of 
  male 
  genitalia, 
  dorsal 
  view; 
  g, 
  median 
  lobe 
  of 
  

   male 
  genitalia, 
  lateral 
  view. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  in 
  millimeters. 
  — 
  Length 
  5.0 
  to 
  6.6; 
  width 
  2.7 
  to 
  3.5. 
  

  

  Female 
  genitalia 
  (fig. 
  74, 
  a, 
  b, 
  c, 
  d, 
  e). 
  — 
  Eighth 
  sternite 
  triangular 
  

   as 
  viewed 
  from 
  below, 
  deeply 
  acutely 
  emarginate 
  at 
  apex. 
  Genital 
  

   tube 
  dorsoventrally 
  compressed, 
  subpyramidal 
  as 
  seen 
  from 
  above 
  or 
  

   below; 
  apical 
  plates 
  very 
  small, 
  short, 
  acute 
  at 
  apex; 
  coxites 
  large; 
  

   styli 
  very 
  large. 
  Receptaculum 
  seminis 
  stout, 
  broadly 
  rounded, 
  

   ramus 
  and 
  ductus 
  receptaculi 
  very 
  closely 
  pressed 
  together. 
  

  

  Male 
  genitalia 
  (fig. 
  74,/, 
  g). 
  — 
  Median 
  lobe 
  in 
  profile 
  moderately, 
  

   evenly 
  curved, 
  tapermg 
  regularly 
  to 
  a 
  rather 
  thick, 
  rounded 
  apex. 
  

   From 
  above, 
  widest 
  at 
  base, 
  sides 
  gradually 
  converging 
  to 
  apical 
  

  

  