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The mentum is quite trapezoidal in the females, and also rather 

 broad; triangiilo-trapezoidal and smaller in the males. The sides 

 are more or less straight, and converge to apex, the latter arcuate or 

 truncate ; surface more or less strongly punctate, scarcel}^ f oveate, and 

 set with long hairs. 



The prosternum is somewhat variable, usually feebly convex and 

 longitudinally grooved between the coxse, compressed and vertically 

 truncate behind, with the angle more or less prominent and sub- 

 mucronate; sometimes oblique and feebly mucronate. 



Mesosternum scarcely to strongly concave, and more or less arcu- 

 ately oblique. 



The abdominal process is about equal in width to the length of the 

 post-coxal part of the same segment, and subquadrate. The second 

 segment is longer than the post-coxal portion of the first; the third 

 is half of its length shorter than the second, and about twice as 

 long as the fourth. 



The abdominal salient is a little wider than the metasternal inter- 

 coxal process. 



The metasternum laterally between the coxse is as long as the width 

 of a metafemur at base. 



The tibial grooves of the femora are not entire, their margins are 

 distinct and granular, their floors flat and very sparsely granulate 

 at the sides. 



On the profemora the sides of the grooves become contiguous a 

 short distance from the femoral base; on the meso- and metafemora 

 they are somewhat contiguous near the middle, thence to base the 

 femora are rounded beneath. 



On the profemora the anterior margins of the grooves are not 

 visibly laminate. 



The protibise arc quite distinctly carinate externally ; the meso- and 

 metatibiae are also in basal fourth externally; tarsal grooves on the 

 protibia? evident, but feebly and coarsely sculptured ; the grooves are 

 less evident on the mesotibise and densely sculptured; metatibire quite 

 circular in transverse section and not grooved, coarsely sculptured. 

 The protibia^ are slightly compressed, with the articular cavities more 

 or less feebly open; on the meso- and metatibia^ the cavities are closed. 



The tarsi are moderate in length and rather stout, with joints rather 

 closely articulated. 



The protarsi are about a fifth of their length shorter than a meso- 

 tarsus. Joints two, three, and four rather short and subequal, dis- 

 tinctly wider than long, and together about equal in length to the 

 fifth ; the first about as long as wide. 



The mesotarsi fire about equal in length to a metatarsus; joints 

 two, three, and four about as long as wide and subequal, together 



