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Scrobes oblique, very short. PI. v, fig, 4a (4) Cioiiistes. 
Scrobes long. 
Scrobes directed against the eye. 
Fuuicle of autenuse 6- or 7-jointed ; clava elongate, ovoidal. 
(5) AlltllOIIOlUII!^. 
Funicle of antennae 5-jointed ; clava obovate. Plate vii, fig. 29. 
( 8 ) Xeoiiiasf 
Scrobes directed beneath the eye, fourth (rarely third) joint of funicle 
smaller. Plate vii, figs. 27 and 28. ..(7) l*seu<laiitlioiioiniis. 
Claws appendiculate. 
Hind femora saltatorial ; eyes approximate above (lb) Orchestos. 
Hind femora normal ; eyes not approximate above, third and fourth ventral 
segments very short, fifth long. 
Tibiae strongly armed at apex ; pygidium covered. Plate vii, fig. 35e. 
(14) Elle$«cliiis. 
Tibiae, unarmed at apex ; pygidium exposed. Plate vii, 39a. 
(18) Euclyi>tii$«. 
Claws simple. 
Hind tibiae, unguiculate ; pygidium covered. Plate vii, fig. 34. 
(13) Al.yco<le»«. 
Hind tibiae mucronate ; prosternum short in front of coxae. 
Form convex; tibial armature very evident. 
Scrobes directed against the eye (11) Epiineclin^. 
Scrobes directed beneath the eye. Plate vii, fig. 33 (12) Epliolop^i*. 
Subdepressed ; tibial armature almost obsolete. Plate vii, fig. 37a. 
(16) XaiithiiM. 
Hiud tibiae scarcely mucronate; prosteruum long in front of coxae. 
(17) Acalyptiisi. 
MAGDAEINOPS gen. uov. 
Beak moderately long and rather robust; cylindrical, curved, 
slightly enlarged at the apex and also at the insertion of the an- 
tennte ; coarsely punctured. Scrobes commencing about the middle; 
foveiform in the beginning, becoming rapidly superficial and linear, 
and attaining the lower segment of the eyes ; antenme long, slender 
and shining; scape long, slightly thickened at the apex ; funicle 7- 
jointed, first joint but little longer than the second, and not very 
stout ; second joint longer than the third ; joints 3-7 turbinate, outer 
ones longer, hut not wider. Club ovoidal, shining, acuminate at 
apex ; margin of joints undulating, fringed with |)ubesceus. Eyes 
small, round, feebly convex and somewhat approximate above. Head 
subglobose ; prothorax cylindrical, narrowed in front and somewhat 
constricted behind the anterior margin, which is emarginate above. 
Base bi-emarginate. Elytra elongate oblong, scarcely wider at base 
than the prothorax ; sides nearly straight and j)arallel, behind grad- 
uallv narrowed to, but not conjointly rounded at the apex, which is 
