.uiT. -2 BEETLE IA]{VAE OF GALEltUCINAE BOVING 13 



Mdhdible (fig. 49). — ^^Vith five teeth; first tooth ^inall, narrovv', 

 easil}' overlooked, second and third (the larger) both pointed and 

 claw shaped, fourth and fifth small and fused at bases. Penicillus 

 absent ; two short setae externally. 



Maxilla (fig 66). — Lacinia at base shining, distally membranous, 

 covered with fine, short hairs, and carrying a few stiff setae; galea 

 smoothly chitinized, armed with half a dozen spinelike setae and 

 between these a small cone-shaped appendix. 



Postlahlal hand (fig. 66). — Slightly curved forward medianly, 

 laterally strongly rounded. 



Prothomx (fig. 3). — Thoracic shield at the anterior and posterior 

 tnds of the sagittal suture with an unpaired, minor, triangular deep- 

 ening, and on each side in the middle of the disk a large, rounded 

 depression irregularly pitted at the bottom. Moderately long and 

 rather numerous setae inserted anteriorly and posteriorly in the 

 margin. Epi pleural area with a rather large, dark-colored sclerite, 

 in character similar to the alar sclerite of the posterior thoracic seg- 

 ments. Prehypopleural and posthypopleural sclerites ( = episternum 

 and epimeron) oval, similar in size and color. Eusternal and ster- 

 nellar sclerites almost fused into one subquadrate plate, with four 

 setae on each side. 



Mesothoi'ao) mid metathorax (fig. 3). — The compound interior 

 ])re.-:cutal sclerite with a fine white sagittal suture, on each side 

 with tAvo primar}^ and a few secondary setae; exterior prescutal 

 sclerite considerably snmller than each ijiterior one, oi^.e primary 

 seta and a few minute secondary ones. Interior compound scuto- 

 scutellar sclerite similar to the interior prescutal sclerite and carry- 

 ing tlie same number of setae; exterior scuto-3Cutellar sclerite large, 

 round, Avith thi'ee primary setae. Alar area thick, somewhat pro- 

 jecting laterally, carrying a large, simple, rounded sclerite with four 

 primary setae and several small secondary ones. Spiracular area 

 with a small sclerite around the spiracle and one primary seta. 

 Epipleural area with a sclerite carrying two or three setae. Pre- 

 and posthypopleural sclerites as in prothorax. Eusternal sclerite 

 large, oval, distinctly outlined and with about four setae on each 

 side. Sternellar sclerite paired, small and not so distinctly out- 

 lined, with one seta. 



First to seventh ahdoniinal segments (fig. 3). — The compound, 

 interior prescutal sclerite large, rather long and broad, with tAvo 

 primary setae on each side; exterior prescutal sclerite rounded and 

 well ^separated from the interior sclerite, with one or two setae. 

 Compound interior scuto-scutellar sclerite not so broad, but other- 

 wise very similar to the prescutal, one or two primary setae present ; 

 exterior scuto-scutellar sclerite located closer to the middle line than 



