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eyes constricted into a short, smooth neck ; Face narrow, vertical, 

 the central lobe prominent, with short spines ; side lobes small and 

 short. Aiitennce short, strong, granulated ; 1st joint 3-sided, 

 short, stout ; 2nd and 3rd much thinner ; the 3rd thickened sud- 

 denly, and 3-sided at the apex ; 4th pointed - ovate, the apex 

 finely haired. Eyes large, flattened. Ocelli large, prominent. 

 Rostrum reaching to the middle of the mesosternum ; 1st and 2nd 

 joints long, in length subequal ; 3rd and 4th joints shorter, Sub- 

 equal ; the base in a short channel, with raised sides. 



Thorax. — Pronotum deflected, finely punctured, and granulated, 

 long-trapeziform, in front as wide as the base of the head ; sides 

 sinuate, rounded off" before the raised hinder angles, which, how- 

 ever, are subacute ; the margins narrowly reflexed ; hinder margin 

 straight across the scutellum, but roundly produced over the base of 

 the corium ; the disk, posteriorly, suddenly deflected to the posterior 

 margin. Scutellum cordate, the base deeply concave, with a slight 

 central keel ; the apex raised. Elytra ; Claims deflected to the corium ; 

 Corium horizontal, nerves prominent ; Membrane filled with a net- 

 work of nerves, which radiate from 3 stronger nerves arising 

 from the base. Sternum with a narrow rostral channel, ending on 

 the mesosternum. Legs short, strong, angulated, unarmed ; tarsi ; 

 1st joint as long as the 2nd and 3rd together. 



Abdomen above flat, beneath convex ; on the upperside in the $ 

 the end is rounded ; in the $ the last segment has the posterior 

 margin concave, with 2 genital segments projecting beyond in the 

 form of a broad, square, central plate, and an obtuse point at each 

 side of it. On the underside, in the ^ , the last abdominal segment 

 is deeply cut out for the genital segments, which are globose and not 

 projecting ; in the $ , the last abdominal segment has a central 

 depression, with a small keel in its middle, and the posterior margin 

 is concave ; the 1st genital segment has a slight central keel in con- 

 tinuation of that on the last abdominal segment, and the posterior 

 margin is nearly straight ; the obtuse points of the 2nd segment lie 

 at the sides of the third segment, which is broad and square, as on 

 the upperside, but with 2 on-lying lobes. 



