362 CAPSINA. 



Family 9.— GLOBICEPID.E. 



Genus 1. — Globiceps {Lat.), Fieb. 



J elongate, narrow, parallel; ? suboval, frequently with unde- 

 veloped elytra. 



Head vertical in front, wider across the eyes than long, with a 

 distinct transverse keel behind the latter ; Grown flattisli convex ; in 

 the undeveloped $ very convex and considerably raised above the 

 upper margin of the eyes ; Ghjpeus convex, apex in a line with the 

 base of the antennae ; antenuiferous processes short, placed a little 

 above the underside of the eyes ; 'Face ; central lobe long, stout, 

 convex ; side lobes short, stout, rounded outwardly. Antennce 

 shorter than the body ; 1st joint stout, somewhat cylindrical, about 

 f rds the length of the pronotum ; 2nd stout, thickened towards the 

 apex ; in the $ much more so, about 3 times as long as the 1st ; 

 3rd and 4th somewhat filiform, 3rd about half as long as the 2nd, 

 4th, ird the length of the 3rd. Ei/es large, prominent, viewed from 

 above hemispherical, from the side, oval. Bostrum reaching to the 

 2nd pair of coxte ; 1st joint stout, reaching to the end of the xyphus 

 of the presternum. 



Thorax. — Pronotum longish trapeziform, broader than long, con- 

 stricted in front, with 2 large callosities behind the straight anterior 

 margin ; sides rounded in front, widening considerably as they ap- 

 proach the raised hinder angles ; posterior margin almost straight, 

 or concave, rounded towards and at the hinder angles. Scutellum 

 triangular, almost equilateral, raised above the clavus, with a trans- 

 verse channel near the base, beyond which the disk is generally 

 convex. Elytra generally longer than tlie abdomen ; Clavus con- 

 vex, deflected to the corium ; Curium horizontal, somewhat con- 

 vex, very slightly deflected at the junction with the cuneus and 

 membrane ; Cuneus long, triangular, in developed examples. Ster- 

 num : Prostcrnum; xyphus longish, triangular, slightly channeled 

 in the middle ; margins somewhat keeled ; Mesosternum convex ; 

 channeled in the centre ; posterior margin convex, deeply indented 

 in the middle ; Metaslernuiii ; sides somewhat straight ; middle 



