﻿2 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  67 
  

  

  through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Sch'warz 
  and 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  

   collection 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  through 
  the 
  

   kindness 
  of 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  E. 
  Lutz. 
  Unless 
  otherwise 
  stated 
  the 
  type 
  mate- 
  

   rial 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  synopsis 
  of 
  genera 
  is 
  based 
  in 
  large 
  part 
  on 
  the 
  

   original 
  descriptions 
  only. 
  Such 
  genera 
  as 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  identified 
  in 
  

   the 
  material 
  at 
  hand 
  are 
  marked 
  with 
  an 
  asterisk. 
  

  

  KEY 
  TO 
  TUB 
  GENERA 
  OF 
  THE 
  OSORIIXI 
  

  

  1. 
  Elytra 
  without 
  side 
  margins 
  : 
  epipleurae 
  not 
  distinct. 
  Sides 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  

  

  toothed. 
  Tibia 
  without 
  spines 
  * 
  Thoracoprius 
  Bernhauer. 
  8 
  

  

  Elytra 
  with 
  side 
  margins 
  and 
  distinct 
  epipleurae 
  2 
  

  

  2. 
  Antennae 
  not 
  geniculate 
  3 
  

  

  Antennae 
  geniculate 
  7 
  

  

  3. 
  Tarsi 
  5-jointed 
  -1 
  

  

  Tarsi 
  3-jointed 
  6 
  

  

  4. 
  Scutellum 
  absent. 
  Eyes 
  absent. 
  Last 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  obtusely 
  

  

  subulate 
  Cylindropsis 
  Fame]. 
  

  

  Scutellum 
  present 
  5 
  

  

  5. 
  Last 
  tarsal 
  joint 
  somewhat 
  inflated. 
  Last 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  

  

  conical, 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  Mimogonus 
  Fauvel. 
  

  

  Last 
  tarsal 
  joint 
  normal. 
  Last 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  subulate. 
  

  

  * 
  Paragonus 
  Fauvel. 
  

  

  6. 
  Eyes 
  prominent. 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  elytra 
  not 
  sulcate 
  laterally. 
  Tibia 
  not 
  

  

  dilated 
  nor 
  spinose 
  * 
  Parosorius 
  Bernhauer. 
  

  

  Eyes 
  invisible 
  from 
  above. 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  elytra 
  sulcate 
  laterally. 
  

   Thorax 
  transversely 
  sulcate 
  medially. 
  Tibiae 
  not 
  dilated 
  nor 
  spinose. 
  

  

  * 
  Teiros 
  Eichelbaum. 
  

  

  7. 
  Tarsi 
  with 
  less 
  than 
  5 
  joints 
  8 
  

  

  Tarsi 
  5-jointed 
  „ 
  11 
  

  

  8. 
  Eyes 
  absent. 
  Tarsi 
  3-jointed. 
  Elytra 
  obtusely 
  margined. 
  

  

  Oulcglene, 
  new 
  genus. 
  

   Eyes 
  present 
  9 
  

  

  9. 
  Anterior 
  tibiae 
  not 
  dentate 
  nor 
  emarginate, 
  not 
  dilated. 
  Tarsi 
  3-jointed. 
  

  

  Oryssomma, 
  new 
  genus. 
  

   Anterior 
  tibiae 
  strongly 
  dentate 
  or 
  emarginate 
  10 
  

  

  10. 
  Anterior 
  tibiae 
  strongly 
  dentate. 
  Tarsi 
  3-jointed__* 
  Oephronistus 
  Blackburn. 
  

   Anterior 
  tibiae 
  dilated, 
  with 
  a 
  deep, 
  semicircular 
  emafgination 
  limited 
  by 
  

  

  strong 
  processes 
  : 
  spinose 
  apieally 
  and 
  basally. 
  Tarsi 
  4-jointed. 
  

  

  *Atopocnemius 
  Bernhauer/ 
  

  

  11. 
  Tibiae 
  without 
  or 
  with 
  few 
  spines 
  12 
  

  

  Tibiae 
  multispinose 
  14 
  

  

  12. 
  Head 
  without 
  prominent 
  marginal 
  carinae. 
  Eyes 
  wholly 
  visible 
  from 
  above. 
  

  

  Tibiae 
  not 
  dilated 
  and 
  without 
  spines 
  Holotrochus 
  Erichson. 
  

  

  Head 
  with 
  prominent 
  marginal 
  carinae, 
  partly 
  or 
  wholly 
  concealing 
  the 
  

   the 
  eyes 
  from 
  above 
  . 
  13 
  

  

  13. 
  Thorax 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  dilated 
  and 
  crenulate. 
  Maxillary 
  palpi 
  with 
  the 
  last 
  

  

  joint 
  elongate 
  conic, 
  more 
  than 
  3 
  times 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  joint. 
  

   Anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  tibiae 
  with 
  some 
  spines 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half. 
  

  

  * 
  Craspedus 
  Bernhauer. 
  

  

  »Verh. 
  zool. 
  bot. 
  ges. 
  Wien, 
  vol. 
  .;4, 
  1014, 
  pp. 
  7(5-109. 
  

   * 
  Idem, 
  pp. 
  70-1 
  09. 
  

  

  