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Genus 132. PANOPLOSCELTS. 

 Panoploscelis, Seudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. 18(S8 — 1869. 



1. Panoploscelis armata. 

 armata, Seudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. 

 Napo or Maranou. 



The specimens here described are probably identical with this 

 species. 



Mas. Corpus crassum, convexum, fere lineare. Caput aspere punc- 

 tatum, inter antennas trispinosum ; frons rugosa. Oculi parvi, pyiiforines, 

 pioniiuuli. Palpi niaxillares longi ; arliculus 3us 4o fere diiplo longior; 

 5us subclavatus, ;3o fere dupio longior. Palporum labialium articulus 3us 

 clavatus. Antennae graciles, longissimae. Piothorax rugosus ; margo pos- 

 ticus valde rotundatus et elevatus. Prosternuin, njesosternum et meta- 

 sternum bispinosa. Abdomen longiusculum, transverse et subtilissime 

 striatum. Lamina subgenitalis stylis duobus cylindricis. Pedes longi, 

 crassi, foitissime spinosi. Foetn. — Abdomen basi non contractum. Ovi- 

 ductus subarcuatus, supra apud medium serratus, abdomine brevior. 



Male. Body stout, deep, convex, nearly linear. Head roughly 

 punctured, nearly as broad as the protborax, with three short obtuse porrect 

 spines between the antennee; front rugose, erect; face thinly punctured ; 

 labrum and clypeus smooth. Mandibles broad, thick, with three short ob- 

 tuse teeth. Eyes small, pyriform, prominent. Maxillary palpi long, thinly 

 pubescent; third joint nearly twice the length of the fourth; fifth sub- 

 clavate, nearly twice the length of the third. Third joint of the labial palpi 

 clavate. Anteuuse slender, much more than twice the length of the body. 

 Protborax rugose, with two deep hindward-curved transverse furrows and 

 with an irregular callus on each side adjoining the second furrow; sides 

 nearly straight; hind border much rounded and elevated. Sternum with a 

 spine on each side of its three divisions. Abdomen rather long, slightly 

 contracted towards the base, transversely and extremely minutely striated : 

 ventral segments small, smooth ; tip beneath with two cylindrical ap- 

 pendages, the latter extending a little beyond the cerci, which are very 

 stout. Legs long, thick ; a spine on each of the fore coxae ; femora trans- 

 versely striated; four anterior femora armed beneath with two rows of 

 spines, those on the outer side much larger than those on the inner side; 

 hind femora with a single row of thirteen spines, which to the apical one 

 successively increase in size; fore tibiae and hind tibias with four rows of 

 spines, which are largest on the (ore tibiae; middle tibiae with three rows of 

 spines; tarsi with the joints from the first to the third successively more 

 dilated. Wings rudimentary. Female. — Protborax without calli. Abdo- 

 men not contracted towards the base. Oviduct deep, shorter than the ab- 

 domen, minutely serrated along the middle part above. Fore femora with 

 three rows of spines ; middle femora with two rows of spines beneath ; hind 

 femora with one row of spines above and with another beneath; hind tibiae 

 with three rows of spines. 



