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racicum leviter expressum. Pterothecæ mesothoracicæ con- 
tectæ. Annuli abdominis incisuris altis discreti. Tubera 
motoria abdominis nulla. Pleuræ conice eminentes. 
MORDELLÆ. 
(Tomoxia) 
Tarsi unguli formes, exiguæ magniludinis , libiis recta con- 
tlnuæ, oblusw. 
Pedes manci, tola pectoris laliludine dlslanlcs, relro directi, 
conici, recli, molliusculi. 
Caput exsertum, indinatum, fronle adversa, collo nullo, 
foramine cervicali posleriore. 
Ocelli duo, 
Instrumenta cibaria secundi ri lerlii paris retracta, mem- 
brana arlicularia rnaxillari am])la, jAlcala, indinnata. 
Cltjp)eus discretus, labro amplo, mayidibulas contegente. 
Antennæ s^ipra mandibidas inserlæ, minuUc , clypewn vix 
superantes, conicæ, triarliculatæ, retractiles, membrana arlicularia 
ex acelabulo conice eminenle, artictdum simulanle. 
Mandibulæ perbreves, robustæ, coChlearif ormes, acutæ, t/wla 
nulla. 
Maxillæ mandibulis contcclw , cardine magno, Iriangido, 
slipite lato, per tolam longiludinem. membrana', arlicidariæ affixo, 
mala singula, conica, obtiisa. 
Palpi maxillares malam manifesto siqjerantcs, conici, an- 
tennas magniludine subwquantes , triarliculati , slipite brevi, 
annuli formi. 
Palpi labiales minuii, conici., biarticulati, slipilibus discrclis. 
Mentum transcerse (/uadralum, membrana arlicularia rnaxil- 
lari inclusum. 
Lingua jjerbrevis, ampla, globosa, coriacea, nuda, inter 
mandibidas pulvinale ascendens. 
Abdomen produclum.., reptormm. Scgmentum dorsale annuli 
noni abdominis conice relro produclum , mucrone terminatum 
scansorio, gracili, cylindrico, apice summo breviler bifido. 
