DIPLOCLADON. 



NOTE III. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF 

 THE COLEOPTEROUS FAMILY DRILIDAE 



BY 



the Rev. H. S. GORHAM. 



Diplocladon, g. n. 



Luciolam quasi simulans. Corpus oblongum, dense bre- 

 viter pilosum ; caput sat magnum , oculis magnis , globosis , 

 subtus fere contiguis; antennae duodecim-articulatae , arti- 

 culis tertio ad undecimum ramum duplicem emittentibus , 

 ramis baud longis , subflabellatis , pectiniformibus ; palpis 

 omnibus artieulis ultimis apice acuminatis. Abdomen ad 

 apicem conoideum , segmentum genitale maris (octavum) 

 supra et infra fissum. Tarsi quinque-articulati , baud mem- 

 branacei, ungues simplices. 



Tbe general appearance of this remarkable genus is that 

 of some of the Lampyridae, and [ should have placed it 

 in that family, but that the abdominal structure is so dif- 

 ferent to anything among the LucioUdes with which I am 

 yet acquainted. At the same time the 12-jointed antennae 

 and their mode of insertion , as well as the absence of any 

 indications of luminosity remove it still further from any 

 member of the same subfamily. 



Some genera of the Drilidae present great palpal deve- 



Notes fpoin the Leyden IMuseutu , "Vol. V. 



