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Maxillce (PI. III., B, fig. 5) magnse, nnilobatfe, lobo prfelongo, sat gracili, ad apieem 



acute nncinnato, et dentibus tribus longis, incurvatis, acutis armato. Stipes 



parvus. 

 Mcntum (PL III., B, fig. 6, j) suboblongum, lateribus sinuatis, costis lateralibus 



firmatis. 

 Labium (PI. III., B, fig. 6, k) oblongum, baud longe mentum superans, antice para- 



glossis modicis instructum. 

 Lingua (PI. III., B, fig. 6, 1) parva, antice leviter rotundata. 

 Pronotum magnum, margine anteriori integra, plerumque circulariter rotundata, 



margine basali plus minusve arcuata, angulis longe productis, acutis. 

 Scutellum modicum, plerumque rotundatum. 

 Elytra brevia, subtruncata, plerumque postice attenuata. 

 Ala vel deficientes, vel parvae, angustae, membrana elongato-ovali, tenuissima, nervis 



solitis firmatii. 

 AbdomfH segmentis septem compositum, quinque basalibus coriaceis, duobus api- 



calibus corneis, longis et latis, apicali integro ; segmentis ventralibus quatuor 



basalibus processibus magnis inflexis instructis. 

 Protlwrax (PI. III., B, fig. 2, a) sat parvus ; j^rosterno brevi, inter coxas elevato, et 



postice produeto et dilatato, ad apieem truneato ; episternis longis, angustis ; 



epimeris sat magnis, receptacula coxarum sat late circumdatis ; receptaeulis 



coxarum modicis ovalibus, non contigentibus. 

 Pectus niesosterno (PI. III., B, fig. 2, d) modico, antice excavato ; cpisteniis magnis, 



suboblongis; epimeris angustis, a receptaeulis coxarum sat distantibus; recepta- 

 eulis coxarum modicis, ovatis, sat distantibus. 

 metasterno (PL III., B, fig. 2, g) sat brevi, transverso, ad latera corporis non 



extenso, margine posteriori inter coxas leviter rotundata ; episternis sat parvis, 



ad coxas non extensis ; epimeris angustis, apicibus ultra metasternum triangu- 



lariter inflexis, reliquis sub elytris occultis. 

 Venter segmentis sex compositus, 1 magno, longo, 2-5 primo multo brevioribus, 



seipsis pariter longis, apicali integro, quinto paulum longiori. 

 Pedes antici coxis longis, magnis ; trocbanteribus parvis, trigonalibus ; femoribus 



modicis simplicibus ; tibiis sat gracilibus, leviter recurvatis, setosis, calcari 



uno intus ad apices armatis ; tarsis 4-articulatis, 1 sat longo ; 2 primo breviori, 



bifido ; 3 exiguo ; 4 longo, gracili ; unguibus robustis, fortiter curvatis, dente 



valido subtus ad basim armatis. 

 intermedii anticis paulo longiores, tarsorum articulis, 1 et 2 bifidis, atque setis 



prffilongis instnictis, alioqui anticis similes. 

 postici femoribus apices versus anguste laminatis, laminae apice acutissime elon- 



gato ; tibiis longioribus et magis recurvatis ; tarsis articulo primo valde 



elongato, non bifido ; secundo brevi, non bifido : tertio brevissimo, subtus 



longissime bifido, alioqui intermediis similes. 

 CoxiE anteriores sat elongato-ovales, non contingentes, nee prominentes. 

 intermedice ovatffi, modice distantes. 

 2wsteriores elongato-pyriformes, sat remotse, fere at latera corporis extensse. 



Body obconic, convex, more or less pubescent, with the posterior angles of the 

 thorax produced, and the extremities of the elytra subtruncate. 



Head moderate, entirely covered by the pronotum ; with the mouth deflexed, and 

 the gular portion convex ; eyes moderate. 



Antennce (PL III., B, fig. 7) geniculate, 11-jointed. 1 large and long, recurved ; 

 2 shorter and smaller than first, ovate ; 3 small and slender : 4 very short, 

 transverse ; 5 large, and much produced on the inner side ; 6 much smaller 

 than the fifth ; 7 very large, and very much produced on the inner side ; 

 8 much smaller than the seventh, very short, transverse, and acutely elon- 

 gated on the inner side ; 9-11 very much incrassated, forming a sub- 

 foliate club. 



