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Labriim (PI. III., C, fig. 3) magnum, suboblongum, antice rotundatum, medium 



leviter emarginatum, basim versus quasi collar! tumido instructum. 

 Mandibulte (PL III., C, fig. 4) simplices, siculiformes, iutus ad basim serratse. 

 Ma.rillce (Pi. III., C, fig. 5) unilobatfe, lobo maguo robusto, fortissime uncimiato, 



atque dentibus multis, longis, curvatis, acutissimis, ad apieem armato. Stipes 



parvus. 

 Mentum (PI. III., C, fig. 6, J! suboblongum, ad basim dilatatum, antice leviter 



concavatum. 

 Labium (PI. III., C, fig. 6, k) valde elongatum, ad basim leviter dilatatum, costis 



lateralibus angustis firmatum, atque paraglossia longis, erectis, acutis, ad 



apieem instructum. 

 Lingua (PI. III., C, fig. 6, 1) parva, angusta, fere tota pone paraglossas atque palpos 



occulta. 

 Pronotum sat magnum, margine anteriori circulariter rotundatii, media levissime 



concavata, margine posteriori fere recta, angulis parum acutis, baud productis. 

 Scutellum parvum, rotundatum. 

 Elytra integra. 

 Alee amplnc, sat longte, membrana tenuissima ovali, nervis solitis, sed debilioribus 



firmatii, margine posteriori fimbriata. 

 Abdomen segmentis septem compositum, quiuque basalibus coriaceis, duobus api- 



ealibus magnis, corneis. 

 Prothorax (PL III., C, fig. 2, a) parvus, prosterno modico, inter coxas elevato, et 



postice producto, et sat dilatato ; episternis minutis, inconspicuis ; epimeris 



modicis, coxarum receptacula cingentibus ; receptaculis coxarum ovalibus. 

 Pectus mcsosterno (PL III., C, fig. 2, d) brevi, antice excavato ; episternis sat parvis, 



fere trigonalibus ; epimeris sat longis, humeralibus, a receptaculis coxarum 



longius distantibus ; receiitaculis coxarum rotundatis, modice remotis. 

 metasterno (PL TIL, C, fig. 2, g) sat magno, ad latera corporis non extenso, mar- 

 gine posteriori inter coxas recta ; episternis magnis, latis, metasterno pariter 



longis ; epimeris angustis, totis sub elytris occultis. 

 Venter segmentis sex compositus ; 1 sat magno, secundo plus quam duplo longiori; 



2-6 brevibus, seipsis pariter longis. 

 Pedes antici trochanteribus parvis, trigonalibus ; femoribus modicis ; tibiis sat 



longis, ad apices dilatatis, setosis ; tarsis 4-articulatis, 1 et 2 fere paribus : 



3 prsecedentibus minori ; 4 elongato, gracili ; unguibus modicis, mediis leviter 



denticulatis. 

 intermedii anticis similes, sed articulo secundo tarsorum bifido. 

 postici intermediis similes, sed articulo basali tarsorum elongato. 

 Coxce anteriores suboblongs, nee contingentes, neque prominentes. 

 intermedice rotundatffi, longius distantes. 

 posteriores sat magnse, pyriformes, longe remotte, ad episterna extenss. 



Body subovate, broadest in front. 



Head large and broad, moderately exposed, deflexed, with the gular portion convex ; 

 eyes large and prominent ; antennte inserted very near the eyes. 



Antennce (PL III., C, fig. 7) 11-jointed ; 1 very large and robust, recurved ; 2 

 turgidly ovate, more than twice shorter than the first ; 3 and 4 much more 

 slender than the second, small, and short ; 5 large, transverse, much produced 

 on the inner side ; 6 small, cyathiform ; 7 very large, transversely oblong, 

 excessively produced on the inner side ; 8 small and short, cyathiform ; 9-11 

 exceedingly incrassated, forming a foliate club, of which the intermediate joint 

 is the smallest, and the apical lai'gest and subovate. 



Maxillary jmlpi (PI. III., C, fig. 6, w) large and very robust, 4-jointed ; 1 minute, 

 subtriangular ; 2 very large, turgidly incrassate, contracted toward the apex, 

 with the apex slightly excavated ; 3 very short, transverse ; 4 elongate, rather 



