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interiori serrata et spinosa, calcari siuuatu ad apicem intiis armatis ; tavsis 

 brevibus, valde robustis, avticulo primo longo et crasso, secundo minori, quarto 

 23erbrevi ; alioqui anticis similes. 



postici intermediis similes, sed longiores. 

 Coxce anteriores magna;, elongataB, coutingentes, et promiuentes. 



mtermedue rotimdatffi, modice distantes. 



posteriores modicje, sat augustie, inter se longe distantes, fere ad epiinera extensse. 



Body subhemispheric. 



Head large and broad, wholly covered by the thorax, gular portion convex, mouth 

 elongate and deflexed ; eyes very large and very prominent ; antennas inserted 

 near the eyes. 



Antemue (PL V., A, fig. 7) eleven-jointed; 1 large, pyriform and recurved ; 2 smaller 

 than the first, narrowly ovate, truncate at the apex ; 3-6 small, subtriaugular, 

 equal to each other ; 7 large, elongate, equal to the preceding four in length, 

 ovately incrassate ; 8 vei-y short and very broad; 9-11 large, moderately 

 incrassate, forming a subfoliate club, with its apex obtuse. 



Maxillary palpi (PI. V., A, fig. 5, w) moderate, four-jointed ; 1 minute ; 2 very large, 

 turgidly pyriform ; 3 very short, transverse ; 4 short, obtusely conical, slightly 

 incurved. 



Labial palpi (2\.\., X, f[g. a, m) rather large, three-jointed; 1 minute; 2 large, 

 ovate, truncate at the apex ; 3 short, quadrate, fringed with long set<e on the 

 upper margin. 



Lubrum (PI. V., A, fig. 3) elongate, obtusely conical, sparingly covered with short 

 setfe. 



Mandibles (PI. V., A, fig. 4) long, sublinear, rather slender, serrate on the inner 

 edge towards the apex, apex itself bifid and acutely hooked. Stipes broad, flat 

 and reflexed. 



MaxilUe (PI. V., A, fig. 5) unilobed, lobe robust, rather short, much acuminated 

 towards the apex, and slightly incurved. 



Mentuvi (PI. V., A, fig. 6, j) quadrate, with the anterior margin straight. 



Labium (PI. V., A, fig. 6, k) short, transverse. 



Lingua (PI. V., A, fig. 6, 1), rather short and broad, fan-shaped, and broader than 

 the labium. 



Pronotum large, anterior margin entire, posterior angles slightly produced. 



Sciitelliun small, rounded. 



Elytra large, entire. 



JJ'ings ample. 



Abdomen not examined, wholly covered by the elytra. 



ProtJiorax (PI. Y., A, fig. 2, aj with the prosternum very small ; episterna incon- 

 spicuous ; epimera small, partly enclosing the coxal cavities ; cosal cavities 

 large, contingent, open in front and partly open behind ; inflexed part of the 

 pronotum very broad. 



Pectus with the mesosternani (PI. \., A, fig. 2, d) moderate, semicircularly elevated 

 between the coxie ; episterna large, suboblong ; epimera rather large, humeral, 

 widely distant from the coxal cavities ; coxal cavities circular, rather remote. 

 metasternum (PI. V., A, fig. 2, g) moderate, broadly transverse, widely distant 

 from the sides of the body, posterior margin between the coxfe straight ; 

 episterna large and broad, nearly extending to the coxse ; epimera narrow, 

 nearly concealed by the elytra, with the apex only inflexed beyond the 

 episterna. 



]'enter composed of six segments; 1 large and long; 2, 3, 4 short, equal to each 

 other ; 5 twice longer than the fourth ; 6 also long, entire. 



Legs anterior, with the coxje large, elongate and free ; trochanters small, triangular ; 

 femora robust ; tibia? compressed, setose, slightly dilated towards the apex, 

 tarsi very short, four-jointed, 1 and 2 robust, dilated, bifid, furnished with 



