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Elytm magna, integia. 

 Ala non examinatii'. 

 Abdomen non examinatum. 



1'rutliora.i ((PI. VII., 13, iig. "2, a) prosterno sat magno, inter coxas elevato et postice 



acumiuato ; ejiistcrnis latis, angustis ; ejuiiuris parvis, receptacula co.xaruui 



partim cingentibus ; receptaeulis coxaruui maguis, partim apertis, baud 



contingentibus. 



I'cclus iiii'SosU-nio (PI. VII., B, fig. 2, d) brevi, antice piofunde excavato; episternis 



modicis, trigonalibus ; epimcris modicis, bumeralibus, ad receptacuhi coxarum 



vix extensis ; receptaeulis coxarum magnis, pyriformibus, sat late distantibus. 



mcttiHterno (PI. VII., B, fig. 2, g) sat brevi, ad latera corporis non exteuso, 



postice inter coxas emarginato ; episternis magnis, elongatis, metasterno 



longioribus ; epimeiis angustis, sub elytris occultis. 



]'enter segmentis quinqiie compositus, primo majori, saeteris seipsis paribus, 



apicali integro. 

 Pedes antice femoribus atque tibiis simplicibus, sat longis, bis modice setosis ; 

 tarsis robustis, 4-articulatis, articulis tribus basalibus paribus, longe bilobatis 

 et modice setosis ; apicali graciliori, tertio vix lougiori, ad apicem subtus 

 incrassato ; uuguibus robustis, ad bases incrassatis et obtuse denticulatis. 

 intermedii atque postici anticis similes, sed liorum articulo apicali breviori. 

 Coxce auleriures sat maguie, ovata;, non prominentes, fere contingeutes. 

 intenncdi(e magute, i)yriformes, sat late distantes. 



poster lores permagua, ovales, ad episterna extensie, fere contingentes, et tro- 

 cbantinis ad modum Cbolevinorum iustructse. 



Body ovate, almost bemispberic. 



Head sessile, large and broad, defle.\ed ; gular jjortiou convex ; eyes large ; antennae 

 inserted near tbe eyes. 



Antenute (PI. VII., B, fig. 7) eleven-jointed; 1 large, incrassate, subpyriform, not 

 recurved ; 2 ovate, one-balf smaller tban tbe first ; 3 slender, sborter tban the 

 second ; 4 smaller tban the third ; 5 rather larger than the fourth ; 6 shorter 

 and broader than the fifth ; 7 longer and broader than the sixth ; 8 transverse, 

 broader than the seventh ; 9-11 much incrassated, forming an elongate 

 lanceolate club, apical joint conical, as long as the two preceding joints 

 united ; fifth and seventh joints furnished on the inner side with a short seta. 



Maxilhirji palpi (PL VII., B, fig. 5, \v) very large and long, four-joiuted ; 1 small, 

 subtriangular ; 2 long, pyriform, slightly recurved ; 3 shorter and more 

 slender than the second, ovate, truncate at the apex ; 4 as broad as the third, 

 but twice longer, obtuse at the apex. 



Labial papli (PI. VII., B, fig. 6, m) rather long, three-jointed; 1 small; 2 rather 

 large, broadest anteriorly ; 3 longer than the second, equally broad, obtusely 

 conical, slightly incurved. 



Labniin short, transverse. 



Mandibles not examined. 



Maxilhe (PL VII., B, fig. 5) moderate, bilobed, outer lobe rather short and ver}' 

 broad, apex nearly straight, fringed with sinuated hair ; interior lobe rather 

 small and slender, furnished at tlie apex with short seta?. Stipes rather large. 



Mentnm (PL VII., B, fig. 0, j) rather large, subquadrate, dilated before the base. 



f^abinm (PL VII., B, fig. 6, k) rather large, subquadrate, broadest anteriorly, 

 furnished with large broad setose paraglossai. 



fjinfiita (PL VII., B, fig. 6, 1) very large, dilated anteriorly', with the anterior 

 margin deeply emarginato in the middle, and rounded towards the sides. 



I'ronotuin short and broad, with the anterior margin rather deeplj' excised, 

 posterior margin sinuated, with the angles acute and slightly produced. 



Scutelliim small, triangular. 



