SYNCALYPTA. 507 



and labrum free, last joint of maxillary palpi ovate, pointed. 

 Eyes half covered. Simplocaria, Marsh. 



-K. Cl}T3eus separate from forehead ; antennae with ten 

 joints. 



Antennae thin, slightly tliickened at apex. Eyes, man- 

 dibles and labrum covered ; last joint of maxillary palpi 

 ovate, pointed. All tarsi free. Limnichus, Latr. 



Sy needy pta, 



A, Two outermost striae on elytra deep throughout. 

 ci» Thorax coarsely punctured. 



Short, nearly ovate, convex. Black ; antennae and legs 

 dull-red ; with scales and erect, clubbed gray bristles. 

 Elytra with feebly punctured striae. Similar to S. setigcra 

 but witli erect bristles longer, thinner, less clubbed and 

 lighter in colour ; depressed scales on elytra less numerous 

 and distinct, not variegated ; depressed scale-like hairs 

 on thorax much longer. L. 1^ 1. Scarce. 



S. hirsuta, Sharp. 



b. Thorax rather finely punctured. 



Short ovate, convex. Black ; antennae and legs red- 

 brown ; upper-side clothed with black and whitish scales, 

 together with long, upright blackish, clubbed bristles ; scales 

 on thorax whitish, with three irregular longitudinal black 

 lines ; scales on elytra black, with waved, somewliat 

 irregular, whitish oblique bands. Forehead slightly im- 

 pressed on each side in front. Elytra with sutural stria 

 deep beliind, rest (except two outermost) shallow, feebly 

 punctured. L. 1;^ 1. Scarce. S. setiyera. 111. 



jB. Only one outermost stria on elytra deep throughout. 



Eoundish, convex. Black ; antennae and legs red- 

 brown ; upper-side not covered with scales, but bearing 

 thick, upright, clubbed, whitish bristles. Forehead with 

 two deep divergent furrows in front ; elytra with sutural 

 stria deep behind, rest (except outermost one) shallow, 

 punctures large, feebler behind. L. § 1. llather common. 



S. spinas a, Eossi. 



JByrrhus, 



A, Length 2f — 4 lines. 



a. Last joint of antennae roundish. 



