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Division I. PELTOXOTINI. 



This group comprises only one peculiar genus, Pdlonotwi, with 

 five species, three of which ai-e Indian. Feltonotus was originally 

 placed in the DYNASriPfyE, with which it forms a link. A very 

 remarkable formation of the labrain is its chief characteristic. 

 This organ is not covered by the clypeus, but is plainly visible in 

 front of it, although the clypeus itself is not at all reduced, as 

 usual in those groups in which the labrum is extruded. The 

 mandibles agiin project a little beyond the l.ibrum. The body 

 is ratlier loosely articidated together, the abdomen rather lonii: 

 and not covered beliind by the elytra, nor cloiiely wrapped 

 by them at the sides. The legs are slender, clothed with long 

 hfiir, with long spurs to the four posterior tibia), and the clau's 

 are movable and slightly uiieipial. Tiie front legs of the male are 

 greatly thickened and modified. 



^N'othins has been recorded as to the habits of these insects. 



Genus PELTONOTUS. 



PeltoNotfCi, liunn., llamlb. Eot. v, 1847, p. 7') ; Lacordaire, Gen. 

 Col. iii, 1856, p. 402; Arrow, Aim. Ma--. Nat. Hist. (8) v, 1910, 



p. ir>3. 

 TrPE, Peltonotus morio, Burm. 



Range. Assam, Nepal, Burma, Indo-Cliina, Borneo. 



Body ovate, loosely articidated. Head not sunk in the pro- 

 notum. Eyes rather prominent. Clypeus broadly transverse, not 

 separated by a suture behind and not hollowed, but rather convex, 

 with the front margin scarcelv retiexed. Antennae lO-joiiited. 

 Prothorax rounded at the sides and base and not closely fitted to 

 the elytra. Scutellum rather long, stniight-sided, and acute. 

 Elytra not long, exposing the abdomen behind. Pro- and meso- 

 sternum not produced. Labrum hori/.ontnl, extrnded, wide, 

 sometimes a little bilobed. Mandibles lar<,'e and visible from 

 above, concave, nearly straight in tront, with a lateral tooth or 

 angulation. Maxillae armed wdlh four long and very sharp teeth, 

 the palpi slender. Labium rather long, narrowed towards the 

 extremity, strongly constricted at the insertion of the palpi, with 

 two fleshy ligular lobes at the end. Coxie contiguous, the front 

 ones very large and prominent. Eemora and tibias very hairy and 

 rather slender, the front tibia armed with three teeth, the others 

 bearing very strong apical spurs. The claws are only very sliglstly 

 unequal, except the front claws of the male, and the pul villi are 

 large and end in two loujj,- bristles. 



