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16 (lo) Labrum not serrate at the [p. 290. 



sides Rhamphadori:tus, Oh., 



17 (14) Process of the labrum large, [p. 292. 



dilated, concave in front .... SCAPHOKRHiNAL)OKKTus,Oh., 



18 (13) Process of the labrum ribbon- 



like, not pointed. 



19 (20) Labrum rounded at the end, 



not serrate at the sides .... Liss.\doretus, g. u., p. 293. 



20 (19) Labrum truncate at the end, 



serrate at the sides. 



21 (22) Maxillary palpi clubbed ; hind 



tibia very short and broad at 



the end PsKUDADORETUS,Sem.,p.294. 



22 (21) Maxillary palpi filiform; hind 



tibia not much dilated at the 



end Adouktus, Cast., p. 295. 



Genus PEODORETUS. 



Prodoretus, Brenske, Soc. Ent. viii, 1893, p. 1 ; Ohaut^, Deutsche 

 Ent. Zeits. 1912, p. 269. 



Type, Prodoretus vittatus, Breuske (Madagascar). 



Range. Tropical Africa, India, Madagascar. 



Body ovate and convex. Eyes large and prominent; clvpeus 

 small, semicircular or trapezoidal. Aiitennse 10-jointed, club 

 moderately long, Labrum transverse, witliout median lobe (see 

 fig. 59 (/). Mandibles strong, interlocking, not tootbed, molar 

 ridges very coarse. Maxilla and labium very \arious. Maxilla 

 with 2-4 teeth, blunt or very sharp, palpus generally slender. 

 Labium broad and truncate, or long and attenuated, witji palpi 

 widely separated or close together. Front tibia sharply 3-dentate, 

 the two upper teeth separated by a sharp notch. 



A number of species of very varied head- and mouth-structure 

 have been put together under the name of Prodoretus by Ohaus. 

 They agree only in having the labrum not f)roduced in the middle, 

 and it is not easy to see why Phmidoretus was not also added. 

 They appear to be rare insects, and it is perhaps wise to await 

 additional means of studying them before attempting a satisfactory 

 classification. I do not know tlie two Indian species ii]cluded by 

 Ohaus, whose descriptions J have translated as follows : — 



301. Prodoretus bombayanus. 



Prudoretus hombayanus, Ohaus, Deutsche Ent. Zeits. 1912, p. 273. 



"Cylindrical, convex, shining testaceous-yellow, i-ather paler 

 beneath, the anterior part more reddisli yellow, the head blackish 

 brown, all the margins and the teeth of the front tibiae dark. 



Head rather large, with large eyes, the clypeus nearly semi- 

 circular, with a finely reilexed margin, reddish brown, with 

 moderately close aniiular punctures, the walls of which disappear 

 posteriorly, each puncture with a short backwardly directed seta. 



