BLAPS. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Mentum small, or moderately large, quadrate 

 or orbicular ; palpi terminated by a larger joint ; 

 terminal joint of the maxillary palpi securiform ; 

 mandibles naked to their base ; clypeus termi- 

 nated by a straight line ; labrum transverse ; an- 

 tennae moniliform at tip, third joint much larger 

 than the fourth ; back flat ; thorax almost quad- 

 rate ; elytra acute at tip. 



BLAPS SUTURALIS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Blackish ; elytra scabrous, grooved, reddish- 

 brovs^n, punctured j lateral thoracic margin re- 

 flected. 



PLATE XVI. 



