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Prothorax (PL IX., lig. 2, a) prosterno sat magno; episternis minutia; epi 



magnis, receptacula coxarum postice cingentibuB; coxarum receptaculis rotun- 

 datis, fere contingentibu 

 I rno PL 1\.. fig.2, '1' magno, hand carinato, episternis magni8, sub- 



oblongis : epinu ris permagnis, ad receptacula coxarum late extensis ; receptaculis 

 coxarum sat magnis, transverse ovalibus, fere contingentibus. 

 metasterno (PL IX.. fig. 2, no, transverse oblongo, ad latent corporis 



extenso, margine posteriori inter coxas recta; episternis b< i] < lytris 



occultis; epimeris postice minute triangulariter inflesi 

 Venter Begmentis septem compositus, basali majori, apicali integro, acuminato. 

 Pedes antici graciles, trochanteribus parvis, trigonalibus ; femoribus Bimplicibus ; 

 til.iis 1 racilibus; tarsia brevibus, triarticulatis, 1 modico; 2 primo 



multum minori; 8 valde elongato, tenui, unguibus gracilibus, leviter curvatis. 

 intermedin anticie simili b, tibii> apicem versus leviter dilatatis. 

 postici (PL IX.. fig. 8) cseteris parum longioribus, trochanteribua modiciB, clavi- 

 formibu oribue Bat robustis, Bimplicibus; tibiis apicem versus leviter 



dilatatis, margine interior] remote Berrata; tarsis anticis similibus. 

 I .. anteriores rotundatae, fer< contingentes. 

 hiti niinliii- ovale.-, fere contingentes. 

 posteriores parvae, prominentes, liaud laminatse, longe distantes. 



Body rather elongate, convex, with the head and thorax narrow, elytra broader, 



short and abruptly truncate 

 Head prominent, rather large, gular portion large, convex ; eyes small, placed far 



back : antenna inserted near the eyes. 

 Antenna (PL IX., fig. 7) eleven-jointed; 1 large, elongate-oval, truncate at the 



apex; 2 larger than the first, but almost similar; 3 7 Blender, eloi rate, 



equal to each other; 8 rather Larger than the seventh; 9 larger than the 

 litly incrassate ; 10 much larger than nine, much incrassate and 



rounded at the base, and produced into a Bhort neck at the apex; 11 ■■ 



obtuse, much larger than the preceding : the three last form a moniliform club, 



and are ornamented with short verticillate seta . 

 .1/ lary palpi (PL IX., lie. .-,, s) rather robust, four-jointed ; 1 long and Bl< I 



2 recurved, pyriform, incrassate; 3 large, suboval, abruptly truncate at the 



ap< % ; 1 long, aciculate and Binuated. 

 Labial palpi (PL [X., fig. 6, m) moderate, three-jointed; 1 robust, Buboblong; -1 

 Lai in l( Qgth to the first, but narrower, slightly widest in front, and furnished 



with a long divergent seta on the exterior apical angle ; :5 ovate, much smaller 



than the pre C( ding. 

 Labrum (PL IX., fig. 3) large, Bemi-oval, constricted before the middle and 



furnished with threi t» on each side, roundi orly and ornamented 



with a curved row of Bhort sets on the di 



lilies (PL IX., tie. i, strong, acuti but do! much hooked at the a] 



concave and simple; convex and fiat at hack with small transverse coe 



Lamella membranacea rather large, rounded. - produced into a 



strong, incurved and acute style at the apex, and armed with a long denticula- 



tion near the hase. 

 Maxilla (PL IX., fig. 5) strong, apparently trilobed, with the lobe long 



and Blightly incurved; intermediaU rather Bhort with the basal joint -mall, the 



apical much longer, and di osebj furnished with li at the a] 



rohust, rath, r Bhort, and armed at the apex with three Btrong and very -harp 



incin w d ti eth. Stipi I and robuBt. 



Mentum (PL tX.,fig.6,j) oblong, strengthened with lateral costa, and fun 



with Bhorl Beta at the anterior angles. 

 Labium (PL IX., I 6 oblong, almost utum. i 



proces=e= rudimentary. 



