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procesBu paragloBsali brevi, acuto, atque seta divergent^ ad apioem ejus 



instructo, utrinque armatum. 

 Lingua (PL X.. fig. 6, I) elongata, angusta, ad apicem excavata, atque seta 



divergenti utrinque instructa. 

 Pronotum transversum, basim versus sat fortiter constrictum. 

 Elytra sat longa, truncata. 



Mr lanceolatse, Bub elytris visis, alioqui haud exaniinatas. 

 Abdomen sat elongatum, segmentis tribus partim apertis, pariter longis, apicali 



integro, sat acuminato, reliquis hand examiaatis. 

 Protkorax [l'\. X.. fig. 2, a) prosterno sat magno, inter coxas anguste elevato atque 



pone eos fcriangulariter dilatata; episternis minutis; epimeris modicis, recep- 



tacula coxarum cingentibus; coxarum receptaculis rotundatis. 

 Pectus mesosterno (PI. X., fig. 2, d) magno, carinato; episternis elongatis, hume- 



ralilms : epimeris magnis, ad coxarum receptacula late cxtensis ; rrceptaculis 



coxarum rotundatis, per carinam divisis. 

 metasterno (PI. X.. fig. 2, g) transverse oblongo, a corporis lateribus sat late 



remoto, margins posteriori inter coxas fere recta ; episternis latis, sat brevibus; 



epimeris magnis, postice sat late iutiexis. 

 Venter segmentis sex compositus, basali atque apicali ceteris longioribus, apicali 



integro, conico. 

 Pedes antici coxis rotundatis; trochanteribus parvis, trigonalibus ; femoribus longis, 



simplicibus ; tibiis longis, gracilibus; tarsis triarticulatis ; 1 longo ; 2 primo 



duplo breviori ; 8 elongato, gracillimo ; unguibue gracilibus, Leviter curvatis. 

 intermedii anticis longiores, alioqui similes. 

 postici (PI. X.. fig. 8) ceteris parum longiores, trochanteribus modicis, clavi- 



formibus ; femoribus robustis, simplicibus: tibiis apices versus leviter dilatatis 



atque interne calcaribus brevibus armatis; tarsis anticis similibus. 

 Coxa anteriores ovales, fere contingeutes. 



intermedia rotundatro, per carinam divisra. 



posteriores prominentes, sat angusta?, late triangulariter laminata, longe 

 distantes. 



Body ovate, very convex. 



Head large and prominent ; gular portion large and very convex ; e3 r es moderate ; 

 antennsB inserted considerably in front of the eyes. 



Antrim,,' (PI. X., fig. 7) long and slender, 11 -jointed; 1 very large, oval, with the 

 apex truncate; -1 smaller than tbe first, contracted anteriorly, with the apex 

 abruptly truncate; 3-8 elongate and very slender, equal to each other in size, 

 contracted both towards the base and apex, ornamented near the middle with 

 short verticillated setse ; 9 like the preceding in form, but larger; lo much 

 larger than the ninth, much incrassated towards tbe base, and produced into 

 a short neck at the apex; 11 larger than the tenth, and more incrassated, 

 obtuselj subcorneal; the last three form a slender moniliform club, and are 

 furnished with longer verticillated Betse. 



MaxiUary palpi i PL V. fig. 5, b) rather Bhort, four-jointed; 1 rather long and slender; 

 2 moderate, pyriform ; :i oval, moderately incrassated, with extreme apex 

 truncate: 1 rather long, aciculate and sinuated, furnished with a divergent 

 seta on each side before the middle. 

 / palpi PL \., fig. 6, mi large and very long, extending in front of the mouth, 

 three-jointed; 1 long, c\ limine ; -J cylindric, much shorter and more slender 

 than lir.-t ; :i much smaller than the second, acutely aciculate. 



Labrum (PL X., fig. 3) large, semi-oval, constricted before the middle and fur- 

 nished on each side with three long seta?, and on the disc with a curved row of 

 shorter Bl la. 



Mandibles (PL \., fig. 1, t) strong, sharply uncinnate, with the edge concave and 

 simple, and the back convex and flat, armed with small transverse costae. 



