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Prothoraee sat magno ; prosterno (PI XIV., fig. a) magno; episternis minutis, tri- 

 angularibus ; epimeris magnis, coxarum receptacula postice cingentibus ; 

 receptaculis coxarum circularibus, fere contingent ibus. 

 Pectus mesosterno (PL XIV., fig. dj sat magno, sat late carinato ; episternis modicis, 

 suboblongis, niargine exteriori excavata ; epimeris magnis, latis, ad coxas 

 extensis ; coxarum receptaculis modicis, circularibus, per carinam divisis. 

 tnetasterno (PL XIV., rig. g) pormagno, corporis lateribus remoto, margine 

 posteriori inter coxas recta ; episternis magnis, longis, ad coxas extensis ; 

 epimeris magnis, longis, ad apices late inflexis, atque ultra metasternum 

 productis. 

 Venter segmentis sex compositus, primo sat longo, apicali integro. 

 Pedes omnes longi, graciles ; tarsis triarticulatis, 1 brevi : 2 primo multo longiori ; 

 3 praelongo, gracili, ad medium superue leviter emarginato ; unguibus longis 

 gracilibus. 

 Coxa (intiriorrs rotundata3, fere contingentes. 



////• niifditi- rotundatas, per carinam divisae. 



posteriores sat parvse, promineutes, lamina magna triangulari instructs, 

 latissime remotas. 



Body with the head and thorax narrow, elytra much inflated. 



Head derlexed, moderate, rounded in front ; eyes large and very prominent ; antennae 

 inserted beneath the frontal plate at some distance in front of the eves. 



Antenna (PI. XIV., fig. 7) long and very slender, 11-jointed : 1 and 2 very large, 

 equal in length, 2 abruptly truncate at the apex : 3-8 elongate-oval, very 

 slender, equal to each other in size ; 9 longer than the eighth, moderately 

 incrassate ; 10 much larger than the ninth, ovally and very strongly incrassated 

 at the base, produced in front into a very long and very slender neck , 11 large 

 and long, strongly constricted near the middle, and much attenuated from 

 thence to the apex; the three apical joints furnished with a whorl of rather 

 short erect setae near the middle, and forming an elongate, submoniliform club. 



Parts of the mouth not examined. 



Thorax narrow, slightly constricted near the base. 



Scutellum moderate, elongate-triangular. 



Elytra large, entire, much inflated. 



Wings long, lanceolate, with a long, slender basal scape, strengthened with the 

 usual neuration, and fringed on both sides with long black setae. 



Prothorax rather large, with the prosternwm (PI. XIV., fig. a) large ; episterna minute, 

 triangular ; epimera large, inclosing the coxal cavities on the hinder side ; 

 coxal cavities circular, nearly contingent. 



Pectus with the mesosternwm (Pi. XIV., fig. d) rather large, broadly carinated ; 

 episterna moderate, suboblong, with the outer margin excavated : epimera large 

 and broad, extending to the coxal cavities, with their outer margin excavated; 

 coxal cavities moderate, circular, separated by the carina. 

 metasternum (PI. XIV., fig. g) very large, not extending to the sides of the body, 

 with the hinder margin between the coxae straight ; episterna large and long, 

 extending to the cove: epimera large and long, broadly indexed posteriorly, 

 and produced beyond the metasternum. 



Venter composed of six segments, the first rather long, the apical entire. 



Legs long and slender ; tarsi three-jointed, 1 short ; 2 much longer than the first ; 

 3 very long and slender, faintly emarginate on the upper side near the middle ; 

 claws long and slender. 



Coxa anterior rounded, almost contingent. 



intermediate rounded, separated by the carina. 



posterior rather small, prominent, furnished with a large triangular lamina, 

 vers widely separated. 



