64 EUTORNUS. 



Genus 8. EUTORNUS*. (Tab. II. fig. 8.) 



Labrum breve. 



Palpi maxillabes robusti, ehngati, art. 2'" 1 " quadrato, 3' i0 elongato, ad 

 apicem subdilatato, ultimo conico. 



Palpi labiales ehngati, attenuati. 



Antennae breves, robustce, subincrassatai. 



Caput breve, transversum, defectum. 



Thorax latus, transversus, antiee valde cmarginatus et constrictus, ad 

 latera marginatum ; rotundatus, fortiter punctatus. 



Elytra lata, robusta, rotundata, punctata. 



Pedes robusti ; femoribus anterioribus brevibus, tibiis ad basin in- 

 curvatis ; femoribus posticis incrassatissimis, tibiis brevibus, sim- 

 plicibus, tarsis attenuatis. 



Labrum short, subcircnlar. 



Maxillary palpi (Tab. II. fig. 8 m) robust, elongated, subdilated ; 

 the first joint narrow and abbreviated ; the second almost quadrate, 

 dilated at the apex ; the third longer, distinctly subdilated at the 

 apex ; the terminal joint shorter and conical. 



Labial palj)! (Tab. II. fig. 8 n) elongate, slender. 



Antenna} (Tab. II. fig. 8 a) short, robust, slightly incrassated ; the 

 first joint subelongated, dilated, and inflected outwards ; the second 

 narrower, ovate ; the third shorter than the first, but narrower ; the 

 following short, almost transverse, truncate, and gradually dilated 

 towards the apex. 



Eyes tolerably large, situated at the base of the head, extending 

 laterally not so far as the anterior angles of the thorax. 



Head short, transverse, deflected at right angles to the plane of 

 the elytra, not produced in front. 



Thorax broad, transverse, broader than the head, in front distinctly 

 emarginate, at the sides broadly marginate, and constricted towards 

 the apex ; the base is subcircular (almost parallel to the anterior 

 margin) ; the anterior angles considerably depressed and subacute ; 

 the surface is rounded and deeply punctured. 



Scutellum broadly triangular, impunctate, glabrous, in the same 

 plane as the elytra. 



Elytra broad, robust, somewhat broader than the thorax, rounded 

 at the apex, punctate. 



Legs : the anterior femora broad, short. The tibia? are robust, 

 short, incurved at their immediate base, and gradually thickened 

 towards the apex, which is transversely truncate. The tarsi are 



* ev, bene ; ropvoi, convolutus. 



