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TRIBUS II. 



Palpi macdllares ad apieem incrassati (articulo ultimo interdum 

 mi unto), articulo tertio subgloboso aut transverso, nunquam elougato, 

 rarius quadrato. 



Genus 24. L0X0PR0S0PUS*. 



Gucrin-Men. (Icon. Rk/ne Anim. 1829-38, p. 806). 

 Dohrn, Linn. Ent. 1855, p. 329. tab. 2. fig. 3, 4. 

 Tliompson, Archives, vol. i. p. 289. 



Labrum subsinuatum, breve. 



Palpi maxillab.es validi, incrassati, art. '3''° globoso, ultimo brcvi. 



Palpi labiales elongati. 



A~?<tTE?t?fMJiliformes, in J longissimn. 



Caput transversum, antice verticale. 



Thorax rectangular is, transversus, antea submarginattis ; lateribus 

 marginatis, et in angidum productis. 



Elytra jparallela, dcpressa, piinctato-striata. 



Pedes robust i ; tibiis posticis simplicibus, Jiaud dente armatis. 



Labrum short, transverse, subsinuate. 



Maxillary palpi (Tab. VI. fig. 1 m) robust, short, inerassated ; the 

 second joint conical, broader than the basal, obliquely truncate at 

 the apex ; the third globose, nearly twice the breadth of the second, 

 and the breadth not less than the length ; the terminal joint is short 

 and circular, broadly flattened. 



Labial palpi (Tab. VI. fig. 1 n) elongate; the penultimate joint is 

 slightly thickened at the apex ; the terminal joint attenuate. 



Antenna} filiform, in the males very long, twice the length of the 

 body ; the first joint is broadly flattened towards the apex ; the 

 second ovate ; the third to the fifth subequal, attenuated, slightly 

 thickened at the apex, nearly double the length of the basal joint ; 

 the terminal joints are somewhat shorter and narrower ; the an- 

 tennas are in position approximate, situated at the frontal angle, on 

 a transverse prolongation of the head. 



Eyes tolerably large, lateral, situated at the base of the head, and 

 extending laterally not quite so far as the anterior angles of the 

 thorax ; in the males more globose and prominent than in the females. 



Head (Tab. VI. fig. 1 h) short, transverse, abruptly deflected back- 

 wards at less than a right angle immediately below the insertion of 



* \o?6?, obliquus ; Trpoawiror, frons. 



