206 CALIPEGES. 



Genus 34. CALIPEGES*. 



La brum breve, subcirculare. 



Palpi maxillaees incrassati, art. 3 n ° pome rotnndato, lata, ultimo 

 conico. 



Antennae robustce, incrassatce, art. 4'°-8 1 "' dilatatis, brevibus. 



Caput breve, antice attenuatum, ad basin punctatum. 



Thorax quadratics, elytris constrictior, subglobosus. 



Elytra sat lata, cylindrica, fossa transversa ante medium antice punc- 

 tata, ad apicem impunctata, glabra, obsolete pube sparsim (ad 

 latera, apicem, et depressionem transversam) vestita. 



Pedes robusti ; tibiis posticis brevibus, rectis, Jiaud calcaratis ; tarsis 

 brevibus, attenuatis. 



Labrum small, narrow, subcircular. 



Maxillary palpi (Tab. VIII. fig. 7 m) robust ; the first joint 

 minute; the second incrassated, and apparently obliquely truncate 

 at the apex ; the penultimate joint is globose, rounded at the sides, 

 the length being equal to the breadth, transversely truncate at the 

 apex ; the last joint is smaller, although broad at the base, acuminate, 

 the length being distinctly greater than the basal breadth. 



Labial palpi elongate, minute; in the example before me hardly 

 appreciable in consequence of injury or decay. 



Antenna? (Tab. VIII. fig. 7 a) robust, strongly dilated ; the first 

 joint attenuate at the base, elongate, and incrassated towards the 

 apex; the second ovate, somewhat shorter but not narrower than 

 the first, ovate, attenuate at the base ; the third of equal length with 

 the first, fine and attenuated at the base, and dilated towards the apex ; 

 the fourth to the eighth considerably incrassated, clothed with fine 

 pubescence ; the ninth to the eleventh more elongated and attenuated. 



Eyes lateral, situated at the base of the head, circular, subglobose. 



Head short, transverse, slightly produced, and attenuate in front ; 

 below the base of the antennae is a transverse depressed plane ; above 

 this plane is a minute longitudinal medial channel, passing between 

 the basal joints of the antennae ; the surface of the head at the base 

 is sparingly but deeply and coarsely punctate. 



Thorax somewhat broader than the head, but considerably narrower 

 than the elytra, quadrate in form, almost elongate; the anterior 

 angles are somewhat rounded ; the base is constricted and slightly 

 transversely subdepressed ; the surface is subglobose in C. crisjms, 

 sparingly punctate, and obsoletely pubescent. 



Scutellum triangular, impunctate. 



Elytra decidedly broader than the thorax, short, with a deep ante- 



* KaXos, bonus ; iriiyvvfii, firmo. 



