Coleopterological Notices, VI. 455 



neons, with the palpal foramina large and approximate; remain- 

 ing month parts not clearly visible in the t^'pe. Mandibles small. 

 Labrum short, transverse, trnncate, the epistoma short and small, 

 with the sutnre fine. Eyes small and coarsely faceted. Antenna? 

 moderately developed, ten-jointed, the first two moderately' large 

 and subeqnal, the following six small, narrow, compactl}' joined, 

 the funicle bent at its middle point ; club very abrupt, rather 

 large, broad, only slightl}- longer than wide, oval, strongly com- 

 pressed, composed of two joints which are apparently free but 

 closely joined, the first transversely lunate and wider than the 

 second, the latter transverse!}' oval, fitting in the hollow of the 

 first; antennte not received in excavations except the funicle, 

 which may be received in the deep cleft separating the prosternal 

 lobe from the hypomera. Prosternum small, without raised lines, 

 rather narrow between the coxpe,the latter separated by less than 

 their own width, their small and c^eep cavities closed behind by 

 the raesosternum, the process very short, extending partially 

 under the broad and slightly advanced, rounded and finely beaded 

 mesosternal lobe ; apical lobe short, truncate and only partially 

 concealing the mouth parts in repose. Middle coxa^ widely, the 

 posterior ver^- remotely separated. Metasternum and first ven- 

 tral segment with very feeble oblique coxal lines; met-episterna 

 moderately narrow, long and "parallel. Abdomen composed of 

 five segments, the last four short and subeqnal, the first nearly 

 as long as the next three combined ; sutures perfectly rectilinear 

 from side to side. Legs short, complete!}^ free, the femora stout, 

 oval, partially receiving the tibise, the latter short, sublaminate 

 and rounded externally ; tarsi moderate in length, four-jointed, 

 the three basal joints short; claws small, slender and arcuate; 

 trochanters laminate. Epipleuroe moderate in width, flat, horizon- 

 tal, gradually and finely attenuate behind, the outer margin de- 

 scending very slightl}' l)elow the level of the inner at the base. 



The advancement of a rounded and beaded mesosternal lobe is 

 a character peculiarly distinctive of the Phalacridiv, and the gen- 

 eral habitus of the body in the present genus also suggests that 

 family, but the reseml:)lance goes no further. 



E. politlljii n. sp. — Pale testaceous throughout, strongly shining, the 

 upper surface througliout minutely and sparsely punctate, each ])uncture bear- 

 ing a very fine siiort and decumbent hair. Head very strongly transverse, a 

 little more than one-half as w i(h' as the prothorax, received closelj- within a 



