TELEDAPUS. 



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Genus TELEDAPUS. 

 Teledapus, Pascoe, A. M. N. H. (4) viii, p. 2G8 (1871). 



Type, T. dorcadioides, Pasc. 

 Itange. That of tlie type species. 



Apterous in both sexes. Head large, strongly eTserted, 

 rounded, narrowed near its insertion in the ])rothorax ; eyes 

 small but prominent, entire, rather coarsely facetted ; front short, 

 impressed with a median line tliat extends on to the vertex ; 

 clypeus large, membranous in front, labrum transverse ; mandibles 

 short, gradually incurved towards the apex ; maxillary palpi longer 

 than the labial ; last joint of both triangular ; gula produced to 

 form a short mentigerous process. Antennae inserted in front of 

 the eyes, but nearer to the middle line and close to the base of 

 the mandibles ; a little longer than the body in the S , the first 

 joint not reaching past the eye, the second longer than broad, the 

 third slightly longer than the fourth, shorter than the fifth ; 

 sixth to tenth successively shorter. Prothorax longer than broad, 

 slightly rounded at the middle of each side, constricted between 

 the middle and apex and slightly so near the base. ACesonotum 

 without stridulatory area. Elytra rather strongly convex, not 

 much wider than the prothorax, the shoulders oblique, the sides 

 subparallel for about two-thirds of their length, then ^converging 

 to the somewhat obtusely rounded apex. Legs long, the coxae 

 very prominent, the femora subcylindrical ; the tarsi long and 

 rather narrow, with the first joint much longer and the third much 

 shorter than the second ; the third narrowij^ but completely 



bilobed ; acetabula of the front coxae 

 angulate on the outer side, very 

 luirrowly open posteriorly ; pro- 

 sternum narrow between the coxae, 

 slightly dilated posteriorly. Meta- 

 thorax very short, its episterna nearly 

 hidden by the overlapping sides of 

 the elytra. 



2 . Broader than the male ; the 

 antennae much shorter, not extending 

 past the middle of the elytra ; legs 

 shorter, the hind femora not reachiug 

 to the apex of the elytra. 



72. Teledapus dorcadioides, Pascoe, 

 A. M. N. H. (4) viii, p. 209, pi. 13, 

 tig. 1 (1871). 



Varies from reddish brown to 

 dark brown in colour. Head finely 

 and very densely punctulate, faintly 

 covered with short grey pubescence ; 

 vertex slightly depressed, impressed with a median line which 

 extends along the front to the clypeus ; the latter separated from 



Fig. 30. 



Teledapus dorcadioides, 



Pasc, cT. X B- 



