EPIPEDOCEEA. 305 



Group EPIPEDOOERiyi. 



Eyes small, finely facetted, usually almost entire. Prothorax 

 more or less constricted at the base. ' Front coxk rounded, their 

 acetabula almost or quite closed in behind. Acetabula of middle 

 coxae shut off from the epimera. Episterna of metathorax narrow 

 Eemora clavate. Tarsi rather short, the first joint shorter as a 

 rule than tlie next two joints united; claws short, not widely 

 divergent. 



Sf/nojisis of Genera. 



A. Antennas not closely approximated at 



base ; tarsal claws divergent. 



a. Prothorax broadly emarginate at base. 



a'. Mesonotum without stridulatorv 



area. 



cr. Prothorax very little or not longer 



than broad; elytra not carinate. Epipkdockra, p. 30-5. 

 h-. Prothorax distinctly longer than 

 broad ; elytra with short carina 



on each side Bicox, p. .310. 



h . Mesonotum witli stridulatory area ; 



elytra carinate along each side . . Centeotoclyti-s, p. -308. 

 h. 1 rothorax with basal margin straight 



and entire ^. . Halmk, p. 311. 



L. Antennas closely approximated at base ; 



tarsal claws very small, approximated . Clytf.llus, p. 312. 



Genus EPIPEDOCERA. 



Epipedocera, Chevr. Mem. Soc. R. Sci. de Liege, xviii, p. 339 (1863) • 

 Lacord. Gen. CoUopt. ix, p. 93 (1869). 



Type, E. zona, Chevr. 



Range. In do-Malayan Region. 



Head short, with a narrow transverse elevation bet\\eeD the 

 antennae ; vertex sloped do«-n wards from the occiput ; front sub- 

 vertical, transverse, tiatteued, not marked off from the clvpeus by 

 lines or sutures ; eyes small, rounded or oval, entire or only very 

 feebly emarginate towards the antenna?. Antenna? nearly (some- 

 times quite) equal to the body in length in the S , shorter in the 

 $ ; last four joints rather short, dilated, angulate in front, the first 

 three at the apex and the last near the middle ; the joints from 

 the third to the seventh or eighth channelled above ; the last joint 

 with a short appendix, Prothorax more or less protuberant and 

 rounded at the middle of each side, deeply constricted at the base : 

 the base very broadly but not deeply emarginate in the middle, and 

 lobed at each side. Mesonotum rather coarsely punctate, without 

 stridulatory area. Elytra scarcely more than twice as long as their 

 width across the base, nearly oarallel-sided, rounded externally at 



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