588 COLEOPTERA 



Clytus. 



Laichart ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. '\x., p. 67. 



Head with the forehead large, vertical, simple, cheeks at most 

 moderately elongate. Antermm rather robust, reaching backwards to 

 about a third from the tips of the elytra, the third joint longer than the 

 following, which decrease in length rather abruptly. Eyes moderate, 

 rather widely and deeply emarginated. Prothorax rather longer than 

 broad, or a little transversal, quite rounded. Elytra moderately elon- 

 gate, parallel, sub-cylindrical, obliquely truncated at their extremity. 

 Legs moderately stout, the posterior very long ; thighs gradually incras- 

 sated, the middle and posterior a little arcuated, attaining, or slightly 

 protruding beyond, the elytra ; first tarsal Joint of the hind pair much 

 elongated. 



Abdominal intercoxal projection somewhat acutely triangular ; the 

 mesosternal rather wide and inclined behind ; prostcrnal narrow, arched 

 posteriorly. 



Body moderately long, sub-cylindrical and pubescent. 



1026. C. niglllOSUS, n.s. Body elongate, sub-cylindrical, only 

 slightly convex ; pitchy-black, densely covered with coarse depressed 

 dull yellow hairs, but leaving bare four spots on each elytron, one on 

 the shoulder, a larger one near the base, the third just behind the 

 middle, and the fourth near the apex. 



Head longer than broad, uneven, coarsely punctate, with an im- 

 pressed line on the middle ; eyes large, finely facetted, rounded exter- 

 nally, emarginated inwardly, so as to be almost reniform, with their 

 greatest bulk in front. Antenme inserted near the inner margin of the 

 eye, shorter than the body, sub-fihform, eleven-jointed ; basal joint 

 cylindric, stout, about as long as third ; second small ; fourth a little 

 shorter than third ; joints four to ten decrease in length ; eleventh a 

 little longer than tenth, pointed ; they are pubescent. Palpi broken off. 

 Thorax oviform, base and apex truncate, not greatly narrowed anteriorly, 

 moderately convex, not margined, and unarmed laterally ; it is not 

 much longer than broad, and its sculpture consists of a rather coarse 

 rugose punctation. Scutelluni sub-triangular, rounded. Elytra a little 

 broader than thorax, sub-parallel, their apices obliquely truncated 

 towards the suture, the outer angles produced in the form of a rather 

 obtuse point ; their surface is so sculptured as to appear covered with a 

 fine shallow somewhat rugose punctation. Under-side piceous, not 

 glossy, clothed with griseous pubescence. Prosternntn almost plane 

 between the coxte, which are not much separated ; viesosterniiin short, 

 emarginated between the middle coxae ; metastermim moderately elon- 

 gate, longitudinally furrowed ; first abdominal segment produced, separa- 

 ting the posterior coxse, these not further apart than the intermediate. 

 Legs moderate, the hind pair longest ; femora simple, slightly dilated 

 near the extremity ; tibice. linear, straight, bispinose at apex ; first tarsal 

 joi?it (posterior) elongate, longer than the following two; second obconi- 

 cal ; third bilobed ; claws simple ; tarsi with brush-like soles. 



