1076 COLEOPTEEA 



of dark raised spots similar to those on tliorax ; they are punctate 

 and clothed like it. Legs short and robust ; hind tibite of the male 

 slender near the base, then abruptly incrassate so as to be quite 

 angulate on the inner side ; the grooved pairs bear lines of fine 

 yellowish cilise. 



Female. Posterior tibias gradually thickened, not open near the 

 extremity. 



Underside shining, pale-chestnut, finely and closely punctate. 

 Epipleurae quite linear behind. 



The thorax is rather short and broad as compared with allied 

 species, S. ocidata, judging from the description, being the nearest 

 ally. 



Length, 2| ; breadth, 1^ lines. 



Clevedon. One pair sent, by Mr. G. Munro. 



Cyclaxyra. 



Nov. gen. 



Body very convex, compact, rotundate-oval, finely marginated, 

 somewhat similar to an Adolopiis. Head rather large, mobile, in- 

 serted up to the eyes, abruj)tly narrowed in front of these ; forehead 

 truncate in front. Labruvi not short, strongly rounded and simple 

 at apex. Eyes large, but not at all prominent except in front, quite 

 lateral, longitudinally oviform, finely facetted. Antenna! cavities 

 large ; the grooves extending backwards underneath, their inner 

 margin quite straight, the outer, owing to the channel being much 

 wider in front, oblique, thus appearing more convergent than they 

 really are ; the intervening space quadrate. Antejince iniipleinted in 

 front of inner margin of eyes; basal joint broad ; second as long as 

 first, slender, cylindrical ; joints 3-5 similar in form to the preced- 

 ing one, but shorter and more slender ; seventh and eighth short ; 

 club oblong, triarticulate. TJiorax strongly transverse, closely ap- 

 plied to base of elytra, hind angles not resting on the shoulders ; 

 apex not emarginate, only a little sinuate behind the eyes. Scutel- 

 Inm moderately large, rounded behind. Eli/tra large in proportion 

 to size of thorax. Prostcrnum deeply emargmate in front; its pro- 

 cess broad, raised between the coxae, extending from base to apex ; 

 flanks deeply concave ; coxae small, deeply sunk, widely separated. 

 Mesosternum extremely short in the middle; middle coxae more 

 widely distant than the others. Metasternum very large, broadly 

 rounded in front between the middle coxae. Abdomen broad, 

 scarcely longer than the metasternum, basal segment, in the 

 middle, not as long as the next two taken together, angulated be- 

 tween the posterior coxae ; fifth segment only half the breadth of 

 those in front of it, but longer. Epipleurce broad near the base, 

 very deeply scooped out or hollowed as far as apex of metasternum, 

 behind this they are on a level with the abdomen, afterwards be- 

 coming linear near the extremity. Legs slender ; tibiae a little 

 dilated towards the apex, where they are finely bisjDinose. Tarsi 

 slender, not expanded, the first four joints of the anterior about 



