Syuop\ix of the Coleopterous Fa mill/ Ciftidae (Cioidae) 3 



GENERIC TABLE OF CIOINAE 



Antennae with eleven joints ] 



Antennae with ten joints 2 



Antennae with nine joints. 7 



Antennae with S joints {> 



1 — Prosternum long before coxae. Xot carinate between them. Lateral 



thoracic margin entire to apical angles. Maxillary palpi stout, last -, , 



joint widely truncate SphindocisvL^-^- 



2 — Prosternum well developed before coxae. Lateral margin of pro- 

 thorax entire. Last joint of maxillar^^ palpi bluntly pointed 3 



Prosternum veiy short in front of coxae and transversely emarginate 



in front C 



8 — Prosternum simple or nearly so 4 



Prosternum tumid or carinate along the middle 5 



4 — Bod}^ setose or pubescent; the vestiture erect and bristling. The 

 anterior tibiae produced and dentiform externally at apex, though 



sometimes simple Cis 



Body elongate and glabrous. The ajiterioi tibiae unarmed at apex. 

 Elytral suture margined towards tip. The head rather less de- 

 flected than usual . Head and prothorax simple in both sexes. Males 

 with a deep rounded setigerous forea at center of first vei.tral 



segment Orthocis 



5 — Body glabrous or with very short, decumbent pubescence, or inclined 



sette Xestocis 



Bodj' opake and setose. Last joint of maxillary palpi grooved on 

 outer side. Prothorax strongly, obliquely strigose on sides beneath. 



Strigocis 

 6— Body verj- short and stout, wid(>r behind; pubescence stiff and erect; 



prosternum deeply emarginate in front Brachysis 



7 — Bcdj^ stout, convex, coarsely cribrate and setose. Anterior tibiae. - 



strongly, obliquely produced and acute at apex Plesiocis ' 



Body oval, small, feeblj' shining. Anterior tibiae produced externally 

 at apex Epistoma transversely sulcate. Vestiture of bristling 

 setae. Secondary sexual mark of male on first ventral segment. 



Sulcasis 



Body narrow, subparallel and very small. Antennae with a 2-jointed 



loosely articulated club. Antennal grooves before the eyes distinct. 



Elytra striato, punctate Dyphyllocis Reif 



Maphoca Casey 



Body narrow, cylindrical, feebly sculptured and glabrous. The 



anterior tibiae thickened and rounded and spinulose externally at 



apex Ennearthron 



