370 



A. 



B. 



COREID-E. 



Synojisis of Genera. 



Itostruui about reaching the base of meso- 



steruum. Antennas with the first, second, 



and third joints of nearly equal length .... Notobitus, p. 370. 

 Eostrum not reaching the base of mesosteruum. 



Antennae with the first joint shorter than the 



second Clokesmus, p. 373. 



Geaus NOTOBITUS. 



Xotobitus, Stal, Of v. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 18-59, p. 4ol ; id. En. Hem. iii, 

 p. 65 (1873). 



Type, N. melecujris, Fabr. 



Distribution. Oriental Eegion and China. 



Anteuniferous tubercles widely separated ; anterior femora 

 somewhat closely spined beneatli ; rostrum extending to the base 

 of the mesosternum, the basal joint longest ; apex of the head 

 slightly produced ; apex of prosternum not sulcated ; posterior 

 coxa? unarmed ; antennae with the first, second, and third joints 

 of nearly equal length. 



(•,13. Notobitus excellens, Dist. A. M. N. H. (5) iii, p. 129 (1879). 



Male. Head and pronotum brassy-black ; antennae with the 

 first, second, and third joints subequal in length, brassy-black : 



Fig. 217. — Xofohitus cxccllcns. 



apical joint longest, luteous, with its apical half fuscous ; rostrum 

 extending to about base of mesonotum, the last two joints obscure 

 luteous ; pronotum finely granulate, lateral angles slightly promi- 

 nent and rounded ; scutellum finely granulate, brownish towards 



