70 GENERIC SYNOPSIS. 

RAPHITELUS Wi. lsp. R&R. maculatus W\k. 
Antenne 12-jointed ¢, clavate, third and fourth joints minute, tenth and 
eleventh joints very short, last joint setiform ; abdomen subcompressed, narrowed 
at the tip; thorax convex. 
PSILONOTUS Wik. —— 1sp. Ps. adamas W\k. 
Head flat in front, and rather produced ; thorax flat ; abdomen very compressed, 
longer than the thorax; antenne 12-jointed; 2 subclavate, submoniliform, 
clava ovate. 
[4. Pteromalide Wik. Abdomen flat, sessile; antenne filiform, fusiform, or 
clavate; stigmal branch straight. | 
SELADERMA Wik. ——— 4sp._ Sel. letum Wik. 
Antenne 13-jointed, third and fourth joints minute; mesothoracic parapsides 
distinct ; collar very minute, transverse ; abdomen ovate or elongate-oyate, 
angulated beneath ; ovipositor concealed. 
SEMIOTELLUS Westw. Semiorus Wik. (G. Elateride.) 9 sp. S. mundus W1k. 
Antenne 12-jointed; thorax coarsely punctured ; mesothoracie parapsides 
distinct ; collar very short, transverse ; mandibles 3-toothed; abdomen ovate 
or elongate -ovate. 
SYSTASIS Wik. 2sp. S. Encyrtoides Wik. 
Antenne 12-jointed, ¢ subfiliform, 2 clavate; thorax not coarsely punctured, 
convex, short-ovate; collar very short, transverse ; abdomen short-oyate, or 
rounder, flat above, 2 angulated beneath. 
EUNOTUS Wh, ————— 1 sp. E. cretaceus Wlk. 
Antenne 11-jointed, third and fourth joints scarcely visible; metathoracic 

parapsides not distinct; prothorax very short, transverse; head very large; 
abdomen nearly quadrate g, basal joint covering the rest, 2 apterous. 
MERAPORUS Wik, —— 3sp. M. graminicola Wlk. 
Antenne 12-jointed, clavate; club of moderate size, ovate, flat; thorax broad at 
the extremity ; mesothoracic parapsides not distinct; abdomen $ very small, 
rounded, 9 ovate. 
METASTENUS Wik. ——— 1 sp. M. concinnus Wlk. 
Short; antenne 12-jointed, subfusiform; club moderate sized, conic, acuminate ; 
thorax narrowed at the extremity ; mesothoracic parapsides indistinet ; abdomen 
ovate, abruptly narrowed at base. 
METOPON Wik. —— I1sp. M. atrum Wik. 
Antenne 12-jointed, clavate, fifth and following joints subequal ; club very thick ; 
collar minute, scarcely visible; abdomen small, compressed, flat ; sides elevated. 
PLATYTERMA Wik. —— 1lsp. Pl. nobile W. 
Narrow, sublinear; antennz 13-jointed, third joint scarcely visible, fourth and 
fifth minute ; club short-ovate; thorax flat above, elongate-ovate; abdomen 
6 sublinear, 2 ovate or sublinear. 
AMBLYMERUS Wik. ——— 27sp. A. amenus W1k. 
Short, broad; antennz 13-jointed, clavate, shorter than the thorax, second joint 
elongate, cup-shaped, fifth and following, to the tenth, gradually shorter and 
broader ; thorax convex above; collar very short. 
PROSOPON Wik, ——— 1 sp. Pr. montanum Wk. 
Head moderate sized, transverse ; antennz slender, clavate, 13-jointed, third and 
fourth joints minute; club ovate; thorax ovate; collar yery short; abdomen 
ovate, flat ; middle tarsi broad. 
