384 Mr. Kirby's Century of Insects. 



interrupta, atra. Caput cornubus duobus brevibus porrectis 

 antice armatum, inter cornua impressum, puncto nigro antice 

 et postice signatum. Palpi et Antenna fere ut in preecedente. 

 Thorax elongatus, antice utrinque angulis porrectis, postice 

 obsolete trilobus : lobis rotundatis, lineis binis dorsalibns pone 

 interruptis, et utrinque supra et infra puncto lateral!, atris. 

 Scutellum subrotundatum. Coleoptra punctato-striata : vittis 

 tribus, intermedia communi, lateralibus marginalibus basin 

 baud attingentibus, atris, apice mucronata. Abdomen subtus 

 segmento anali foveis binis oblongis pilosis. 



These two insects seem nearly allied to three species of Fabri- 

 cius, E. suturalis, bicornis, and vesperiinus ; but at the same time 

 they appear to be quite distinct from them. From the first the}' 

 are sufficiently distinguished by having no lateral thoracic tooth 

 or spine; from the second in their colour, E. bicoi-nis being en- 

 tirely black ; and from the third in the colour of their head and 

 antennae. From the different shape of the last joint of their 

 palpi, and from the remarkable pair of impressions on the anal 

 segment of the underside of the abdomen, these insects should 

 form a distinct family, if not a distinct genus. 



(Cebrionidce.) 



Anelastes Kirby. 



Lahrum tectum, minutum, apice rotundatum. 



Labium subquadratum, bifidum. 



MandibulcE exsertse, edentulae, incurvge, acutae. 



Falpi brevissimi, filiformes. Maxiilares articulo extimo paulo 



majori, oblique truncato. 

 ^H^enn^E filiformes, moniliformes : articulo extimo sublunato. 

 Corpus lineare, subcylindricum. 



Pectus inerme. 



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