414 Mr. Kieby's Century of Insects. 



Caput rhomboidale : oculis prominulis triangularibus. 

 Thorax teretiusculus, vix marginatus. 



The characters which distinguish Oxura from Psammodes, which 

 it much resembles, are principally the last joint of the maxillary 

 palpi, which is securiform, its linear body, its rhomboidal head con- 

 tracted almost into a neck behind the eyes, its prominent triangu- 

 lar eyes, its barrel-shaped thorax with scarcely any margin, and its 

 elytra furnished with a mucro at their apex like those of a Blaps. 



setosa. 52. O. 



Plate XXII. Fig. 3. 



Long. corp. lin. 85. 

 Habitat apud Promontorium Bonae Spei. D. Green. 

 Corpus lineare, angustum, fusco-nigrum, ex setis rigidis subcine- 

 reum. Caput subrhomboidale, postice fere in collum angus- 

 tatum, punctatum : punctis setigeris. Falpi rufi, maxillares 

 elongati, quadriarticulati : articulo primo brevissimo, secundo 

 elongato clavato, tertio triangulari, extimo magno securiformi, 

 lahiaks triarticulati, filiformes. Antennas ante oculos sub cly- 

 pei margine laterali insertae, rufse, clavataj, medio attenuatae : 

 articulo primo incrassato subcampanulato, secundo brevissimo 

 turbinate, tertio filiformi sequentibus duobus simul sumptis 

 longiori, proximis quinque subclavatis, longitudine et crassitie 

 sensim decrescentibus, tribus ultiniis majoribus clavam oblon- 

 gam formantibus : nono obconico, decinio turbinato, extimo 

 ovato. Ociili prominentes, triangulares. Thorax immargina- 

 tus, teretiusculus, medio latior vel fere doliiformis, antice sub- 

 constrictus, punctatissimus : punctis cinereis setigeris. Elytra 

 linearia, Isevia: lineisduabus longitudinalibus intermediiseleva- 

 liusculis, marginata : margine explanato recurvo, apice mucro- 

 nata. Epipleura linearis. Pedes fere ut in Psammode longicorni. 



SCOTINUS 



