418 Mr. Kiiiby's Century of Insects. 



Mention fere cordatum. 



Antennae apicem versus sensim crassiores : arliculo extimo sub- 



ovato. 

 Corpus lineari-oblongum, immarginatum. 



'J'liis genus in many respects resembles the preceding. But the 

 labium, mentuni, and labial palpi are difterent : the body also 

 is oblong, the thorax has no margin, and the tarsi no pulvillus ; 

 circumstances which combined satisfactorily establish their claim 

 to be considered as distinct genera. 



chalconatiim. 55. Str. 



Plate XXI. Fig. 16. 



Long. Corp. lin. 6, 



Habitat in Australasia. 

 Corpus lineari-oblongum, subcylindricum, nitidum, glabrum, ni- 

 gro-aeneum. Caput orbiculatum, punctulatum. Palpi omnes 

 articulo extimo majori securiformi. Chjpeus postice linea curva 

 impressa a fronte separatus. Antenna: thoracis longitudine, 

 apicem versus sensim crassiores: articulo primo reliquis cras- 

 siori, secundo brevissimo obconico, sequentibus duobus longi- 

 tudine fere sequalibus subclavatis, sex proximis magnitudine 

 crescentibus longitudine decrescentibus fere obconicis, extimo 

 ovato acuto. Thorax subquadratus, immarginatus, levissime 

 punctulatus, postice canaliculatus. Scutellum triangulare. Ely- 

 tra subseriatim quasi foveolata : foveolis oblongis excavatis 

 fundo canaliculatis. Epipleura angustissima. Pedes graciles. 

 TibicE obsolete calcaratae. 



EuRYNOTus Kirby. 

 Lahrum transversum, emarginatum. 

 Labium fissum, brevissimum, submembranaceum. 



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