Mr. Kirby's Century of Insects. 427 



This genus is related to Brentiis; but its tridcntate mandibulae 

 and incrassatc antenna?, taken in conjunction with its short and 

 rather conical thorax, sufficiently distinguish it. 



hamoptera. 64. Rh. 



Plate XXII. Fig. 7- 

 Long. Corp. (Rostro excluso) lin. 7^. 

 Habitat in Australasia. Ex Musaeo D. MacLeay accepi. 

 (i. Ex Musfeo D. Marsham. 



Corpus angustum, lineare, atrum, obscuriusculum, subtus parce 

 albido-pilosum. Caput deflexum, punctulatum, medio con- 

 strictum, postice convexum. Rostrum teres, capitis thoracis- 

 que loTigitudine, punctulatun), apice nitiduni. Antenna rostro 

 pone medium insidentes, thorace longiores, basi attenuatae gla- 

 brfe, alias pilosissiniEe : articulo primo clavato subarcuato cras- 

 siori, secundo brevi obconico, tertio sequentibus vix longiori 

 subclavato, proximis duobus magnitudine crescentibus obco- 

 nicis, reliquis sequalibus subobconicis, extimo ovato-lanceolato. 

 Octtli hemisphaerici, supra pilis rufis subtus albidis cincti. Tho- 

 rax subconicus, antice constrictus, piloso-velutinus; utrinque 

 vitta laterali intus subrepanda, linea dorsali, maculisque dua- 

 bus posticis, piloso-fulvo-aureis. Elytra punctulatissima, pi- 

 losa, fulvo-aurea : sutura nigricanti. Tibia a^'icc bicalcaratae. 

 Tarsi pulvinati. Unguiculi simplices. 



Var. ^. Thorace utrinque macula magna triangular! sanguinea, 

 linea dorsali maculisque posticis nullis. Alias simillima. An 

 eadem .'* 



EuRiiiNUs Kirby. 



Lahrum vix distinctum. 



Labium subcordatum. 



Mandibulce apice tridentataj : dentibus aequalibus acutis. 



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