JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
No. XIV.—JuNE, 1866. 
XXX.—WNotices of new or little-known Genera and Species of Coleo- 
ptera. By Francis P. Pascoz, F.LS., &e. (late President of the 
Entomological Society). 
{Concluded from p. 56.] 
Puates XVIII. & XTX. 
Parr V. 
Ocrrosanis [Cucujide ]. 
Caput rhomboideum, antice truncatum. Labiwm sat magnum, antice 
rotundatum. Mentwm transversum, antice truncatum. Palpi labiales 
parvi. Oculi prominentes. Palpi macxillares validi, art. ult. securi- 
formi. abrum transverse quadratum. Mandibule bifid. Antenne 
breves, claviformes* ; scapo oblongo-ovato, art. 5 antennarum minus 
longiore ; articulo secundo brevi, ceteris obconicis ad septimum sensim 
erassioribus, ultimo appendiculato duodecimum simulante. Prothorax | 
elongato-quadratus, apice emarginatus, basi leviter lobatus. Elytra 
elongata, parallela, abdomine breviora. Pedes perbreves; femora com- 
pressa, ovata; ébie subfiliformes; tars? heteromeri, paulo dilatati, 
art. penult.integro. Coxe omnes subcontigue, posticee processu inter- 
femorali spiniformi separate. Abdomen segmentis sequalibus, ultimo 
paulo longiore excepto. Corpus elongatum, planatum, depressissimum. 
The extraordinary flatness of this most singular insect in propor- 
tion to its size is, I should think, almost without a parallel among 
the whole class. Its nearest relationship at present appears to be 
with Hemipeplus, Latr., with which it agrees in a great number of 
* This term seems in one quarter to have been misunderstood ; I use it to de- 
note “club-formed,” i. e. gradually incrassated from the base to near the apex, 
where it contracts again,—in contra distinction to “clavate” or “ clubbed,” i. e. 
when there is a sudden enlargement or knobbing at the end. 
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