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1. Corpus valde depressum ; pronotum antice 
valde angustatum (forceps valde tenuis, 
elongatus) .. 2 2 oY oe Aon ENOMINA. 
1.1. Corpus subdepressum; pronotum sub- 
quadratum vel ovatum, haud valde 
angustatum . . . =... . . . . 2 CHELISOCHINA. 
The first sub-family includes only the genus Auchenomus, 
Karsch, which superficially strongly resembles Sparatta 
and its allies. It is with the Chelisochinew only that this 
paper deals. 
TABLE OF GENERA. 
1. Carina externa elytrorum longa, 
usque ad apicem elytri percurrens ; 
(pedes longi, graciles). 
2. Elytra quadrata, truncata; (statura 
mediocri; haud metallica; alee 
AUOTLEVES Me were we Pee fala os 
2.2. Elytraampla, lata; (statura max- 
ima; metallica; ale longe). 2. CHELISOCHELLA, Verh. 
1.1. Carina humeralis externa elytro- 
rum brevissima, tantum ad 
humeros ipsos situata. 
2. Tibiw superne in dimidio apicali 
deplanatze et sulcatee. 
3. Tarsi longi, graciles; tibie 
longe; (elytra et ala me- 
tallies Wega ere Oy 3d, ERY PNUS, Ub gs 
3.3. Tarsi tibiaque breves. 
4. Pronotum longius quam 
latius, vel saltem postice 
quam antice latius, tra- 
pezoidale. (Caput sapius 
tumidum et impressum.) 
5. Antennarum segmentum 4 
conicum vel clavatum ; 
(species majores ; colore 
nigro vel fusco). . . . 4. CHELISOCHES, Scudd. 
5.5. Antennarum segmentum 
4 cylindricum vel ova- 
tum, haud clavatum ; 
(statura mediocri vel 
1. KINESIS, n. g. 
