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(5) 4. Antennm compresso-dilated beyond the 

 middle, suddenly attenuated near the 

 apex .. .. .. .. ..1. inn7iitus, Jj. 



(4) 5. Antenna3 setaceous, gradually diminish- 

 ing to the apex . . . . . . 2. submuticus, Wesm. 



(3) 6. Costa and parastigma testaceous ; an- 

 tennffi as long as the body (setaceous) ; 

 frontal fovea shining, smooth . . 5. speculator, n. s. 



(2) 7. Hind tibire black or blackish at both 

 ends (the base often only annulated 

 with fuscous), rufous in the middle; 

 1st joint of the hind tarsi wholly fus- 

 cous. Length, li, seldom 2 lines ; 

 middle-sized spp. 



(9) 8. Antenna) 18-jointed . . . . . . 9. canescens, Wesm. 



(8) 9. Antennffi with more than 18 joints. 



(11) 10. Frontal fovea subobsolete, dull and 



rugulose like the rest of the head . . 6. corvubts, n. s. 

 (10) 11. Frontal fovea conspicuous, smooth and 



shining. 

 (13) 12. Hind tibia3 broadly rufous in the middle, 



blackish at both ends ; tarsi rufous at 



the base . . . . . . . . 7. decorus, n. s. 



(12) 13. Hind tibia) black, with a narrow rufe- 



scentring; tarsi wholly blackish .. 4. carhonator, n.a. 

 Antennffi 16-jointed. 

 Squamulffi testaceous . . . . . . 8. dis2}ar, n. s. 



Squamulas black. Small species. 

 Base of the abdomen determinately 



yellowish 

 Abdomen entirely black. 

 All the femora rufo-testaceous 

 Femora black, except at the apex. 

 Head transverse, contracted behind the 



eyes ; cheeks not dilated. 

 (23) 22. Apex of the abdomen beneath with a 



shallow groove to receive the point of 



the terebra 

 (22) 23. Apex of the abdomen not so grooved . . 

 (21) 24. Head subcubical, not contracted behind 



the eyes ; cheeks dilated . , . . 17. exilis, n. s. 



18. 



16. 



basalts, Cur. 

 latmnculus, n. s. 



imrcicornis, Schaff. 

 sidcatus, Nees. 



