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latus^ articulis duobus basalibus longiusculis, cseteris bre- 

 vibus, gradatim crassioribus ; clava ovalis, adnata. Oculi 

 laterales, convexi, grosse granulati. Frotliorax traBS- 

 versus, antice coarctatus^ apice productus^ bilobus, basi 

 lobo scutellari munitus, Scutelliim minutum. Eh/tra 

 late obovata, brevia, convexa, in medio elevata, postice 

 declivia. Femora breviuscula, vix incrassata, mutica ; 

 tibice mediocres, rectse, apice uncinatse; tarsi breves, 

 articulo tertio bilobo, quarto elongate ; unguiculi liberi. 

 Rima pectoralis ad marginem posticum coxarum inter- 

 mediarum protensa. Metasternum, brevissimum. Abdo- 

 men segmentis duobus basalibus ampliatis ; sutura prima 

 arcuata. 



I place this genus after Tyohreus, of which, notwith- 

 standing its short broad outline, it seems to be a modifi- 

 cation, but yet very trenchantly differentiated by the 

 extreme shortness of the metasternum and the coarsely 

 facetted eyes. 



Tituacia ostracion. 



T. breviter obovata, omnino dense variegatim griseo- 

 squamulosa ; capite inter oculos fronteque paulo exca- 

 vatis; rostro ferrugineo, extrorsum nudo, sat crebre 

 punctulato ; prothorace modice transverse, antice valde 

 constricto, deinde utrinque leviter rotundato, disco vittis 

 duabus flexuosis nigris ornato, squamis plurimis erectis 

 interjectis, apice bifido; elytris basi prothoracis vix 

 latioribus, utrinque late rotundatis, apicem versus angus- 

 tioribus, in medio paulo gibbosis, tum sat abrupte decli- 

 vibus, lateribus antice verticalibus, supra substriato- 

 punctatis, punctis nudis, subremotis, interstitiis plurimis 

 postice tuberculatis, interstitio tertio tuberculo validiore 

 instructo, alteroque minus valido in interstitio quinto; 

 tarsis articulo quarto unguiculisque testaceis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. — King George's Sound. 



Anilaus, n. g. 



A Chcetectetoro differt antennis funiculi articulis magis 

 elongatis ; femoribus incrassatis, anticis majoribus et infra 

 dilatatisj vel dente anguliforme magno instructis; tibiis 

 arcuatis ; tarsis articulo basali elongate. 



