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Table. 



1. Ant ennse inserted at sides of rostrum or head. (Species 1 to 11.) 



A. Thoracic carina not contiguous with elytra. (Species 1 to 8.) 



Group 1. * %«^ ^°t""^- 



Sp. 1. Eyes oval, elytra almost even . . . Anthribns Brouni. 

 Sp. 2. Eyes oval, elytra with elevations , . Anthribns hullatus. 



Group 2. 



Sp. .3. Eyes circular and very prominent . . Anthribu^ raten. 



** Eyes emarginate. 



t Thorax punctm-ed. 

 Group 3. 



Sp. 4. Eyes slightly emarginate ; 9th joint 



of anteunre only a little longer than 



the two following ones together . . Attthrihas discedenx, 

 Sp. 5. Eyes di.stinctly emarginate; 9th joint 



of autennse gradually thickened 



from base to apex, at most only a 



little longer than the two following 



ones together A}itJirihi<:< heUpra. 



Sp. 6. Eyes distinctly emarginate ; 9th joint 



of antennfB thickened at extre- 

 mity only, twice as long as the two 



following ones together .... Anthribus phi/tnaiodeif. 



ft Thorax without punctures. 

 Group 4. Genus Lawsonia {?ExilIis, Pascoe). 



Sp. 7. Ninth joint of antennae only a little 

 longer than the two following ones 



together Lnicsont'ei variahilis. 



Sp. 8. Ninth joint of antennae much longer 



tlian clul) Lnu'sonia hngicarnis. 



B. Thoracic carina contiguous with base of elytra. (Species 9-11. j 

 * Eyes emarginate. 

 Group 5. Genus Etnalis. 



Sp. 9. Hind angles of thorax spinous . . . EtimUs spitilcollis. 



** Eyes entii-e. 

 Group 6. Genus Cratoparis, Lac. 



Sp. 10. Hind angles of thorax obtuse . . . Anthribus alius. 

 Sp. 11. Hind angles of thorax acute . . . Anthribus IluUoni. 



II. Antennae inserted on the front of rostrum or head, near to the edge 



but nearer to the middle than the eye is. (Species 12-17.) 



A. Thoracic carina contiguous with elytra. (Species 12-L'5. 



* Antennae thickened at extremity, but not clubbed. 



Group 7. Genus Arceocerm. 



.Sp. 12. Eyes very prominent . , . . Ar<pooerus panlalis. 



