EPIPEDOCEKA. 305 



Group EPIPEDOCERINI. 



Eyes small, finely facetted, usually almost entire. Prothorax 

 more or less constricted at the base. Front coxse rounded, their 

 acetabula almost or quite closed in behind. Acetabula of middle 

 coxae shut off from the epimera. Episterna of metathorax narrow. 

 Femora clavate. Tarsi rather short, the first joint shorter as a 

 rule than the next two joints united ; claws short, not widely 

 divergent. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Antennae not closely approximated at 



base ; tarsal claws divergent. 



a. Prothorax broadly emarginate at base. 

 '. Mesonotum without stridulatory 



area. 

 a 2 , Prothorax very little or not longer 



than broad ; elytra not carinate. EPJPEDOCERA, p. 305. 

 b 2 . Prothorax distinctly longer than 

 broad ; elytra with short carina 



on each side EICON, p. 310. 



b'. Mesonotum with stridulatory area; 



elytra carinate along each side . . CENTROTOCLYTUS, p. 308. 



b. Prothorax with basal margin straight 



and entire HALME, p. 311. 



B. Antennae closely approximated at base ; 



tarsal claws very small, approximated . CLYTKLLUS, p. 312. 



Genus EPIPEDOCERA. 



Epipedocera, Chevr. Mem. Soc. It. Sci. de Liege, xviii, p. 339 (1863) ; 

 Lacord. Geti. CoUopt. ix, p. 93 (1869). 



Type, E. zona, Chevr. 



Range. In do-Malay an Region. 



Head short, with a narrow transverse elevation between the 

 antennae ; vertex sloped downwards from the occiput ; front sub- 

 vertical, transverse, flattened, not marked off from the clypeus by 

 lines or sutures ; eyes small, rounded or oval, entire or only very 

 feebly emarginate towards the antennas. Antennae nearly (some- 

 times quite) equal to the body in length in the c? , shorter in the 

 $ ; last four joints rather short, dilated, angulate in front, the first 

 three at the apex and the last near the middle ; the joints from 

 the third to the seventh or eighth channelled above ; the last joint 

 with a short appendix. Prothorax more or less protuberant and 

 rounded at the middle of each side, deeply constricted at the base ; 

 the base very broadly but not deeply emargiuate in the middle, and 

 lobed at each side. Mesonotum rather coarsely punctate, without 

 stridulatory area. Elytra scarcely more than twice as long as their 

 width across the base, nearly parallel-sided, rounded externally at 



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