58 SCUTAT[NA. 



FAMILY 2. ODONTOSCELID^E. 



Genus 1. CORIMEL^NA, White. 



(Mag. Nat. Hist, iii, 24 (1839). 

 Oval, very convex above. 



Head much deflected, almost vertical, very broad, short, rounded 

 in front, margin slightly reflexed, central lobe of the face scarcely 

 so long as the side lobes. Antennae : tubercle very small, inserted 

 half way between the eye and the rostrum, and pointing directly 

 inwards; 1st, 3rd, and 4th joints in length subequal; 2nd much 

 shorter ; 5th a trifle longer than the 4th, fusiform ; the 4th and 5th 

 thicker than the others. Eyes rather pointed and prominent. 

 Ocelli small, distant, inserted close to the eyes. Rostrum reaching 

 to the 2nd pair of coxae, base in a shallow oval channel ; 1st joint 

 shortest, 2nd and 3rd of equal length, and longer than the 4th. 



Tlwrax: Pronotum transverse, almost hexagonal, very convex, 

 hinder angles much raised, within them, depressed ; anterior margin 

 straight as far as the sides of the head, then suddenly produced and 

 deflected behind the eyes ; sides much rounded, margins delicately 

 reflexed; hinder and posterior angles rounded; posterior margin 

 nearly straight. Scutellum neither so long nor so wide as the 

 abdomen, the sides sinuate, being constricted close to the base. 

 Elytra straight, the uncovered portion of the corium alone coria- 

 ceous, the rest membranous ; Membrane with the (? 5) nerves 

 scarcely perceptible. Prosternum divided in the centre, the plates 

 raised over the rostrum and base of the head, forming a channel for 

 the reception of the antennae; on each side a deep, transverse 

 channel. Legs short, strong ; tibia outwardly channeled, the edges 

 finely spined ; tarsi, 2nd joint shortest, 3rd longest. 



Abdomen convex above and beneath ; Connexwum narrow. 



Species 1 CORIMEL^ENA SCARAB^EOIDES. 



CIMEX SCAKABJSOIDES, Lin. S. N. 1, 716, 4 (1767) ; 'Fab. E. S. iv, 89, 



37 (1794) ; Wolff, Ic. Cim. 4, t. i, fig. 4 



(1800). 

 THYREOCOKIS Schrk. F. Boic. ii, 69, 1096 (1801) ; Hahn, Wanz. 



ii, 47, t. 45, fig. 141 (1834); Kolen. Mel. 



Ent. iv, 9, 128 (1846). 



