362 CAPSINA. 



FAMILY 9. GLOBICEPID^E. 



Genus 1. GLOBICEPS (I/at.), Fieb. 



$ elongate, narrow, parallel; $ suboval, frequently with unde- 

 veloped elytra. 



Head vertical in front, wider across the eyes than long, with a 

 distinct transverse keel behind the latter ; Grown flattish convex ; in 

 the undeveloped ? very convex and considerably raised above the 

 upper margin of the eyes ; Clypeus convex, apex in a line with the 

 base of the antennae ; antenniferous processes short, placed a little 

 above the underside of the eyes ; Face ; central lobe long, stout, 

 convex; side lobes short, stout, rounded outwardly. Antenna 

 shorter than the body ; 1st joint stout, somewhat cylindrical, about 

 f rds the length of the pronotum ; 2nd stout, thickened towards the 

 apex ; in the $ much more so, about 3 times as long as the 1st ; 

 3rd and 4th somewhat filiform, 3rd about half as long as the 2nd, 

 4th, Jrd the length of the 3rd. Eyes large, prominent, viewed from 

 above hemispherical, from the side, oval. Rostrum reaching to the 

 2nd pair of coxae ; 1st joint stout, reaching to the end of the xyphus 

 of the prosternum. 



Thorax. Pronotum longish trapeziform, broader than long, con- 

 stricted in front, with 2 large callosities behind the straight anterior 

 margin ; sides rounded in front, widening considerably as they ap- 

 proach the raised hinder angles ; posterior margin almost straight, 

 or concave, rounded towards and at the hinder angles. Scutellum 

 triangular, almost equilateral, raised above the clavus, with a trans- 

 verse channel near the base, beyond which the disk is generally 

 convex. Elytra generally longer than the abdomen ; Clavus con- 

 vex, deflected to the corium ; Corium horizontal, somewhat con- 

 vex, very slightly deflected at the junction with the cuneus and 

 membrane ; Cuneus long, triangular, in developed examples. Ster- 

 num : Prosternum; xyphus longish, triangular, slightly channeled 

 in the middle; margins somewhat keeled; Mesosternum convex; 

 channeled in the centre ; posterior margin convex, deeply indented 

 in the middle ; Metasternum ; sides somewhat straight ; middle 



