VELIID^E. 573 



Genus 2. MICROVELIA, Westw. 



Small, stout, oval, broadest across the binder angles of tbe prb- 

 notum. 



Head broad, very convex, seen from above subconical, sides sub- 

 parallel, narrowly flattened antenniferous processes very small, 

 flat, close before tbe eyes; Face very sbort, vertical. Antenna 

 stout, 6-jointed, tbe 3rd and 5th very minute ; 1st and 2nd clavate, 

 tbe 1 st longer tban tbe 2nd ; 4th thinnest, slightly thickened to the 

 apex ; 6th longest, long-fusiform. Eyes hemispherical, inserted close 

 to the pronotuin. Ocelli 0. Rostrum reaching beyond the 1st pair 

 of coxae, 3-jointed, 1st shortest ; 2nd -J longer than the 3rd ; the 1st 

 in a narrow channel. 



Thorax. Pronotum 5-sided, subrhomboidal, on the anterior margin 

 broad, incrassated, with a slight transverse depression close behind 

 it, anterior angles obtuse ; sides sinuate, binder angles produced into 

 a long tubercle, behind them produced into an obtusely pointed, 

 triangular process. ("Where the elytra are not developed the pro- 

 notum is short, broad trapeziform, the posterior margin slightly 

 rounded, the scutellar process not produced, leaving the metanotum 

 exposed ; the disk deflected from back to front, with a fine linear 

 depression near and parallel to the posterior margin.) Elytra (very 

 rarely developed) as long as the abdomen and the nerves, strong, 

 forming 6 consecutive cells, of which the basal ones are small, the 

 apical ones emitting 2 nerves. Sternum; Pro- and Mesosternum 

 with a channel widened at the ends. Legs rather short and stout, 

 in length subequal, unarmed ; coxce transversely, all equally distant, 

 lengthwise the 2nd pair rather nearer to the 3rd than to the 1st ; 

 fulcra long; thighs; 3rd pair slightly stoutest; tibia; 1st pair 

 stoutest and shortest, shorter than the thighs; 3rd pair thinnest 

 and longest ; tarsi ; 1st pair 2-jointed, 1st joint very short, 2nd long ; 

 2nd and 3rd pairs trimerous, 1st joint very short, 3rd longer and 

 broader than the 2nd ; the last joint of all the tarsi with 2 very fine, 

 close claws, inserted before the end. 



Abdomen above flat, beneath convex, somewhat contracted at the 

 base ; Connexivum rounded, deep, reflexed, the ends not projecting. 

 Genital segments after the same type as Telia. 



