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CHRTSOMELID^E. 



Group TTPOPHOEINI. 



Body oblong or ovate, glabrous above ; eyes often with a broad 

 sulcus above ; antennae subh'liform. Thorax narrower than the 

 elytra> with distinct lateral margins. Posterior and intermediate 

 tibiae emarginate at apex ; claws bifid or appendiculate. Anterior 

 margin of thoracic episternum convex. 



This group is more strongly represented in Africa than in India, 

 from whence only a few genera are known. The emarginate, inter- 

 mediate and posterior tibiae in connection with the shape of the 

 thoracic episternum form the best marks of distinction for this group. 



Key to the Genera of the Typophorini. 



A. Claws bifid. 



a. Prosternum constricted at middle PARIA, p. 468. 



b. Prosternum not con&tricted, broad. 



a'. Anterior femora with a strong tooth 



beneath TRICLIONA, p. 469. 



V. Femora unarmed CLKOPOBUS, p. 479. 



B. Claws appendiculate. 



a. Body rounded CLKORINA, p. 482. 



b. Body oblong, subcylindrical MOUHOTINA, p. 490. 



Genus PARIA. 



Paria, Leconte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. ix, 1858, p. 86: Chapuis, 

 Gen. CoUopt. x, 1874, p. 331 ; Lefev. Cat. Eumolp. 1885, p. 132. 



Type, P. quadri-yuttata, from N. America. 



Sanc/e. North and South America ; Japan ; Tibet ; India. 



Short and ovate ; elytra punctate-striate ; femora dentate 

 beneath, all other characters those of the group. The genus differs 

 from Mouhotina in the constricted shape of the prosternum and 

 the bifid, not appendiculate, claws. 



809. Paria lefevrei, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxix, 1895, p. '282. 



Fulvous; the terminal joints 

 of the antennae and the breast 

 black. Thorax finelv and spar- 

 ingly punctured,with two black 

 vitrae. Elytra distinctly punc- 

 tate-striate, fulvous, the suture 

 anteriorly, the lateral margins 

 a spot at the base and another 

 behind the middle, black. 



Head entirely impunctate, 

 with a deep sulcus above the 

 eyes ; clypeus broader than 

 long, separated from the face 

 by an obsolete transverse 

 groove, impunctate ; antennas 

 with the terminal joints 

 *i g . m.-Pana lefevrei. slightly thickened. Thorax 



