ANISODEUA. lOl 



Rev. J. Ho2)e has erroneously described the prosternum as being pro- 

 duced anteriorly into a stout spine. Mr. Westwood, who has kindly 

 examined the typical specimen in the Hopcan Collection, tells mo 

 that it is unamied. 



Genus XXVIII. ANISODERA, Chevr. MSS. Details, Tab. II. Fig. 8. 



Antennce (fig. 8 a) sujDer tubercula duo inter ocidos insertae, robustse, 

 filiform es, apicera versus vix comprcssa;, articido primo incras- 

 sato, subcylindi'ico aut obovato, secundo breviori, reliquis sub- 

 cylindricis vel obconicis, tertio clongato, ca3teris brevioribus, 

 ultimo paullo longiori, oblongo, apice compresso, obtuso. 



Labrum (fig. 8 h) transversum, apice dcclivi, margine antico sajpe 

 utrinque fascicule e pilis rigidis instructo. 



Mandibulre (fig. 8 c) ci'assae, trigona?, apice ssepe bidentatic. 



Palpi robusti, maxillares vix compressi (fig. 8 d), articulo primo 

 parvo, duobus sequentibus subclavatis, tequalibus, quarto ovato, 

 compresso ; lahhdes (fig. 8 e) articulo primo pai-vo, secimdo le- 

 niter compresso, obconico, tertio magis compresso, subovato. 



Mentum (fig. 8/) pentagonum, lateribus valde constrictis ; llyula 

 (fig. 8 (j) transverso-quadrata vel quadrata. 



Ccqjut fronte verticali. 



Ocidi (fig. 8 h) magni, flexuosi. 



Thoi-ax subquadratus, lateribus saepe sinuatis aut angiJatis. 



ScuteUuni oblongo-ovatum. 



Ehjtra elongata, parallela, convexa, dorso saepe complanata. 



Pedes robusti ; femoribus inermibus ; tibiis introrsum ante apicem 

 plerumque sinuatis. 



Corpus elongatum, plus minusve convexum. (Type, Aiusodera ex- 

 cavata.) 



Anisodera differs from Estlgmena in the differently formed men- 

 tum, and from Botryonopa in having simple thighs. 



A. Femora vix incrassata, leniter cm-vata. 



a. Thorace siibqiiadrato, lateribus j}hfs minusve (uujulato, dorso phrumque 



tuherculatu. 



1. Anisodera ferruginea, Guer. Tab VII. Fig. 8. B.M. 

 Anisodera ferruginea, Guer. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. o33. 



A. late elongata, nigra, supra fiisca, opaca; thorace subquadrato, 

 lateribus parallelis, medio angulatis, rugoso-jjunctato, utrinque 

 tuberculis duobus nitidis instructo, medio longitudinaliter canali- 

 culato ; elytris fortiter punctato-striatis, costatis. 



T-ong. 8-9 lin. 



