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Genus 14. EUPEGES*. 



Labrum breve, subcirculare. 



Palpi maxillares minuti, art. 3 ti0 elongato, et ad apicem dilatato, art. 

 ultimo conico. 



Palpi labiales attenuati. 



Antenxjb approximates, sat robustw, fill 'formes. 



Caput transversum, antice hand productum. 



Thorax transversus, latus, ad latera subrotundatus. 



Elytra sat robusta, subparallela et cylindrica. 



Pedes : ant. tarsi breves, art. 3"° lato et bilobo ; tibia} posticat sim- 

 plices, nee sinuatas nee dente armata? ; tarsi breves et attenuati, art. 

 l m0 et 2 nd " suba?qualibus, 3 tio minuto et subcirculari. 



Labrum short, subcircular. 



Mandibles robust, sinuated or dentated at the inner margin near 

 the base, at the apex acuminate. 



Maxillary palpi (PL IV. fig. 4 m) elongate, minute ; the basal 

 joint obsolete ; the second slightly dilated at the apex ; the third 

 longer than the second, the length being equal to three times the 

 breadth, and dilated at the apex ; the apical joint conical. 



Labial palpi (PI. IV. fig. 4 n) attenuated, filiform. 



Antenna? approximate, situated below the inner margin of the eyes, 

 sufficiently robust, filiform ; the first joint elongate, slightly inflected 

 outwards, and subdilated towards the apex ; the second short, ovate ; 

 the third not quite so long as the first, narrow, subdilated at the 

 apex ; the fourth and fifth equal in length. 



Eyes globose, situated at the base of the head. 



Head depressed (not porrect), transverse, narrower than the thorax, 

 not produced anteriorly. 



Thorax transverse, much broader than the head, relatively broader 

 (as compared with the head and the elytra) than in Hypantherus and 

 Thrasygoeus, constricted in front ; the sides subsinuate and margi- 



nate. 



Elytra robust, perceptibly, but not considerably, broader than the 

 thorax, slightly rounded at the sides, finely punctate or impunctate, 

 glabrous. 



Scutellum triangular, situated on the same plane as the elytra. 



Legs : the anterior femora and tibia} robust. The tarsi short ; the 

 first and second joints not so broad as the apex of the tibia3, subequal 

 in length ; the third broader and distinctly bilobed ; the apical claw 



* tii, bene ; 7ri';yj'c/ti, firrao. 



