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TRIBUS II. 



Palpi maxilla-res ad apicem incrassati (artieulo ultimo interdum 

 minuto), artieulo tertio subgloboso aut transverso, nunquam elongato, 

 rarius quadrato. 



Genus 24. LOXOPROSOPUS*. 



Guerin-Men. {Icon. Regne Anim. 1829-38, p. 306). 

 Dohrn, Linn. Ent. 1855, p. 329. tab. 2. fig. 3, 4. 

 Tlwmpson, Archives, vol. i. p. 289. 



La brum subsinuatum, breve. 



Palpi maxillares valid!, incrassati, art. 3 tl ° globoso, ultimo brevi. 



Palpi labiales elongati. 



Antexn^; Jllifornies, in <£ longissimce. 



Caput transversum, antice verticals. 



Thorax rectangularis, transversus, antea submarginatus ; lateribus 

 marginatis, et in angidum productis. 



Elytra parallela, depressa, punctato-striata. 



Pedes robusti; tibiis posticis simplicibus, haud dente armatis. 



Labrum short, transverse, subsinnate. 



Maxillary palpi (Tab. VI. fig. 1 m) robust, short, incrassated ; the 

 second joint conical, broader than the basal, obliquely truncate at 

 the apex ; the third globose, nearly twice the breadth of the second, 

 and the breadth not less than the length ; the terminal joint is short 

 and circular, broadly flattened. 



Labial palpi (Tab. VI. fig. In) elongate; the penultimate joint is 

 slightly thickened at the apex; the terminal joint attenuate. 



Antennce filiform, in the males very long, twice the length of the 

 body ; the first joint is broadly flattened towards the apex ; the 

 second ovate ; the third to the fifth subequal, attenuated, slightly 

 thickened at the apex, nearly double the length of the basal joint ; 

 the terminal joints are somewhat shorter and narrower; the an- 

 tennae are in position approximate, situated at the frontal angle, on 

 a transverse prolongation of the head. 



Eyes tolerably large, lateral, situated at the base of the head, and 

 extending laterally not quite so far as the anterior angles of the 

 thorax ; in the males more globose and prominent than in the females. 



Head (Tab. VI. fig. 1 h) short, transverse, abruptly deflected back- 

 wards at less than a right angle immediately below the insertion of 



* Xo|o?, obliquus ; Trfioawrrov, frons. 



