POEBATES. 229 



Genus 37. POEBATES*. 



Palpi maxilla res robusti, art. penultimo quadrato, cylindrico. 



Palpi labiales elongati, minuti. 



Antennje filiformes, hand robustce. 



Caput breve, panne verticale, antice subproductum. 



Thobax transversus, cequatus. 



Elytra lata, robusta, subcylindrica, punctato-striata. 



Pedes sat robusti ; femoribus posticis brevibus, valde incrassatis ; tibiis 

 brevibus, inarmatis. 



Labrum subcircular. 



Maxillary palpi (Front, fig. 7 m) : the basal joint minute ; the 

 second abbreviated, and in form almost triangular ; the third longer 

 and considerably broader than the second; the fourth conical, in 

 breadth equal to the apex of the third. 



Labial palpi (Front, fig. 7 n) attenuate, elongate ; the penultimate 

 joint subcylindricaL 



Antennce approximate, situated below the inner margin of the 

 eyes ; short, filiform, the third, fourth and fifth joints being slightly 

 more attenuate than the rest. 



Eyes lateral, situated at the base of the head, globose. 



Head short, depressed, almost vertical, somewhat produced in front ; 

 above the base of the antennae transversely depressed. 



Thorax broader than the head, transverse, rectangular, the basal 

 angles being in some examples obsoletely obliquely truncate; the 

 surface is equate, and in P. nigripes subpubescent. 



Elytra broad, much more robust than the thorax, short, subcylin- 

 drical, not antemedially transversely depressed, punctate -striate. 



Legs : the anterior femora sufficiently robust, and slightly incurved. 

 The tibia; are slightly thickened towards the apex. Tbe tarsus is 

 short, the basal joint being somewhat dilated ; the second joint is of 

 the same form as the first, but considerably smaller ; the third 

 broader, subcircular, and distinctly bilobed : the apical claw is anned 

 on either side at its under surface near the base with a short and 

 robust inner tooth. The iwsterior femora are short and much in- 

 crassated. The tibial are short, slightly thickened towards the apex : 

 when viewed from behind, a longitudinal groove is apparent, which 

 forms a socket for the insertion of the tarsus ; this socket is simple 

 and unarmed. The tarsi are short and attenuated. 



The species forming this genus separates itself at once from the 



* noiij, herba ; jiaivw, inwdo. 



