Genera of Winnless BracIiyJerliue. 5 



points may be added : — Mandibles inultisetose, squamose, 

 witli a distinct mediiui tooth : montuin bare and deeply 

 sunk in its cavity. Antt'inue with the i'linicle not sqnamose. 

 Gnlar margin of the j)rosternnni deeply sinuate ; ines- 

 epimeron very small and not separating the mesepisternuni 

 from the elytron at the base ; metasternum at its shortest 

 much shorter than the mid-cox;c, metc})istcrnal suture com- 

 plete, metepisternuni not dilated at its l)ase, hind coxie 

 broadly separated from the elytra. Winter with the inter- 

 coxal |)rocess truncate and as broad as the hind coxa; liind 

 margin of segment 1 gently arcuate, its length behind the 

 coxa greater than tiiat of segment 2, which is longer than 

 3 or 4. 



As at present known, the genus is confined to South-east 

 Africa, south of the Limpopo. 



Genus Mimaulodes, nov. 



Head deeply constricted behind the eyes and with aceiitral 

 furrow which does not reach the vertex ; eyes quite lateral, 

 nearly flat and oblique, as seen from above, so that the head 

 is broadest at their projecting hind margins. Rostrum 

 about as long as tiie head and separated from it by a 

 straight transverse furrow, strongly narrowed in front ; 

 epistome well defined, nearly three times as broad as long, 

 shallowly sinuate in front, and the hind margin forming a 

 low curve ; mandibles bearing five or six setie, not squamose, 

 with a strong median tooth, the scar flat and almost circular; 

 meiitum bare, immersed ; scrobes oblique, almost straight 

 and parallel-sided, the upper edge touching the lower margin 

 of the eye; lower surface of rostrum without longitudinal 

 impressions, but shallowly excavated for the reception of the 

 antennaj. Antennce very short, squamose ; scape reaching 

 the middle of the eye, strongly clavatc ; funicle with joint 1 

 much longer and broader than 2, 3-7 very short and 

 gradually widening. Frothorax much broader than long, 

 the base arcuate in the middle and slightly sinuate at each 

 side, the sides rounded. Scutellum invisible. Elytra fused 

 together and strongly inflexed at the sides, only slightly 

 broader at the rounded shoulders than the prothorax, the 

 longitudinal outline forming a very low curve continuous 

 with that of the pronotum, the posterior declivity almost 

 vertical. Sternum with the gular margin shallowly sinuate ; 

 mescpisternum meeting the elytron only at the cxtrc me 

 base, the mid-cox;e very narrowly sei)arated : metasternum 

 much shorter than the mid-cox;c, its episternum not dilated 



