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Key to Species of the Genus Pachycarus, Uvar. 

 (Figs. 2 & 3.) 



1 (2). The sides of the fastigium (tempera) dis- 



tiuctly sloping sideways, narrow aud 

 occupied entirely by the temporal foveolaj, 

 which are distinctly narrowed anteriorly 

 and imperfectly margined below. 



3 (4). J. Elytra without false veins in the di.s- 



coidal and interulnar areas. Fastigium of 

 tlie vertex distinctly longer than broad. 

 ( § . JJiscoidal area irregularly reticulated 

 without a false vein; the interulnar area 

 with an irregular false vein. Fastigium of 

 the vertex slightly longer than broad.) . . stauruiwtus, sp. n. 



4 (3). (^ . Elytra with false veins in the discoidal 



and interulnar areas. Fastigium of the 

 vertex only a little longer than broad. 

 ( 5 unknown.) medium, sp. n. 



2 (1). 5. The sides of the fastigium only feebly 



sloping sideways, broad, with broad obtuse 

 margins ; temporal foveolae parallel, not 

 narrowed anteriorly, obtusely but com- 

 pletely margined all around. The media- 

 stinal, scapular, discoidal, and interulnar 

 areas with false veins pdllidus (Kirby). 



Fig. 3. 



A, Pachycarus stauronotu. 



B, P. medius, sp. n. 



7. Pachycarus stauronotus, sp. n. (Figs. 2, A ; 3, A.) 



^ . The smallest of the three known species. Antennae 

 reaching well beyond the middle of the abdomen. Head 

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