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Genus 14. EUPEGES*. 



LABRFM breve, subcirculare. 



PALPI MAXILLARES minuti, art. 3" elongate, et ad apicem dilatato, art. 

 ultimo conico. 



PALPI LABIALES attenuati. 

 ANTENNA approximate, sat robustce,filiformes. 

 CAPUT transversum, antice Tiaud productum. 

 THOEAX transversus, latus, ad latera subrotundatus. 

 ELYTEA sat robusta, subparallela et cylindrica. 



PEDES : ant. tarsi breves, art. 3 tio lato et bilobo ; tibice posticce sim- 

 plices, nee sinuatce nee dente armatce ; tarsi breves et attenuati, art. 

 l mo et 2 Hdo subcequalibus, 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 (PI. 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 tibice robust. The tarsi short ; the 

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

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



* ev, bene ; Trfiyvvpt, firmo. 



