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HYLODKOMUS. 



Genus 22. HYLODROMUS*. 



PALPI MAXILLAEES breves, sat robusti, art. apicali hand elongate. 

 ANTENNAE dilatatce et subcomplanatw, art. 3-6 incrassatis et brevibus, 



art. 7-11 elongatis et filiformibus. 

 CAPFT breve, verticale, antice subproductum. 

 THORAX transversus, ad basin constrictus et transverse depressus. 

 ELYTRA sat lata, robusta, depressa (haud conveoca). 

 PEDES : tibiis posticis sensim dilatatis, et ad apicem ipsum bicalcaratis ; 



tarsis brevibus. 



Labrum transverse, sinuate, narrow. 



Maxillary palpi (Tab. V. fig. 7 m) short, tolerably robust ; the 

 penultimate joint cylindrical and short ; the terminal joint rounded, 

 not attenuated. 



Labial palpi (Tab. V. fig. 7 n) obscure in the single example of 

 this genus before me. 



Antennce very remarkably incrassated and flattened ; the basal joint 

 long, dilated towards the apex and inflected outwards ; the second 

 very short, ovate ; the third to the sixth broadly dilated and short, 

 the sixth being somewhat longer but narrower than the fifth, and 

 the fifth and sixth broader than the others ; the ultimate joints are 

 abruptly attenuated and filiform. 



Eyes large, lateral, situated at the base of the head, extending 

 laterally as far as the lateral angles of the thorax. 



Head short, transverse, abruptly deflected at right angles, at the 

 insertion of the antennae, and, when viewed transversely, approaching 

 the form of Loacoprosopus ; in front slightly produced. 



Thorax transverse, slightly broader than the head ; the anterior 

 angles acute and prominent ; at the base constricted and depressed. 



Scutellum triangular, situated in the plane of the elytra. 



Elytra broader than the thorax, robust ; the anterior angles well 

 defined ; the surface is depressed (much less convex than in the pre- 

 ceding genera) and punctate-striate, faintly pubescent. 



Legs : anterior femora straight, perceptibly thickened towards the 

 middle. Tibice short, straight, cylindrical. The tarsi are more ro- 

 bust ; the basal joint is elongated and triangular in form ; the second 

 shorter ; the penultimate rounded, broader than the basal joint, ob- 

 soletely bilobed, and fringed around its margin with a dense rigid 

 pubescence ; from the centre of the third joint proceeds the terminal 

 joint, elongated, sensibly thickened towards the apex, and incurved : 

 the claw is bifid, simple, unarmed by any inner tooth. The posterior 

 femora are incrassated (not so broadly as in the preceding genus, 

 Panchrestus}, ovate, gradually tapering towards the apex. The tibia 

 * v\r], nemus ; ^pd/ios, cursus. 



