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lobe of the jaws wide and short ; the internal small, terminated by a 

 horny hook. Palpi short and stout, their last joint obconical. Mandi- 

 bles short, bifid at the end, and furnished with a ciliated border on the 

 inner side. Labrum transversal, truncated and ciliated in front. Head 

 nearly square, narrowed and widely projecting anteriorly ; eyes small, 

 rounded, a little prominent. Antennas elongate ; first joint as long as 

 the head, slightly incrassated ; second and third short : joints four to 

 eleven cylindrical, nearly equal. Prothorax sub-quadrate, or slightly 

 elongated, the sides sinuated. Scutellum transversal, rounded behind. 

 Elytra elongate, parallel, rounded behind. Legs short ; thighs rather 

 inflated at the middle and compressed ; tibice straight, terminated by a 

 very small spur ; tarsi pentamerous, slender, first joint not very distinct, 

 second and third rather long, almost equal, fourth short, the three last 

 joints shaggy below. Prosternum projecting, free behind. 

 Body very depressed. 



384. D. capitO, Pascoe; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., January, 1876. D. 

 parallelus, depressus, fulvus, parcim pilosus ; capite prothoraci latitudine 

 sequali, inter oculos plicato-rugoso ; antennis corpori longitudine fere 

 sequalibus, articulis secundo tertioque simul quarto paulo brevioribus, 

 prothorace antice utrinque tuberculato producto, lateribus dentibus 

 tribus parvis instructis ; elytris pallidioribus, confertim fortiter lineatim 

 punctatis, plagis fuscis obscuris notatis ; pedibus pallidis, tarsis anticis 

 articuio basali cordato-ampliatis, secundo minore, tarsis intermediis et 

 posticis elongatis, linearibus. 



Long., 2^-3 lin. 



Otago ; Lake Guyon (Capt. Hutton). 



Brontes. 



Fabricius ; Lacord. Hist, des Ins. Coleop., Tom. ii., p. 408. 



Ligula horny, cordiform. Last joint of maxillary palpi oval and 

 acuminated ; that of the labial oblique and prolonged as a long sharp 

 point. Third joint of the antenna as long as the following one. Pro- 

 sternal process received into the cavity of the mesosternum. 



The genus is allied to Dendrophagus. 



385. B . pleuraliS, Sharp; Ent. Mon. Mag. , May, 1877. Castaneus, 

 depressus, nitidus ; prothorace fere impunctato, nitido, lateribus irregu- 

 lariter profundeque serratis, vel fissis ; elytris minus elongatis, humeris 

 rotundatis, lateribus valde elevato-explanatis, epipleuris latis ; metasterno 

 brevi. 



Long, corp., 8 mm. ; lat, fere 3 mm. 



AntenncR elongate and slender, basal joint about as long as joints 

 two to five together, second joint about half as long as third, from four 

 to eleven each distinctly shorter than its predecessor, the eleventh very 

 nearly as long as the third ; their whole length from seven to eight mm. 

 Head shining and almost impunctate, the antennal elevations large and 



