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rostrum ; antennee rather stout, the funiculus 7-jointed, joint 3 transverse, 4—7 cylindrical, 
the club elongate, annulate, its basal half very little stouter than the funiculus, both 
closely pilose ; prothorax long and broad, rounded laterally ; scutellum small, rounded ; 
elytra oblong, covering the abdomen; cox very widely separated, the pro-, meso-, and 
metasternum on the same plane, the mesosternum greatly developed, the anterior coxe 
large and deeply inserted, the metathoracie episterna narrow; ventral segments 1 and 2 
connate at the middle, 3 and 4 together about as long as 2, the sutures straight; legs 
stout; femora feebly clavate, unarmed; tibize sinuous within, straight on their outer 
edge, not carinate, the short uncus arising from about the middle of the apical margin ; 
tarsi short, stout, joints 1—3 spongy-pubescent beneath, 2 transverse, much wider than 1, 
3 broad, bilobed, the lobes rounded externally, the claws short, free ; body elongate, broad, 
depressed, squamose and pilose, winged. 
Type, S. pilicorms. 
The type of this genus, the male only of which has come to hand, has exactly the 
facies of a true Calandrid, from which it differs in having the pygidium completely covered 
by the elytra, and the antennal club pilose and annulate. The antennz (f) are peculiarly 
formed, the third joint of the funiculus being extremely short and those following sub- 
cylindrical, the club, again, having a long cylindrical rugulose basal portion. Sycites 
must be placed in the Trypetina of Lacordaire, not far from Nanus. Arthrotomus, type 
A. depressus, Klug, from Madagascar, also comes near the present genus. The differently 
formed mandibles separate Sycites from Rhina. 
76. Sycrtes pilicornis, n. sp. (Pl. 24, fig. 41, 3.) 
g. Elongate oval, broad, depressed, opaque above, shining beneath; dark brown, 
the rostrum, antennee, legs, and under surface obscure ferruginous; the elytra and the 
sides of the prothorax variegated with dense patches of small ochreous scales, those on 
the elytra reduced to spots or streaks at the base, along the sides, and on the apical 
declivity, the inter-ocular portion of the head also ochreo-squamose, the very minute 
darker scales on the rest of the upper surface inconspicuous, the under surface and legs 
finely pubescent. Head densely punctate; rostrum nearly as long as the prothorax, 
slightly widened at the base, middle, and apex, asperato-punctate and subcarinate, armed 
at the tip above with a small erect tooth on each side; antennee with the funiculus and 
club closely, shortly pilose, the former with joint 2 triangular, 3 strongly transverse, 
4—7 subcylindrical, short, together about as long as the club, 7 slightly longer than 
broad, the widened portion of the club very shining, the base rugulose. Prothorax large, 
slightly broader than long, distinctly wider than the elytra, bisinuate at the base, rapidly 
arcuately narrowing from the middle to the shallow apical constriction ; densely, finely 
punctate. Elytra very gradually narrowimg from the base, conjointly rounded at the 
apex; finely punctate-striate, the interstices broad, flat, densely rugulose. Beneath 
densely, moderately coarsely punctate; ventral segment 1 broadly excavate down the 
middle. i 
Length 43, breadth (prothorax) 12 mm. 
Loc. Seychelles: Mahé. 
