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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 foveolse, 

 which are distinctly narrowed anteriorly 

 and imperfectly margined below. 



3 (4). (5 • Elytra without false veins in the dis- 



coidal aud interulnar areas. Fastigium of 

 the vertex distinctly longer than broad. 

 ( 2 • I>iscoidal area irregularly reticulated 

 without a false vein ; the interulnar area 

 with an irregular false vein. Fastigium of 

 the vertex slightly longer than broad.) . . stauronotiis, sp, ti. 



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



and interulnar areas. Fastigium of the 

 vertex only a little longer than broad. 

 ( 5 unlin(3wn.) 7)icdiuf<, sp. u. 



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



sloping sideways, broad, with broad obtuse 

 margins ; temporal foveolse parallel, not 

 narrowed anteriorly, obtusely but com- 

 pletely margined all around. The media- 

 stinal, scapular, discoidal, and interulnar 

 areas with false veins pallidus (Kirby). 



Fig. 3. 



A 



A, PachycavHS staiironofus, sp. n. ; B, P. ynedius, sp. n. 



7. Pachycarus stawonotus, 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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