7-23. 

 PLATYRHINUS LATIROSTRIS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Anthribidae. 



Type of the Genus, Anthribus latirostris Fab. 



Platyrhinus Clair., Scho., Curt. — Anthribus Fab., Gyll. — Macro- 

 cephalus Oliv. 



Antenna inserted in deep cavities under the sides of the rostrum, 

 a little beyond the middle, not much longer than the head, 

 capitate, 11-jointed, 1st joint stoutish, oval, the base narrowed 

 and bent, 2nd joint short ovate-truncate ; 3rd and 4th as long 

 as the 1st but more slender, 5th and Gth shorter, 7th and 8th 

 ovate ; the remainder forming a subcompressed club ; 9th joint 

 oval, 10th orbicular, both concave before; 11th suborbicular 

 slightly pointed (6). 



Labrum exserted, minute, semiorbicular and ciliated with long 

 bristles, with a series of long bristles at the base (1). 

 Mandibles alike, strong and exposed, trigonate, apex acute, 

 with a smaller blunt tooth below, and a protuberance near to 

 the base (2). 



Maxilla; short, formed of 2 very long slender lobes, inner one 

 ciliated with strong bristles, the apex with a curved brush of 

 hairs, outer one longer and less hairy. Palpi a little longer, 

 4-jointed, basal joint short and slender, 2nd and 3rd stout sub- 

 ovate-truncate, 4th a little longer, elliptic-ovate, the apex com- 

 pressed (3). 



Mentum large, transverse-cordate, the base truncated. Lip 



small, forming 2 divaricating lobes, very pilose. Palpi slender, 



but iiot short, triarticulate, basal joint obovate, 2nd shorter, 



3rd the longest, sublinear, bristly, especially on the inside, 



apex rounded (4). 



Head broad, rostrum nearly as broad, short, deflexed, flat and oblong, 



the apex subtruncate : eyes nearly basal, remote, small, globose and 



prominent. Thorax broad, depressed, oval, truncated before and 



behind, the sides produced at the middle into an emarginate lobe : 



scutel minute, semiorbicular. Elytra broader than the thorax, 



elliptic, depressed, base truncated, apex rounded. Wings ample. 



Pygidium nearly covered. Legs moderate : thighs simple, slender 



at the base, the apex contracted : tibiae simply clavate, subcylindric, 



apex pectinated, with a short tooth on the inside : tarsi 4-jointed, 



basal joint elongate-obovate, 2nd broader, short and furcate, 3rd 



small, cordate, bilobed, spongy beneath, immersed in the preceding, 



4th slender and clavate, inserted close to the base of the ord : claws 



short and strong, with a tooth on the inside (5, afore leg). 



Latieostkis Fab. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 393. 3. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



