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In Lacordaire's system this genus would probably be placed 

 witb Laparocerus, notwithstanding its shorter and stouter 

 antennge, and f oveif orm scrobes ; the former being the principal 

 character of the " groiipe.''* In facies it resejnbles Calyptojps 

 granosa, but from this genus it is at once distinguished by its 

 connate claws. 



Steaticus ffnestus. 



S. obscure niger ; prothorace confertim granulate ; elytris ovatis con- 

 vexis, interstitiis granulatis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hob. Momboia. 



Dull black, the elytra slightly pitchy ; rostrum longer than 

 the head, tricarinate in front, the middle carina passing above the 

 transverse groove at the base; second joint of the funicle a little 

 longer than the first, the remainder oblong, club tomentose ; 

 prothorax moderately transverse, with numerous glossy granules ; 

 elytra ovate convex, broadly striate, the strise closely punctate, 

 interstices with a line of ill-defined granules ; legs setulose. 



Ststates laticollis. 



S. oblongo-ovatus, niger opacus, sat sparse griseo-squamosus et setu- 

 losus ; rostro acute tricarinato ; scapo incrassato ; prothorace transverso. 

 Long. 3| lin. 



Sab. Landana. 



Oblong ovate; dull black, rather sparingly clothed with greyish 

 scales and setulse ; rostrum longer than the head, with three 

 sharply raised ridges in frotit ; antennae black, clothed with de- 

 pressed greyish hairs ; scape stout, extending to the base of the 

 prothorax ; first two joints of the funicle elongate and equal, the 

 remainder shorter and subequal ; prothorax broader than long, 

 the apex narrower than the base, the disk with several small 

 granules ; elytra oval, striate-punctate, the punctures large, 

 transverse, and the intervals granuliform, here and there the scales 

 crowded and forming small grey spots ; body beneath and legs 

 with scattered scales and setulae. 



The prominent characters of this species are its stout scape 

 extending to the base of the prothorax, the three-ridged rostrum, 

 and the broader prothorax. 



DiCASTIOUS. 

 Caput transversum ; oculi rotundati prominuli ; rostrum crassum a fronte 

 abscissum; maxillae obtectse. Scrobes superse, apicales, arcuatse. Antennae 

 elongatse; scapus cylindricus, crassiusculus; funiculus linearis; clava 



