MR. F. P. PASCOIO 0?r THF: OUBOULIONIDJ-:. HH 



to habit, by Schtiuherr witli Bhynchites. It is founded on a North- 

 American species unknown to me {P. smUellaris, Say). 



Funicle 7-jointed. 



Tooth of the anterior femora crenate externally. 

 Club of the antennae loosely jointed. 

 Eyes round, close to the prothorax . . Ectyrsus^ Pase. 

 Eyes oblong, remote from the prothorax. 



Themeropis, u. g. 

 Club of the antennae closely jointed. 



Elytra flattish Oamptochirus, Lac. 



Elytra convex Prionomerus, Schou. 



Tooth of the anterior femora entire Ochyromera, n. g. 



Funicle 6-jointed. 



Prothorax broadest at the base. 



Scape attaining the eye Zeiona, Pasc. 



Scape not attaining the eye Omphasus, Pasc. 



Prothorax contracted at the base. 



Rostrum long, slender Synnada, n. g. 



Rostrum short, robust NycMomma, Pasc. 



Zephiantha. 



(Tychiinge.) 



Rostrum cylindricum, arcuatum ; scrohcs postmedianse. OouU 

 rotundati, fortiter granulati, supra approximate Scapus apice 

 curvatus ; funiculus 6-articulatus, articulo prime ampliato, 

 cseteris a secundo gradatim latioribus ; clava ovata. Prothorax 

 transversus, apice truncatus, basi subbisinuatus. Scutellum 

 triangulare. Elytra ampla, prothorace multo latiora, pygidium 

 obtegentia. Femora crassa, infra dentata; tihice fere rectse, 

 apice calcaratse ; miguiculi appendiculati. Abdomen segmentis 

 tribus intermediis subsequalibus. 



I place this genus near Elleschus and Lignyodes, although the 

 abdominal segments are not very obviously curved at the sides. 

 Endeus, a West-African genus which I have not seen, has also a 

 six-jointed funiculus, but the elytra are parallel at the sides and 

 scarcely broader than the prothorax. 



Zephiantha pubipennis. Z. fulvo-rufa, scutello elytrisque nigres- 

 centibus, pube grisea, setuUsque interjectis, sat dense vestitis ; rosti'o 



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