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the two almost completely amalgamated corneas; posterior angles of 

 temples produced so as to be slightly appendiculate, anterior angles 

 obliterated. Dorsal discal setae reduced to three or four pairs, only 

 one of which is conspicuous. 



Prothorax much enlarged, being about equal in size to the head but 

 not so broad as the latter ; pronotal lobes conspicuous, each bearing a 

 small spine and two long setae. The prothorax is conspicuously 

 emarginate laterally and posteriorly. On the posterior margin there 

 is a central median tubercle. Prosternal plate as figured (fig. 7, e). 



FiGDEB 5. EUREUM CIMIc'oiDBS NiTZSCH. DORSAL VIEW OF HEAD AND PROTHORAX, 



X60. (Drawn by Miss Heurich) 



Mesothorax very short, being about four times as broad as long; 

 sides strongly divergent; posterior margin doubly concave; bare 

 above and considerably overlapped by the posteriorly projecting 

 pronotum. 



Metathorax ver^^ broad, about four times as broad as long; sides 

 almost straight and strongly divergent; antero-lateral discal setae 

 minute, the others short spines. 



Abdomen very broad, being about three-fourths as broad as long; 

 dorsal setae rather short and hairlike, pleural tufts pronounced. 

 Notch in last tergite extending two-thirds the way across the sclerite 



