188 Mr. CuRTis's Descriptions of 



tenuated and curved, external with the 2nd joint stout, 3rd as long, but 

 slender and clavate, 4th not so long, nearly linear and truncated (/>). 

 Mentum with a narrow and deep emurgination, producing a triangular 

 acute tooth in the middle (14) ; 2nd and 3rd joints oi palpi nearly equal 

 in length, the latter slightly attenuated at the base and apex, which latter 

 is truncated. 

 Antennce not longer than the head, slender, filiform and compressed, basal 

 Joint the longest and stoutest, 2nd obovate, 3rd subpyriform, 4th and 

 following obovate, not longer than the 2nd, apical joint scarcely longer 

 (a). Head somewhat ovate, broad at the base (13) : eyes small ovate, not 

 touching the thorax, which is broader than the head before, subcordate, 

 a little broader than long, the sides with a slender margin, narrowed 

 behind, the base a little convex, the angles obtuse, anterior margin slightly 

 concave, leaving the angles a little projecting : scutellum triangular, nearly 

 concealed by the thorax. Elytra a little broader than the thorax and 

 more than twice as long, sublinear, the apex rounded and scarcely emar- 

 ginated. Legs short, anterior stout : tibiae, anterior short, dilated and 

 compressed at the apex, slightly notched, spiny outside, with a broad 

 lanceolate spine at the apex a little curved, and a larger one below it, 

 more slender (15) : intermediate tibice very spiny outside and ciliated in- 

 ternally, posterior longer and curved, with finer spines on both sides : 

 tarsi very bristly, anterior slightly dilated, the 4 basal joints cordiform. 



8. Cylloscelis ellipticus. Curt. 



Ochreus ; capite thoraceque ferrugineis, hoc foveis duabus longis basalibus ; 



elytris pallid^ fusco-seneis, minut^ striatis. 

 Length .5f lines ; breadth 2 lines. 



Shining ochreous : head and thorax ferruginous, the latter convex and fus- 

 cous on the disc, with an elongated fovea on each side at the base, and a 

 faint line down the middle : mandibles black at the apex : antennce and 

 anterior tibia; subferruginous : elytra pale fuscous-seneous, costal margin 

 ochreous, with 8 fine striae on each, the 1st furcate at the base, the last 

 sinuated and punctured at the base and apex. 



