204 Mr. CuRTis's Descriptions of 



Palpi short, triarticulate, basal joint the shortest, 2nd clavate, ciliated 

 with very long hairs inside and at the apex, 3rd nearly as long, slender, 

 elliptic-ovate, a little truncated. Labium bilobed. 

 Antennce not longer than the head, clavate, compressed, pilose, 11 -jointed, 

 basal joint ovate, 2nd subglobose, 3rd minute, 5 following subovate, de- 

 creasing in length, the remainder forming a loose club, 9th and 10th 

 obovate-truncate, llth ovate, slightly truncated (a). Head large, sub- 

 quadrate (19): eyes small but very prominent, and projecting beyond the 

 thorax, which is obovate-truncate : scutel small. Elytra broader than 

 the thorax and more than 4 times as long, convex, apex rounded. fVings 

 very ample. Legs rather short : anterior stout (20) : tibice, anterior short, 

 compressed, denticulated externally, with 2 short spines at the apex, one 

 hooked : tarsi slendei-, 5-jointed : basal joint small, 2nd the longest, 4th 

 obovate ; claws simple acute. 



The deeply notched mandibles, denticulated anterior tibiae, small basal 

 joint of tarsi, which are slender, and minute 3rd joint of antennae, characterize 

 this genus. It seems to be allied to Thanasimus* in habit, but the antennae 

 are most like those of Corynetesf. 



*55. Exops Bevani. Curt. 



Tab. XV. Fig. F. 



Piceus, pilosus, punctatus ; capite granulato ; antennis subferrugineis. 

 Length 6 J to 10 lines ; breadth 2 to 3 lines. 



Shining piceous, with fine long hairs, especially on the head and thorax ; 

 palpi and antennce ferruginous ; head coarsely granulated : thorax mi- 

 nutely punctured : elytra sparingly punctured, inclining to castaneous 

 as well as the legs : underside pubescent. 



The relative size of the head varies considerably in this species, several of 

 which were taken at Valparaiso, from whence also it was received by Robert 

 Bevan, Esq., to whom I have the pleasure of dedicating it. 



* Curt. Brit. Ent. fol. and pi. 398. f lb. 351. 



