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Corpus -breve, crassiusculum, obtusiim; trun- 

 cus punctato-scaber; scutellum gibbosum, apice 

 prominulo; abdomen brevissimura, subglobosurn, 

 oviducto occultato. Pedes simplices, mutici. 



Habitatio imaginis praesertim in lignosis; 

 forsan insectis dendrophagis parasitica. 



Etymologia: cTf^/Aa^wTrjji' undique splendidus. 



Synon. Perilampus Latr. Diplolepidis sj^e- 

 cies Fabr. Spinola. — • Chalcidis et Cjnipis 

 species Panz. — Chalcidis species Fallen. 



Os breve, retractum; palpi breves filiformes. 

 Mandibulas validae , subtrigoiiae , una dentibus 

 duobus, altera tribus. — Antennas basi valde ap- 

 proximatag, scapo mediocri tereti, verticeni non 

 superante, in foveola frontis recipiendo; fla- 

 geili articulis contiguis segre discernendis. — ■ 

 Caput niagnum , crassiusculum , antice postice- 

 que relusum; vertex angustus, postice saepius 

 transversim strigosus, canaliculaque media im- 

 pressus, ocellis tribus linea fere recta dispositis. 

 Fröns supra antennas plus minus excavata, sas- 

 pe margin e elevato a vertice distincta ; sub an- 

 tennis calli duo laevigati, lineis irapressis cir- 

 cumscripti, inferior major, clypeum mentiens. 



Thorax brevis, crassus, semper punctis con- 

 fertissimis excavatis asper, segmentis plnribus 

 formatur distinctis:— segmentum anticum (co/- 

 lare) träns versum, angustissimum, aptice retu- 

 sum, coUum non formans, supra punctato-aspe- 

 rum , antice lasve ; ■ — segmentum dorsale, (åi~ 

 scoidale) triangulare, basi latiore segmento col- 

 lari adnatum ; — segmenta scapularia sat magna 

 et distincta, punctata, margine interiore semper 

 macula laevi notata; — segmenta subscapularia 



