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short and slender, inserted obliquely in the apex of the second. 

 Menturn trapezoidal, flat, with the basal angles reflexed. 



The prothorax is rather long, subparallel and generally 

 broadly rounded at the sides, the latter oblique and straight or 

 nearly so toward base, the pronotnm usually with two small fovese 

 at each side near the base, the prosternum moderately long before 

 the coxae, pubescent but with a median triangular glabrous, area 

 bordering the acetabula, the coxse large and conovoidal. Middle 

 coxae large, very approximate, separated only by a narrow lami- 

 nate carina, the trochanters moderate in length, stout. Posterior 

 coxse rather widely separated, oval, extending only to the wide 

 met-episterna, which are defined by a very coarse and excavated 

 suture ; trochi^nters long, cyliudric and swollen internally toward 

 apex. First ventral segment almost as long as the next three. 

 Legs long, the femora ver}' strongly clavate in apical half or more ; 

 tibiae straight ; tarsi slender, the anterior incrassate or dilated to- 

 ward base. 



Our species may be briefly outlined by the following characters: — 



Front more broadly and feebly prominent between the antennae; basal joint 

 of the latter moderate in length ; elytra more distinctly impressed at base, 

 with more evident humeri; pubescence denser, moderately long and dis- 

 tinctly recurved on the elytra; head not more pubescent at base; body 

 generally darker in color. 

 Larger species, more elongate-oval, never less than 2 mm. in length. 



Head more strongly transverse, obsoletely elevated longitudinally in the 

 middle toward base; pronotum densely punctured toward baas. 

 Elytra broadly oval, % longer than wide, broadly parabolic at apex; 

 third joint of the maxillary palpi stouter, more strongly narrowed at 



base; body stouter $ 1 grossus 



Elytra, more narrowly oval and elongate, % longer than wide, subacutely 

 rounded at tip; third palpal joint slender, gradually narrowed toward 



base $ 2 occipitalis 



Head feebly transverse or subquadrate; occiput not at all tumid in the 

 middle; pronotum not distinctly punctured near the base. 

 Femora gradually clavate ; elytra very convex, the humeral plica short 

 and obtuse. 

 Subbasal fovese of the pronotum smaller and circular but very unequal 



in size 3 Testalis 



Subbasal fovese large and unequal, the inner transversely oval. 



4 foveatus 

 Femora abruptly clavate, the elytra shorter and more depressed, with 

 the humeral plica longer, narrovrer and more prominent; subbasal 

 fovese of the pronotum rather small, rounded and subequal. 



5 quadriceps 



