Goleopterological Notices, VII. 543 



toward apex. Maxillary palpi long and rather slender, well de- 

 veloped, the second joint feebly bent, gradually enlarged and 

 rather coarsely pubescent, the third distinctly longer, narrowly 

 and evenly obconic, minutely and densely pubescent, the fourth 

 rather more than ^ as long as the third, conic, not quite as wide 

 at base as the tip of the third and similarly pubescent ; the labial 

 palpi are moderate in length, slender, the second joint moderately 

 elongate and feebly fusiform, the third slender, oblique and subu- 

 late, the second with a short and erect seta projecting from the 

 side of the apex, suggestive of the enormously developed spines 

 of Leptomastax. Mentum transverse, flat, trapezoidal, polished 

 and glabrous. Gular sutures separated rather widely at the neck, 

 very rapidly and arcuate ly diverging anteriorly. 



The prothorax is strongly obovate, broadly rounding at base, 

 without lateral margin or subbasal modification of any kind, the 

 prosternum before the coxae flat, about twice as wide as long, 

 circularly emarginate at apex and finely, uniformly and moder- 

 ately densely pubescent, the margins of the acetabula minutely 

 elevated, the coxse stout and conovoidal. Elytra elongate-ellipti- 

 cal, punctato-striate, entire, apparentlj' connate, not at all impressed 

 at base, the scutellum not visible. Mesosternum large, not cari- 

 nate, widely enclosing the coxse at the sides, the side-pieces flat 

 and not tumid, the coxse very large, globular, extremely approxi- 

 mate. Metasternum very short, the episterna triangular, dis- 

 tinctly exposed, becoming very widel}^ so behind and almost, but 

 not quite, attaining the coxse as in Leptomastax, the hind cox£e 

 very small, widely separated, globular, with a short truncate ex- 

 tension, the trochanters small and triangular. Abdomen very long 

 and well developed, broadly convex, almost twice as long as the 

 remainder of the hind body, with the sutures straight and trans- 

 verse, the first segment almost as long as the next three, the last 

 as long as the preceding two and narrowly rounded, entirely en- 

 closed within the elytra. Legs moderate in length, rather stout, 

 the femora strongly and rather gradually' clavate, the tibise straight, 

 densely pubescent, the anterior tarsi slender, gradually thicker 

 toward base, the intermediate a little longer but thick, cylindric and 

 very minutely, densely pubescent, the posterior much longer and 

 very slender, filiform, f as long as the tibise, the four basal joints 

 decreasing almost evenly, the first f longer than the second ; 

 claws moderate in length, feebl}' arcuate and very minutely setose 

 or pectinate within throughout the length. 



