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the lines to bring the table into similar shape to others givem 

 herein, it might be done into English as follows : — 



A. Prosternal episterna with front margin 

 straight or concave, internal angle 

 never produced forwards, 

 a. Claws appendiculate or simple. 



h. Four hind tibiae simple, the 

 middle ones sometimes lightly 

 emarginate towards apex. 



c. Claws simple 



cc. Claws appendiculate. 



d. Prothorax with sides more or 



less dentate or undulated ... 



dd. Prothorax with sid^s entire, 



rarely subdentate 



&6. Four hind tibiae strongly emar- 

 ginate towards apex 



aa. Claws bifid, 



e. Head deeply sulcate behind eyes 

 ee. Head not so sulcate. 

 /. Four hind tibiae strongly emar- 

 ginate towards apex 



ff. Four hind tibiae entire 



AA. Prosternal episterna with front mar- 

 gin convex, internal angle pro- 

 duced forwards, sometimes strongly 

 so. 

 B. Elytra towards sides more or less 



strongly rugose 



BB. Elytra not so sculptured. 



C. Upper - surface pubescent or 



squamose 



CC. Upper -surface glabrous. 



D. Four hind tibiae emarginate 



towards outer apex 



DD. Four hind tibiae simple, the 

 middle ones rarely subemar- 

 ginate 



The tibiae are frequently notched, 

 of considerable use in distinguishing genera and species. In 

 some genera each of the four hind tibiae (the middle pair often 

 more noticeably than the hind ones) has a notch near the outer 



(13) Spilopyra. 



(14) Colaspis, Agetinus, Hypoderes, Gdoptera. and Dermorhytis^ 



(15) Noda, Alittus, and Terillus. 



(16) Tomyris. 



(17) Scelodonta. 



(18) Bhyparida. 



(19) Colasposoma. 



(20) Thaumastomerus, Ocnida, Edusa, and Cleptor. 



(21) Neocles. 



(22) Typophorus, Eurydemus, and Cleorina. 



(23) Colaspoides. 



Spilopyritae (13) 



Colaspitae d^) 

 Iphimeitae (15) 

 Tomyritae (16) 

 SceJodontitae (i?) 



Metachromitae (18) 

 Eumolpitae (19) 



Edusitae (20) 



Myochroitae (2i) 



Typophoritae (22) 



Endocephalitae (23) 

 and the notches are 



