708 Coleopterological Notices, IV. 



APPENDIX. 



I. 



The following remarkable genus was received too late for inser- 

 tion in its proper place among the tribes discussed in the present 

 paper : — 



SCHIZONOTUS n. gen. (Erirhinini). 



Body narrow, snboval, elongate and moderately convex above, the pro- 

 thorax flexed downward. Head deflexed, deeply inserted, not visible from 

 above. Eyes completely wanting. Beak nearly straight, bent slightly at 

 apex and separated from the head by a distinct transverse impression. An- 

 tennae inserted at apical third, the scrobes inferior, bounded along their upper 

 margin by an acutely elevated carina ; scape robust, gradually claviform, 

 attaining the under surface of the head ; funicle 7-jointed, joints two to five 

 gradually decreasing in length, the second rather elongate but not quite as 

 long or thick as the first, outer joints but slightly thicker ; club well devel- 

 oped, abrupt, elongate, ovo-conoidal, gradually pointed, densely pubescent, 

 the distinct sutures marked by dense recumbent laciniae. Prothorax oval, 

 very oblique laterally at apex, transversely truncate at base, broadly, feebly 

 constricted near the apex. Scntellum exceedingly minute. Elytra apparently 

 connate, broadly, evenly emarginate at base, the latter not receiving the base 

 of the prothorax. Prosternum rather long, sinuate at apex, broadly, deeply 

 excavated along the middle, the sides of the sulcus acutely elevated. Meso- 

 and metasterna extremely short. Abdomen very long, flat, the first two seg- 

 ments long, separated by a very fine arcuate suture ; third segment short, 

 the second and third sutures coarse and deeply impressed ; fourth segment a 

 little longer than the third, separated from the fifth by a very fine straight 

 and almost obsolete suture ; fifth segment much longer than the two preceding 

 combined. Legs short but extremely robust, the femora stout, almost straight 

 along the lower margin ; tibiae very broadly triangular, strongly compressed, 

 partially fimbriate at apex ; tarsi attached at the inner angle of the tibiae, 

 short, flattened, the subbasal joints transverse, the third but feebly dilated, 

 fourth very short, scarcely one-half longer than wide, received for about one- 

 half its length in the apical emargination of the third joint ; claws rather 

 long, slender, free, divergent and simple. 



This genus is closely related to the European Raymondionymus 

 Woll. — which appears to constitute a subgenus of Alaocyba, — so 



