542 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Teibe MASOEEIDES. 



Mentum broad, with or without median tooth in the base, 

 jaws ending in a hook ; paraglossse longer than the hgnla ; joints- 

 of antennae shghtly monihform ; facie s short, robust ; elytra hardly 

 truncate behind ; legs with two long apical spines longer in the 

 intermediate and posterior ones ; claws not pectinate ; anterior tarsi 

 of the male with the three basal joints much dilated, and two series 

 of lamellae under each one, those of the female triangular. 



Synopsis of Genera. 

 Mentum without any median tooth. 



Body subpedunculate ^phnidius, 



Prothorax fitting against the elytra Anaulacus. 



Mentum with a median tooth Somoplatiis. 



Gen. ^PHNIDIUS, McLeay, 

 Annulos. Javan., p. 23. 



Mentum broad, basal part without any median tooth, inner part 

 of the lateral lobes straight, outer part very sloping, and with two 

 long setae, one at the base and the other near the apex ; ligula 

 moderately long, broadening towards the apex, which is slightly 

 sinuate with two setae on each angle, the outer one twice as long as 

 the inner ; paraglossae transparent, adhering to the ligula, but 

 nearly one-third longer, rounded outwardly, with the inner part arc- 

 shaped and overhanging the apex of the ligula, ultimate joints of 

 both labial and maxillary palpi cylindrical ; labrum twice as broad 

 as long, truncated at the apex, with three setiger punctures on each 

 side ; head moderately broad ; antennae moderately slender ; pro- 

 thorax subquadrate with the basal part a little broader than the 

 anterior ; elytra a little broader than the prothorax, parallel from 

 the shoulder to near the posterior part w^hich is gradually rounded, 

 leaving the third part of the anal segment uncovered ; legs with 

 two long apical spurs, the inner one the longest of the two, the three 

 basal joints of the anterior tarsi of the male broadly dilated, the 

 fourth one triangular, but short and not incised. 



Hah. Kepresentatives of the genus are found in Africa (Mada- 

 gascar, Senegal, Gaboon), in India, the Malayan Archipelago, and 

 South America. 



^PHNIDIUS MADAGASCARIENSIS, Chaud., 



Bull. Mosc, 1850, i., p. 453. 



Masoreus acquinoctialis, Lafert., Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1853, p. 374. 

 M. anthracimts, Schauni., Berl. Ent. Zeit., 1863, p. 78. 



Black, shining ; palpi, the two basal and the four last joints of the 



