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(cccciv. Brachyderes Ant. 12-jointed, slender, elbowed; funic. 7-joInted, 

 basal joint shorter than 2d ; club slender, ovate : rost. short, stout, flat : 

 eyes slightly prominent : tho. short : elytra somewhat ovate : thighs un- 

 armed. ) 

 (ccccv. Rhytirhinus Ant. 12-jointed, straight, or faintly elbowed ; basal 

 joint longish, 2d globose-conic, longer than 2d ; club large, ovate, acute: 

 rost. short, robust, inserted in a deep pectoral groove : tho. lobate in front, 

 the disc porcate : elytra broad, convex, abruptly retuse, rough.) 

 ccccvi. Cleonus Ant. 12-jointed, apical, short, elbowed ; funic. 7-jointed, 

 basal joint longer than 2d ; club oblong-ovata : rost. very short, thick, 

 ridged or grooved : tho. somewhat conic, being narrowed in front : elytra 

 elongate, with a protuberance near the tip : body elongate, convex, pu- 

 bescent : thighs unarmed ; tibia with a small hook, 

 ccccvii. Bothynoderes Ant. 12-jointed, shortish, elbowed ; funic. 7-jointed, 

 2 basal joints of nearly equal length, short ; club somewhat fusiform : rost. 

 longer than the head, ridged : tho. narrowed in front : body elongate : 

 elytra oblong, with an apical tubercle : tibia with a minute hook, 

 ccccviii. Lixus Ant. 12-jointed, shortish, basal, elbowed ; funic. 7-jointed; 

 club oblong, fusiform : ros*.~elongate, moderately robust, nearly straight : 

 tho. oblong, conic, base waved : body oblong, narrow, somewhat cylindric : 

 elytra sometimes narrowed and gaping at the apex : thighs unarmed : 

 tibia with a hook, 

 ccccix. Larinus Ant. 12-jointed, somewhat basal, elbowed; funic. 7-jointed; 

 club oblong-ovate : rost. robust, shorter than the thorax, ridged at base : 

 tho. with a small lobe behind the eyes: elytra broad, ovate: scutel. minute : 

 tibia with a stout hook, 

 ccccx. Rhinobatus Ant. 12-jointed, short, apical, elbowed; funic. 7-jointed; 

 club elongate-ovate, obtuse: rost. longer than the thorax, slender; slightly 

 bent : tho. produced in the middle behind : elytra broad, ovate, obtuse : 

 scutel. minute : body somewhat convex ; thighs unarmed ; tibia with a 

 minute hook, 

 ccccxi. Rhinocyllus Ant. 12-jointed, very short, stout, indistinctly elbowed, 

 sub-apical, joints transverse; club 4-articulate ovate: rost. short, thick- 

 ened, angulated, deflexed, a little bent ; base with 2 ridges : scutel. very 

 minute : elytra oblong, somewhat linear, convex, obtuse : tibia with a 

 minute hook, 

 (ccccxii. Chlorophanus Ant. 12-jointed, apical, not elbowed ; basal joint 

 elongate ; club ovate : rost. short, with a ridge in the middle, tip deeply 

 notched : tho. oblong : elytra ample, ovate, tip with a pilose point : legs 

 elongate ; anter. tibia curved, the tip hooked. ) 

 ccccxiii. Magdalis Ant. 12-jointed, medial, slightly elbowed; funic. 

 7-jointed ; club oblong-ovate, acute : rost. as long again as the head, bent, 

 cylindric : eyes large, approximating : tho. with the sides produced into 

 a spine-like process in front, or crenulated : body somewhat cylindric ; 

 thighs toothed ; tibia hooked, 

 ccccxiv. Rhinodes Ant. 12-jointed, medial, not elbowed ; club small, elon- 

 gate-ovate : rost. scarcely longer than the head, nearly straight, cylindric : 

 eyes large, approximating : elytra somewhat cylindric : tibia with a minute 

 hook, 

 ccccxv. Panus Ant. 12-jointed, bent, stout, not elbowed, basal joint elon- 

 gate; club very large (half the length of the ant.), robust, pilose, some- 

 what cylindric, the tip rather acute : rost. as long as the head, stoutish, 

 slightly bent : eyes large : elytra convex : thighs unarmed. 



