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tentibus, apiee leviter sed abrupte et sat prof uncle emarginatis. 

 Palpi art. ult. ovato apice abruptius angustato leviterque truncato. 

 Clypeus subseinilunariter emarginatus. Labrum transversum pro- 

 fundius angulate emarginatum, angulis auter. rotundatis, lateribua 

 angulato-rotundatum. Mandibular parvas, validse, edentatae, inter 

 med. et apic. arcuatse. Antenna? robustae, thoracis med. parum 

 superantibus, art. 1 et 11 subaequalibus, 2-10 parum brevioribus, 

 subaequalibus, 1-3 basi angustatis, reliquis ovatis, 5-11 leviter de- 

 pressis. Thorax transversus, capite parum latior, basi quadratus, 

 apicem versus leviter angustatus, antice vix emarginatus, postice 

 leviter bisinuatus, elytris fortiter applicatus. Elytra basi quadrata, 

 thoracis latitudine, apice oblique subtruncata, striata. Pedes validi 

 fortiterque armati, subaequales ; tibiis costatis, ant. sat profunde 

 emarginatis, apicem versus dilatatis, 4 post apice 4-calcaratis ; 

 tarsis art. 1-4 gradatim minoribus, ant. leviter dilatatis, art. 1° cy- 

 lindrico-trigono, 2-4 trigonis, post. art. 1-4 subfcus longitudinaliter 

 biserratis. 



Interesting insects apparently nearly allied to JVotliopus, of an 

 appearance which easily distinguishes them from any other Cara- 

 bidse I have hitherto met with in this Island : the head is plump, 

 transversely orbicular, immersed up to the eyes in the thorax. 

 The clypeus is narrow, transverse, rather deeply emarginated in 

 the form of a crescent, ant. angles acuminated. The labrum is of 

 thin, translucent texture, deeply angularly emarginated in front, 

 the ant. angles rounded, setose, sides angular, rounded. Mandibles 

 short and thick, curved from the middle to the tip, edentate. 

 Maxillae simple. Antennae short, thick, reaching a little beyond 

 the middle of the thorax, joints 3-11 pubescent, 5-11 slightly com- 

 pressed, 1-3 narrowed at the base, 4-11 oval, 1 and 11, 2-10 of 

 about equal length respectively. Mentum with a straight, deep 

 emargination, lobes rounded externally, rather obtuse at the apex, 

 tooth very small, obtuse. Ligula very small, narrow, slightly- 

 dilated towards and rounded at the apex, paraglossae very large, 

 connate, enveloping the ligula on all sides, the whole slightly 

 truncated at the ant. angles and slightly, but sharply and pretty 

 deeply emarginated or notched at the centre of the ant. margin. 

 Palpi, both maxill. and labial ones, with the terminal joint oval, 



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