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(November, 



Family EEDUVIID^. 



Genus Lochtjs, Doug. & Scott. 



Corpus ovatum, Ireve. Caput pronoti longitudine^ medio latissimum, 

 partibus ante-oculari et lyost-oculari ceque longis^i nter oculus linea profunda 

 impressum, postice nodiformi, inter antennas tuber culis duohus minutisin- 

 structum. Antennce articulo primo capite paullo hreviori, hasi loho pen- 

 dente instructo. Bostrum crassum^ curvaium, inter coxas anticas extensum^ 

 articulo ultimo longissimo. Pronotum hreve, transversum, longitudinaliter 

 valde convexum, margine anteriori carinato. Scutellum hreve, transversum, 

 depressum, postice rotundatum. (Mgtra brevissima : alee nullce) . Pedes 

 — femoribus anticis incrassatis,Jemorihus tibiisgue posticis valde elongatis, 

 tar sis omnibus curvatis , articuUs primo et secundo brevissimis, ultimo valde 

 elongato. Abdomen latum, ovatum, supra valde concavum, infra convexum, 

 connexivo lato, margine serrato. 



Head almost as long as the pronotum, hindwardly a little and gradually 

 narrowed, but not produced into a neck, anteriorly the sides are 

 sub-parallel, the widest part is across the eyes, which are equidistant 

 from the base and front of the crown, between them a deep linear 

 impression produced forwardly in the middle, posterior to which 

 the crown is raised into a node. Face decumbent. Antennce short, 

 each set on a stout, obtuse tubercle; 1st joint stoutest, rather 

 shorter than the crown, curved, scarcely clavate ; 2nd a trifle lon- 

 ger than the 1st, 3rd and 4th filiform, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th with 

 fine, projecting hairs : from the base of the tubercle a swollen, 

 free, lobe-like protuberance hangs over the sides of the face : be- 

 tween the antennsB two small tubercles. Eyes small but promi- 

 nent. Ocelli posterior to the eyes, on e£ ch side of the basal node. 

 Rostrum stout, curved, reaching to between the anterior coxa; ; Ist 

 and 2nd joints very short, 3rd longer than the 1st and 2nd together ; 

 4th longest. 



Thorax — Pronotum short, transverse, longitudinally very convex, anterior 

 margine carinate. Scutellum short, transverse, flat, rounded be- 

 hind, the margins slightly reflexed {Elytra rudimentary : Wings 

 wanting). Legs — 1st and 2nd pairs in length moderate, thighs (of 

 the 1st pair especially) incrassated ; 3rd pair, thighs and tibia 

 thinner, both one-half longer than the 2ud pair ; all the tibice with 

 fine, short, projecting hairs : tarsi — Ist and 2nd joints very short, 

 3rd nearly three times the length of the 1 st and 2nd together. 



