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Genus CEHOTRUS, Jacoht/. 



Cerotrus, Jacoby, Notes Leyd. Mus. vi, Jan. 1884, p. 33. 

 Anicera, Jacobv, Notes Leyd. Mus. vi, Oct. 1884, p. 207. 



Genotype, Cerotrus melanoccphalus, Jac. (Sumatra). 



Body oblong and parallel-sided. Colour not metallic. Head 

 exserted, with the eyes large and entire, and the maxillary palpi 

 filiform, their last segment being conical; antennae filiform, as 

 long as the bod\ , second and third segments very short, almost 

 globular in shape and equal, the remaining segments triangularly 



Fig. 70. — Cerotrus niyronvtrg hiatus, Jac. 



expanded. Prothorax transverse, narrow, with sides straight, and 

 anterior and posterior margins parallel. Scutellum triangular. 

 Elytra parallel, closely and irregularly punctate, their epipleura 

 continued beyond the middle. Underside : tibiae unarmed ; first 

 segment of hind tarsi equal to the three following segments 

 together; claws appendiculate ; prosternum narrow but distinct, 

 anterior coxal cavities closed behind ; posterior femora only 

 moderately incrassate. 

 Range. India, Sumatra. 



