138 [Nov.mhcr, 
Family EEDUVIID^. 
Genus Lochtts, Doug. & Scott. 
Corpus ovatum, breve. Caput pronoti longitudine, medio latissimum, 
partibus ante-oculari et post-oculari oeque longis,i nter oculus linea profunda 
impressum, posfice nodiforvii, inter antennas tuherculis duobus minutis in- 
structum. Antennce articulo primo capite paullo breviori, basi lobo pen- 
dente instructo. Bostrum crassum, curvatum, inter coxas anticas extensum, 
articulo ultimo longissimo. Fronotum breve, transversum, longitudinaUter 
valde convexum, margine anteriori carinato. Scutellum breve, transversmn, 
depression, postice rotundatum. {Ek/tra brevissima : alcenullce). Pedes 
— femoribus anticia incrassatis,femoribus fibiisgue posticis valde elongatis, 
tarsis omnibus curvatis , articulis primo et secundo brevissimis, ultimo valde 
elongato. Abdomen latum, ovatum, supra valde concavum, infra convexum, 
connexivo lata, margine serrato. 
Sead almost as long as the pronotum, hindwardly a little and gradvially 
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 ; 1 st joint stoutest, rather 
shorter than the crown, curved, scarcely clavate ; 2nd a trifle lon- 
ger than the 1st, 3rd and 4th filiform, the 2]\d, 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 antenua? two small tubercles. Eyes small but promi- 
nent. Ocelli posterior to the eyes, on each side of the basal node. 
Mostrum stout, curved, reaching to between the anterior coxae ; Ist 
and 2nd joints very short, 3rd longer than the 1st and 2nd together ; 
4th longest. 
Thorax — Fronotum 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 tibice 
thinner, both one-half longer than the 2nd pair ; all the tibice with 
fine, short, projecting hairs : tarsi — 1st and 2nd joints very short, 
3rd neai'ly three times the length of the 1 st and 2nd together. 
