ABSTRACT
Procoxae elongate, received in elongate coxal cavities, nearly closed behind by posterolateral pieces which are not joined at the middle; prosternum short, vertical or nearly so, with lateral wings definitely limited on either side and an intercoxal process partially or completely separating the coxae; elytra separately rounded at
apex, and exposing the pygidium, disk punctate-striate, with 10 striae, some of which are abbreviated and joined at apex; procoxal and mesocoxal cavities in some species with a visible trochantin; pro- and mesofemora slender; metafemur usually compressed and more or less incrassate, in many flattened on ventral margin, with one or two longitudinal carinae, in many these are armed with serrations, teeth and denticles, especially near apex; metatibiae mostly longitudinally carinate, truncate and variously armed with fixed spines or teeth at apex, less frequently bicalcarate. Pygidium exposed behind the elytra, and in some males with an additional tergum visible between the pygidium and the last sternum.
