Epitosus

Antennæ scapo elongato, prothoracis marginem anteriorem superante; oculi convexi; scrobes laterales, latissimæ, posterius evanescentes; femora dentata.

Rostrum moderately long, slightly broader towards the tip. Scrobes entirely lateral, sharply limited in front, but becoming rapidly extremely broad and vague. Mentum large, entirely filling the buccal cavity. Metasternum quite short, its episterna as well as the mesothoracic epimera invisible. Apices of the posterior tibiæ a little enlarged, feebly cavernous.
 
This genus may be readily recognized: the very broad vague scrobes and the elongate scape suggest that it may be considered to have some affinity, or propinquity, with the Otiorhynchides proper; but as the position of the scrobes is entirely lateral and the direction of their lower border is inferior, I place the genus near Epicærus without hesitation. The metasternal side-piece is quite concealed, the elytron extending to its inner suture: in one or two specimens I think I see the mesothoracic epimeron as a small piece of equilateral-triangular form.