Compsus (kompsus)

[NL., the me so sternal pieces diagonally divided into two nearly equal parts; a mentum of moderate size and not retracted; a thorax without ocular lobes and not fimbriate behind the eyes; genæ emarginate behind the mandibles; the rostrum short; the tenth elytral stria confluent with the ninth; the claws not connate; the articular surface of the hind tibiæ cavernous and scaly; and the antennal scape pa ing the eyes. The species are densely scaly, above middle size, and inhabit Mexico, Central America, and particularly South America.