GEORISSIDZ.—CYATHOCERID&. 141 
Fam. GEORISSIDZ. 
GEORISSUS. 
Georissus, Latreille, Gen. Crust. et Ins. iv. p. 377. 
The genus Georissus is the only form known of the family Georisside, and has a 
wide distribution; the greater number of the twenty described species inhabit the 
Mediterranean region; one or two are known from Tropical Asia; from Australia and 
from North America single species are known. None have yet been described from 
South America ; and I have no evidence that the genus exists there. 
1. Georissus minor. (Tab. IV. fig. 17.) 
Brevis, convexus, niger, antennis fuscis; prothorace elytris angustiore, parte anteriore et capite fortiter 
granulatis, parte posteriore punctis irregularibus impressis; elytris punctis majoribus, profundis, in 
series regulares digestis. 
3 T Wi 
Long. 3, lat. 7% lin. 
Hab. Guatemaa, San Gerdnimo 3000 feet (Champion). 
This species is very similar to the European G. similis; but the individuals are 
probably only about half the size of those of the European species; the punctures 
of the series on the elytra are smaller and closer to one another; and there is on the 
middle of the basal portion. of the prothorax a conspicuous but scanty punctuation, 
the anterior part of the thorax being strongly lobed or hood-like and very rough. 
A single individual only has been sent by Mr. Champion. 
Fam, CYATHOCERIDZ. 
Antenne quadriarticulate, articulo ultimo maximo ad apicem truncato et pubescente. 
Oris partes condita. 
Tarsi sat elongati, rigiduli, uniarticulati, unguiculo unico terminati. 
Elytra integra. 
Iam obliged to propose a new family name for a single small beetle which shows 
no relationship of an evident character to any of the hitherto described Coleopterous 
families. The above very concise definition will not apply, I believe, to any other of 
the Coleopterous families; and fuller details of the structure will be found in the 
description of the genus. 
The position of the family (I use this term only in deference to the custom of 
systematic biologists) may for convenience be near Georissus, to which it bears a certain 
similarity in size and sculpture, though on investigation it does not appear to be 
specially allied to that family. 
