166 SCAPHIDIID A. 
Epitome of the Species. 
L. c. 3:75 mm. Above pale, the thorax and the disc of the ctyina | testaceous ; legs 
pale; the club of the antenne black. . . . + + + + + - . palliatum. 
L.c.5 mm. Entirely black, short and broad; elytra with six striz on each ; legs 
nigro-piceous; antennz rufous, the club black, with the apical joint red =. . salle. 
L. c. 3°25 mm. Short and broad, black, with the shoulders, or apex of the elytra, 
or both, flavescent, sometimes entirely black ; legs and antenne yellow, the club 
of the latter black . Loe 
L.c.3 mm. Yellow, with black markings | on ‘the thorax and elytra ; legs yellow ; 
antenn yellow, with the club black. . 2. 1. ee ee + + + + + Championi. 
terminale. 
1. Cyparium palliatum. 
Cyparium palliatum, Erichs. Naturg. Ins. Deutschl. iii. p. 4 nota’. 
“Supra pallidum, thoracis coleopterorumque disco testaceo, infra testaceum, pectore abdomineque pallido- 
marginatis; pedibus pallidis; antennarum clava nigra. Long. 1% lin.” 
Hab. Mexico 1. 
Erichson founded the genus Cyparium upon this species; his altogether too brief 
description would appear to have been made from an immature specimen. 
2. Cyparium sallei, sp.n. (Tab. IV. fig. 10.) 
Breve, latum, modice convexum, nitidissimum, aterrimum; capite parvo, nitido, confertim punctato; oculis 
magnis, valde prominentibus; pronoto magno, ad basin latissimo, valde convexo, punctis minutis, remotis, 
distincte impresso, interstitiis glabris, nitidissimis, lateribus rotundatis et marginatis, punctorum ordine 
basali distincto, margine basali scutellum versus producta, angulis rectis; elytris quadratis, quam caput 
atque pronotum vix longioribus, parum latioribus, ante media latissimis, sat depressis, striis sex profunde 
et confertim punctatis in utroque impressis, interstitiis minute et remote punctatis, stria suturali valde 
profunda, et fere simplici lateribus irregulariter punctatis, late marginatis, apicibus perlatis, leviter 
rotundatis ; abdomine modice exserto, nigro, minute punctato; pedibus modicis, nigro-piceis, tarsis rufis ; 
antennis rubris, clavis nigris, articulo apicali rufo. Long. corp. 5 millim.; lat. 3 millim. 
Body short and broad, moderately convex, very shining, deep black. Head small, shining, and closely punc- 
tured; eyes large and very prominent; antenne moderate, rufous, the club black, with the apical joint red. 
Thorax large, widest at the base, very convex, distinctly marked with minute and remote punctures, the 
interstices smooth and very shining; sides rounded and margined; basal row of punctures distinct; basal 
margin produced towards the scutellum, with the angles rectangular. Scutellwm moderate, rufescent. 
Elytra quadrate, scarcely longer but rather broader than the head and thorax, widest before the middle, 
rather depressed, with six deeply and closely punctured striz on each, the interstices minutely and 
remotely punctured; sutural stria simple and deep; sides irregularly punctured and broadly margined ; 
extremities very broad and slightly rounded. Abdomen black, moderately exserted and minutely punc- 
tured. Legs moderate, nigro-piceous, with the tarsi red. Underparts black. 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sal/é). 
Differs from the black variety of C. terminale in its much larger size and deeper 
sculpture. 
