ENDEITOMA.—PHLGONEMUS, 451 
Head broad and short; epistome very broad in front. Thorax about as long as broad,. 
very distinctly narrowed behind ; hind angles indistinct ; lateral margin very distinctly 
serrate. lytra finely crenate-striate ; interstices rather broad, dull, a little uneven, 
but without distinct granules ; setosity minute and scanty. 
Only one example was obtained of this little insect. It is nearer to the genus. 
Synchita than is E. mewicana. 
PHLGZONEMUS., 
Phiconemus, Erichson, Naturg. Ins. Deutschl. iii. p. 258, nota (1845); Horn, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 
Xvi. p. 568. 
This genus comprises some half-dozen species, and is distributed from the United 
States of North America to Colombia. 
1. Phiconemus adherens, sp.n. (Tab. XIV. fig. 11.) 
Testaceo-ferrugineus ; subtus planus, supra transversim sat convexus, nudus ; prothorace carinulis irregularibus. 
subtilibus ; elytris regulariter carinatis, interstitiis biseriatim punctatis, seriebus singulis crenatis. 
Long. 42 millim. 
Hab. Guatumata, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
Antenne reddish ; the basal joint stout, above concealed by the explanate epistome, 
quite visible beneath; second joint scarcely longer than broad; 3-9 small, the ninth 
broader than long ; tenth and eleventh forming a broad, loosely-articulated club, the 
eleventh joint pubescent at the tip. Epistome dilated and rounded in such a manner 
as to form an angle outside each eye. Thorax transverse; front rounded in the middle, 
deeply and broadly emarginate on each side; lateral margins explanate, entire; surface 
finely and distinctly granulate, with an interrupted fine raised line between the side and 
the middle, and with a pair of median, fine, serpentine lines, each divided behind so as 
to enclose a space. Elytra each with five very regular uninterrupted coste, between 
each pair two very regular rows of punctures, each puncture connected with the one 
following it bya fine raised line. Sculpture of under surface obsolete. 
Only one example was obtained of this remarkable insect. 
2. Phleonemus interruptus. 
Phleonemus interruptus, Reitter, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1877, p. 330%. 
Hab. Mexico ! (coll. Haag). 
According to the description this is larger (7 millim. long) than P. adherens, and 
has the costz of the elytra several times interrupted. 
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