XUTHIA.—LADO. 463 
Antenne short, pallid, club broad ; ninth joint short but distinctly transverse. Head 
broad, supra-antennal ridge much raised. Thorax elongate, parallel, finely crenulate 
at the sides ; on each side of the middle with two strongly elevated coste, the surface 
between them somewhat excavate, granulate; on the front a short elevation on each 
side of the middle, which nearly joins the inner of the two longer coste. Elytra with 
five costa, each continued separately to the tip, the intervals occupied with complex 
obscure sculpture. Legs short and stout, the tibie with the outer apical angle acute. 
Two specimens from each locality. 
This species is extremely closely allied to the Japanese X. parallela; X. brevipes is, 
however, less elongate, has the antenne rather shorter, the head more uneven, with the 
elevation of the supra-antennal ridges greater. 
LADO. 
Lado, Wankowiez, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1867, p. 249. 
Lado belongs to the series of genera having the coxal cavities closed. Hitherto it 
has consisted solely of the rare N.E.-European species, for which it was established ; 
the species I assign to it are apparently really congeneric with the L. jelskia. 
1. Lado elegans, sp. n. (Tab. XIV. fig. 23.) 
Angustus, elongatus, subdepressus, ferrugineus, fere nudus; prothorace irregulariter carinato; elytris regu- 
lariter parum alte costatis, interstitiis subobsolete sculpturatis. 
Long. 23 millim. 
Hab. GuatTemaua, Cerro Zunil, Aceituno (Champion). 
Antenne yellow, joints 3-8 small; the club large, abrupt, the three joints composing 
it very laxly articulated, the first two of them strongly transverse. Head subquadrate, 
surface uneven ; eyesconvex. Thorax as long as broad, a little narrowed behind ; lateral 
margins finely crenulate ; surface rendered uneven by slightly elevated irregular carine. 
Elytra very like those of the genus Bitoma, there being several quite regular longi- 
tudinal costee, and between them a coarse though obscure sculpture. Five specimens. 
2. Lado ciliatus, sp. n. 
Angustus, elongatus, minus depressus, ferrugineus, tenuiter ciliatus; prothorace irregulariter carinato ; elytris 
regulariter parum alte costatis, interstitiis fortiter sculpturatis. 
Long. 23-3 millim. 
Hab. Muxico, Jalapa (Hége); Panama, David, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Although extremely similar to L. elegans, I think this a distinct species, the shining 
pallid ciliation of the upper surface being quite distinct, whereas it can scarcely be 
detected in LZ. elegans. In addition to this, LZ. ciliatus is not so flat as L. elegans, and 
has the sculpture rather coarser. The four examples we have received are unfortu- 
nately not in good preservation. 
