536 CUCUJIDA. 
PARANDRITA. 
Parandrita, Leconte & Horn, Class. Col. N. Amer. ed. 2, p. 133 (1888) °. 
Lemophleus (part.), Casey, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 91 (1884) *. 
Although Parandrita has been merged in Lemophiaus it appears to me that it may 
be treated with advantage as distinct from that genus, as well as from Stlvanophleus. 
In all the species the head is very large in comparison with the other parts of the 
body; the eyes are placed far in front of the thorax; and the epipleure are very ill- 
developed, being almost vertical in their anterior part and extremely attenuated behind. 
All the coxe are very widely separated. 
The insects of this genus appear to be extremely rare. I have not seen the North- 
American form for which Parandrita was founded, but, according to Casey, it is closely 
allied to our P. capito. 
1. Parandrita capito. 
Lemophieus capito, Grouv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1881, p. 94, t. 4. fig. 9*. 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé1, Hoge), Amula in Guerrero (H. H. Smith); GuaTEMALA, 
Chiacam in Vera Paz (Champion). 
This peculiar insect is apparently very rare, as we have altogether only four 
examples. 
2. Parandrita deceptor, sp. n. 
Depressus, parallelus, nitidus, niger; elytris stramineis ; pedibus piceis; capite sat elongato, fortiter punctato. 
Long 2 millim. 
Hab. Guatmmata, Zapote (Champion). 
Antenne not elongate, but with the terminal three joints much longer—though not 
thicker—than the others. Head large, rather broader than the thorax, quite flat, 
coarsely punctured; the eyes rather small, but prominent and distant from the thorax. 
Thorax strongly transverse, as broad as the elytra, a good deal narrowed behind, the sides 
not denticulate ; hind angles minutely acute ; surface very shining, almost impunctate ; 
the intra-lateral stria quite fine, but very distinct. Elytra small, completely covering 
the hind body, pallid, extremely obscletely striate and destitute of intra-lateral costa. 
Legs short. ‘Two specimens. 
3. Parandrita stipes, sp.n. (Tab. XVII. fig. 8.) 
Perdepressus, nitidus, rufo-testaceus ; elytris stramineis; captite magno, fortiter punctato. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa (H. H. Smith); Guatemata, Pantaleon, Zapote (Champion). 
Closely allied to P. deceptor, but, besides the different colour, it has a shorter hind 
