LEPILIUS.—MENARES. 4595 
1. Lepilius pulchellus, sp. n. (Tab. XXII. figg. 10, 10a.) 
Subovate, black, the antenne and the apices of the tibiae and tarsi rufescent; variegated above with rather 
coarse, ferruginous, black, and white scales, the ferruginous scales condensed into a line on each side 
of the prothorax and various patches on the basal half of the elytra, the white ones forming a transverse 
interrupted subapical fascia and some small spots on the disc before this; the upper surface also set 
with numerous short, stout, suberect seta; the legs subannulate, setulose. Head and rostrum closely 
punctate, the apical half of the latter bare; antenne inserted at about the middle of the rostrum, 
joint 1 of the funiculus much longer than 2. Prothorax transverse, rather convex, constricted and 
narrowed in front, subtruneate at the base; densely punctate. Tlytra at the middle much wider than 
the prothorax, rounded at the sides, the apex shortly produced; narrowly striate, the striz feebly 
punctate, the interstices rugulose and somewhat convex. Beneath closely, finely punctate. 
Length 271,, breadth 1} millim. 
Hab. GuateMata, Totonicapam 8500-10,500 (Champion). 
One specimen only of this prettily variegated insect was obtained. The velvety- 
black patches on the basal half of the elytra are sharply defined. 
MENARES, gen. nov. 
Rostrum short, stout, straight, resting on the anterior coxe in repose, the scrobes deep, lateral, and in part 
visible from above; antenne inserted beyond the middle of the rostrum, stout, the funiculus 7-jointed, 
2-7 short and closely articulated, the club ovate, with faint sutures; eyes oval, lateral, widely sepa- 
rated above and beneath, coarsely facetted; prothorax with well-developed ocular lobes; scutellum 
rather large, rounded ; elytra oblong, 10-striate, the third interstice widened and sublobate at the base ; 
prosternum short, hollowed in front for the reception of the rostrum; anterior cox rather narrowly, 
the intermediate pair widely, separated, the intercoxal portion of the mesosternum simply flattened ; 
metasternal side-pieces narrow; ventral segments 1 and 2 long, subconnate, the suture arched, 2 nearly 
as long as 3-5 united, 3 and 4 very short; legs short; femora stout, unidentate, the tooth on the 
hind pair triangular; tibie broad, almost straight on their outer edge, truncate at the apex, armed at 
the outer apical angle with a long, curved, stout claw, the inner angle furnished with rigid bristles 
only; tarsi rather slender, joint 3 short, bilobed, the claws simple and divergent; body densely 
squamose throughout. 
This genus belongs to the Nettarhinides of Lacordaire ; it includes a single species 
from Guatemala. ‘The insect has the general facies of a Pantoteles. The tibiz are 
formed somewhat as in Lemosaccus and Magdalis. The funiculus is ciliate within 
in the male. 
1. Menares pilicornis, sp.n. (Tab. XXII. figg. 11, lla, 4, 3.) 
Oblong, rather convex, dull, piceous ; variegated above with a dense clothing of flattened and semierect, 
black, brownish, and cinereous scales, the dark scales forming a broad interrupted median fascia on the 
elytra, the vestiture of the under surface and legs also dense and brownish, the femora and tibiz 
faintly annulate. Head and rostrum rugulosely punctate, the latter flattened above ; the eyes separated 
by about the width of the rostrum; the antenne inserted close to the apex of the rostrum in the ¢ 
and at about one-third from the tip in the 9, the joints 2-7 of the funiculus strongly ciliate in the 
3, the scape thickened outwards. Prothorax nearly as long as broad, narrowed and feebly constricted 
in front, and also a little narrowed behind, the base strongly bisinuate ; closely, finely punctate. Elytra 
not much wider than the prothorax; finely punctate-striate, the strie 2 and 3 divergent at the base, 
the interstices rugulosely punctate, convex, each with a series of very short semierect scales, in addition 
