LEMBODES.—ULOSOMINUS. 483 
Elytra barely twice the length of the prothorax, and of about the same width to a little beyond th 
middle, broadly produced at the apex, the humeri rectangular; coarsely seriate-punctate, the interstice 
narrow, the alternate ones apparently a little raised on the disc. Legs stout, the tarsi included, the 
femora unarmed. 
Length 31, breadth 14 millim. 
Hab, Guaremata, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
Two specimens. This curious insect may be easily recognized by its elongate, 
parallel-sided form, the long prothorax, and rectangular humeri, the entire surface 
coated with agglutinated scales, hiding the sculpture. 
ULOSOMINUS, gen. nov. 
Antenne with the funiculus 6-jointed, the club ovate; eyes small, very widely separated ; scutellum extremely 
minute or invisible; metathoracic episterna hidden, or at most very narrowly exposed ; ventral segment 2 
nearly as long as 3 and 4 united, the suture between 1 and 2 slightly arched; femora unarmed ; body 
squamose and setose. 
This genus includes several small species from within our limits, and the various 
South-American and Antillean forms referred to Euscepes by Chevrolat and Faust 
probably belong here. It is very closely related to Ulosomus (type U. erinaceus, Boh.), 
which, however, has a conspicuous, transverse scutellum, narrowly exposed metathoracic 
episterna, and the ventral segments 2-4 subequal in length. Huscepes, as stated below, 
has a 7-jointed funiculus, Lacordaire incorrectly giving the number of joints as six. 
1. Ulosominus quadrifasciculatus, sp. n. (Tab. XXIII. figg. 25, 254, 4.) 
Oblong-ovate, narrow, piceous, the elytra rufo-piceous, the rostrum and antenne more or less ferruginous ; 
densely clothed with small brown scales intermixed with similarly-coloured, very long, stout, erect, clubbed 
setee, which are clustered into four fascicles on the elytra (two on the third interstice of each elytron), two on 
the disc of the prothorax and two at its apex. Head densely punctate, the eyes small; rostrum rugulose 
at the base, and sparsely, finely punctate towards the apex, longer and smoother inthe 9. Prothorax a 
little broader than long, constricted and narrowed in front, the anterior portion somewhat tubulate, the 
apex rounded; densely, finely punctate. Hlytra about one-half wider than the prothorax, moderately 
convex, parallel in their basal half and rapidly narrowed behind, broadly produced at the apex, the humeri 
obtuse, oblique in front; coarsely punctate-striate, the punctures subquadrate and closely placed, the 
interstices narrow and rather convex, 3 a little broader and more raised than the others, 1, 3, 5, and 7 
setigerous. Beneath closely, finely punctate. Legs rather long, moderately slender, the femora unarmed, 
Length 22-3,1,, breadth 144,-14 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Panama, Volean de Chiriqui 2500-4000 feet (Champion). 
Five specimens. The very long, erect, stout, clubbed sete, which are clustered into 
four dense fascicles on the disc of the elytra, sufficiently distinguish this insect. ‘The 
sculpture is in great part hidden by the dense vestiture. 
2. Ulosominus zunilensis, sp. n. | 
Oblong-ovate, narrow, piceous, slightly mottled with black, the rostrum, antenne, and legs more or less 
ferruginous; thickly clothed with small whitish and ochreous scales intermixed with erect, stout, 
clubbed, ochreous and blackish setw, the dark setw clustered into four fascicles on the elytra (two on 
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