486 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
One worn specimen. ‘The short, inconspicuous sete show a tendency to form 
fascicles on the prothorax and on the basal part of the elytra. 
PSEUDOMOPSIS, gen. nov. 
Eyes large and more or less approximate; rostrum slightly dilated at the base, the antenne inserted at or 
behind the middle, the funiculus 7-jointed; prothorax transverse, conical, or a little dilated at the sides, 
_ bisinuate at the base; scutellum small or wanting; elytra convex, wider than the prothorax, subtriangular, 
and often laterally compressed, with ten rows of punctures, the humeri rounded ; mesosternum prominent, 
arcuate-emarginate in front ; metasternum short, the episterna not visible; ventral segments 2—4 subequal 
in length; femora dentate or unarmed, more or less sulcate beneath; tarsal claws small, subconnate or 
narrowly separated at the base; body rhomboidal or subovate, squamose and often setulose. 
Under this genus are placed various small species that are nearly related to 
Pseudomus, from which they differ in having the elytra relatively broader at the base 
(the sides not forming a continuous outline with those of the prothorax, as in 
P. notatus, P. fistulosus, &c.), the rostrum less cylindrical, the body densely squamose, 
&c. The humeri are more rounded than in Oxypterus, and setigerous elevations on the 
prothorax and elytra are rarely present. The sexual differences in the sculpture of 
the rostrum are very marked in P. dicristatus, and in the female of that species the 
antenne are inserted near the base. The typical species of Pseudomus have the 
general facies of a Cleogonus; they are all from the Antilles or the Southern United 
States. 
P. inflatus, Lec.*, from Florida, belongs to Pseudomopsis. 
Scutellum not visible; femoradentate . . . . . 2. 2. 1 ee ee) CSpecies 1, 2. 
Scutellum visible. 
Femora dentate. 2... 2. 1. ee eee ee ee ee ee... Species 3, 4. 
Femoraunarmed . . . . . . . 1. ee ee ee ee ee ee.) «Species 5-10. 
1. Pseudomopsis bicristatus, sp. n. (Tab. XXIII. figg. 28, 28 a, ¢.) 
Subovate, shining, nigro-piceous, the antenne in part ( ¢) or entirely ( 2 ) ferruginous, the rostrum also of this 
colour in the Q ; thickly clothed with dark brown scales, with reddish-brown scales intermixed, the 
elytra with a common, faint, curved fascia about the middle and the sutural region thence to the base 
similarly coloured; the upper surface also set with short, coarse, semierect, scattered, light and dark sete, 
the black sete clustered into a short crest on each of the two dorsal elevations of the elytra ; the vestiture of 
the under surface brownish-white, the legs setulose and with intermixed whitish and brown scales. Head 
densely punctate, the eyes very large, rounded (as seen from above), and narrowly separated; rostrum 
moderately stout, widened at the base, rugulose and squamose to the tip in the ¢, longer, more slender, 
and smooth and bare from near the base in the 9; the antennsx inserted behind the middle, joints 1 and 2 
of the funiculus long, subequal in length, the club oblong-ovate. Prothorax strongly transverse, rather 
convex, narrowed and feebly constricted in front, bisinuate at the base, the sides rounded anteriorly ; 
closely punctate. Scutellum not visible. Elytra convex, subtriangular, the humeri rounded ; seriate- 
punctate, the interstices punctulate, 2 swollen and closely setose at about the middle. Ventral segments 
* There is a specimen of this species in the British Museum labelled “Mex.,” but the locality requires 
confirmation. 
