PHAULOCENTRUS. _ 159 
PHAULOCENTRUS, gen. nov. 
Oblongus, haud nitidus, dense subtiliter pubescens, capite lato, ocellis inter se et ab oculis fere. eque remotis, 
his valde prominentibus; pronoto metopidio fortiter declivi, elevato, fortiter circulariter carinato, vel 
perobtuse lobato, interdum cornuto ; processu postico tenui, brevi, pronoto ad basin hujus utrinque emar- 
ginato, angulis lateralibus emarginationis productis plerumque acutis; scutello sat parvo, triangulari, 
emarginato; tegminibus opacis longis, leviter ensatis, areis apicalibus quinque vel sex, discoidalibus 
tribus; alis areis apicalibus quatuor, secunda haud stylata; pedibus sat robustis. 
Oblong, subparallel, thickly and finely pubescent ; forehead broad, eyes very strongly prominent, subpetiolate, 
ocelli about the same distance from one another as from the eyes; metopidium declivous; pronotum with- 
out horns, but elevated and crowned with strong carine, which are more or less confluent and form blunt 
lobes, shoulders very bluntly prominent; base of the pronotum emarginate on each side of the short 
posterior process, lateral angles acute; scutellum small, triangular, emarginate ; tegmina opaque, slightly 
ensiform, with five or six apical areas and three discoidal areas, the external areas declivous; wings with 
four apical areas, the second not stylate; legs rather stout, with the anterior and intermediate tibice 
slightly dilated. 
The insects forming this genus are allied to Tolania, to the hornless specimens of 
which they bear a superficial resemblance; they differ, however, apart from other 
characters, in the presence of a pronotal process, which is wanting in Tolania. 
Uroxiphus carye, Fitch*, of which there are specimens in the Oxford Museum 
(apparently presented by Fitch himself), as well as in the British Museum, belongs to 
this genus. The name Uroxiphus cannot be used in the present case, as it has 
previously been employed by Amyot and Serville (1843) for a different genus of the 
same family. | 
1. Phaulocentrus pileatus, sp. n. (Tab. X. figg. 1, 1a.) 
Griseo-testaceus, disco pronoti fuscato, opacus, capite ad basin bituberculato, pronoto distincte sed haud 
profunde punctato, a latere viso elevato, pileato, supra viso carina forte circulari coronato, carina longitu- 
dinali divisé, hoc ad apicem metopidii continuato, processu postico testaceo, basi fusca, brevi, fortiter supra 
scutellum elevatum rotundato, scutello triangulari, apice emarginato; tegminibus opacis subtiliter pubes- 
centibus, venis testaceis, corio ad apicem clavi macula obscura fuscé notato; pedibus abdomineque 
testaceis. 
Of a greyish-testaceous colour, dull, finely pubescent, with the disc of the pronotum infuscate, and the base of 
the tegmina obscurely lighter ; head with two distinct tubercles at the base; pronotum distinctly, but 
not deeply, punctured, if viewed from the side strongly elevated and flat on the disc, if viewed from above 
crowned with a strong almost circular carina, the space enclosed by which is divided by a longitudinal 
carina continued on to the metopidium ; from the base of the pronotum proceeds a strongly arcuate short 
process, which is testaceous behind and infuscate at the base, its apex lying between the emarginate 
apices of the scutellum, the latter’ elongate triangular, and raised considerably towards the base ; tegmina 
dull, pubescent, with brownish-testaceous veins, and with a fuscous spot behind the apex of the clavus; 
legs and abdomen testaceous. _ 
Long. cum tegm. 7 millim.; lat. int. hum. 23 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, San Gerdénimo 3000 feet (Champion). 
Three female specimens. 
* Third Report on the Noxious, Beneficial, and other Insects of the State of New York, p. 132 (1856). 
