Cremastocheilus variolosus and Castanece, 517 * 

 Long. Corp. Lin. 4^. 



Regio. America Septentrionalis ? Ex. Mus, D. Francillon. 



Descr. Labium pelviforme, subrhomboidale, postice emarginatum 

 sed minus profunde. Thorax punctatus, angulis prominentibus 

 tuberculiformibus laevibus. Elijtra apice gibba, variolosa: 

 variolis oblongis, distinctis. 



Dr. Thaddeus Harris having obligingly sent me another insect 

 as the Cremastocheilus Castanece of Knoch, which differs from M, 

 Latreille's * short definition of that species in not being hairy, 

 except somewhat underneath ', it may be useful to give a more 

 detailed description of it. 



Castanet. C. niger, niiidus^ punctatus : prothorace antice Iceviy 

 utrinque trifoveato : elytris confluenter punctatis* " 



Long. Corp. Lin. 5f . 



Regio. America Septentrionalis. 



Descr. Corpus subdepressumjoblongum, nigrum vel piceo-nigrum, 

 nitidum, subtus albido-subpilosum. Caput postic^ puncta- 

 tum, antice naso dilatato, reflexo. Rhinarium sub naso 

 latitans fere lunatum. Labrum brevissimum, emarginatum, 

 cum labio os exactissime claudens. Labium pelviforme, sub- 

 rotundum, postice profundius emarginatum et pilis ciliatum, 

 Pro^Aoraa? subquadratus angulis prominentibus tuberculiformi- 

 bus, postice punctatus antice laevigatus, utrinque foveis tribus : 

 primo nempe baseos magno punctato, secundo intermedio 

 profundo, tertio anguli antici minori, his ultimis laevigatis. 

 Fasciculus pilorum albidorum prothoraceus postice utrinque 

 signat. Scutellum magnum, triangulare, acuminatum, punc- 

 tatum. Elytra basi, humeris, apiceque gibbis, punctis mag- 

 nitudine et form^ variis confluentibus, setulis albidis decum- 

 bentibus inspersa. 



Whether this specimen is rubbed I cannot say, but the two 

 little bunches of hair in the thorax correspond in size and situa- 



* JV. Diet. J)' Hist. Nat. viii. 420. 



