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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



[Mar., '10 



The above two specimens were accompanied by two draw- 

 ings (made by Mr. I. Mattausch of New York), which will 

 give a good conception of the general outline of this peculiar, 

 almost surely inquilinous beetle. 



Following is the description of the new genus, based on the 

 two above specimens. 



BEYERIA gen. nov. 



Labrum transverse, moderately sinuate at tip. Mandibles 

 apparently simple. Inner lobe of the maxillae on the inner 

 side with comb-like teeth ; outer lobe on the inner side and tip 

 with fine and long spine-like hairs. Maxillary palpi 4- jointed; 



joint 2 short, thick, cup shaped ; 

 3 very long, three times longer 

 than 2, almost cylindrical ; 4 sub- 

 ulate, more than half as long 

 as 3. Mentum transverse. Li- 

 gula not clearly visible in my 

 specimen, apparently absent. 

 Labial palpi moderate, 3-jointed ; 

 joint i the thickest, about as long- 

 as 3 ; 2 a little shorter than I 

 or 3. Head with the eyes wider 

 than the prothorax, very elon- 

 gate, much longer than wide, 

 behind the eyes gradually nar- 

 rowed; above deeply and al- 

 most entirely, longitudinally, 

 widely excavated ; eyes moder- 

 ately small, coarsely facetted ; 

 tempora much longer than the eyes; genae not at all margined. 

 Prothorax about as long as the head, sides almost parallel, be- 



