BY AHTHUR M. LEA. 545 



Postscript. — By the unintentional misplacement of several 

 lines, some confusion has been introduced into the tabulation of 

 Melanterius given in Part ii. of this Volume, pp. 207-208. It 

 should have appeared as follows (after line 4, p. 207) : — 



Femoral emargination normal. 



Scape inserted nearer base than apex of rostrum aberran-'^, n.sp. 

 Scape inserted nearer apex than base. 



Elytra with irregulai- interstices semi2)orcatus, Er. 



Elytra with regular intei'stices. 



Intermediate segments of abdomen each 



larger than •2nd ventralis, n.s^. 



Intermediate segments each equal to 2nd aratus, Paso. ^^"^v - ' /{^ 



Intermediate segments combined about equal / ^^ ^ - » i • 



to 2nd. /^^ '^P^^ '^O 



Interstices flattened or rounded on basal /""' " •• i*4"«^ 



half of elytra.* [ r- •• r 



Punctures sometimes concealed by T'^ \ ' 



clothing /oricZHs', Pasc."';. ■> ' "" 



Punctures not at all concealed. 

 Interstices similar throughout. 



More than 3 mm. in length compactus, n.sp. 



Less than ,3 mm castaneiis, n.sp. 



Interstices triangularly raised poste- 

 riorly. 

 Elytra on basal half scarcely striate, 

 punctures clearly defined. 

 Apical segment of abdomen with 



a few large punctures adipaius, n.sp. 



Apical segment densely punctate porosus, n.sp. 

 Elytrastriate, punctures not sharply 

 defined. 

 Prothorax clothed. 

 Scape passing apex of rostrum impolitns, n.sp. 



Scape not passing apex temiis, n.sp. 



Prothorax not at all or scarcely 

 visibly clotlied. 

 -Metasternum with a pad- of 



white hairs on each side... pectoralis, n.sp. 

 Metasternum normally clothed. 

 Metasternal episterna with 

 regular punctures. 



* This does not include the lateral interstices, which are sometimes 

 triangularly raised: ^r^V^.s is intermediate, only the suture and two inter- 

 stices on each side of it being flattened on the basal half. 



