BY A. SIDNEY OLLIFF. 1007 



CUECULIONIDiE. 



OCYNOMA RHYS A, Sp.n. 



Fuscous, moflerately convex, thickly clothed with greenish grey 

 scales ; prothorax about as long as broad, with an impression on 

 each side of the middle ; elytra seriate-punctate, the interstices 

 interrupted posteriorly with moderately conspicuous nodiform 

 elevations. 



Head finely punctured, closely pubescent, slightly impressed 

 between the eyes ; rostrum indistinctly cai'inulate in the middle ; 

 eyes round, very prominent. Antennae finely pubescent ; funi- 

 culus with the 2nd joint rather longer than the 1st, the others 

 gradually decreasing in length. Prothorax rather more narrowed 

 in front than behind, rather strongly punctured, closely covered 

 with fine scales and pubescence, with an indistinct raised median 

 line. Elytra considerably broader than the prothorax, thickly 

 covered with fine scales and pubescence, rather strongly sei'iate-punc- 

 tate, the interstices moderately broad : each elytron provided near 

 the apex with six or seven moderately distinct nodiform eleva- 

 tions ; these elevations vary somewhat in position (in the specimen 

 before me those on one elytron do not correspond precisely with 

 those on the other), but they appear to be confined to the 3rd, 5th, 

 6th, and 7th interstices. Underside clothed with ashy scales 

 and pubescence. Legs sparingly covered with squamose scales. 

 Length 5-| mm. 



1 have experienced considerable difficulty in fixing the position 

 of this species owing to the want of material for dissection • it 

 agrees, however, with Ocynoma, a genus only known to me from 

 description, in the absence of ocular lobes, the great length of the 

 scape, and other essential characters. In fades it is not unlike 

 some of the smaller species of Perperus. 



A single specimen. 



