( -^«1 ) 



d. Suture heavily tesselated with black . 

 Suture indistinctly tesselated 



e. Patch of elytra extending to scutellum 



at suture ...... 



Patch of elytra stopping short at 

 hinder side of subbasal callosities . 



f. Alternate interspaces of elytrura tes- 



selated, no sutural patch, angle of 



carina less than 90° 

 Like alternans, angle of carina 90° 

 Elytra with sutural patch 



g. Patch of elytra extending from near 



•base to declivous apex 



Patch of elytra restricted to basal 



half 



h. Patch of elytra of nearly the same 

 width, segments 10 and 11 of 

 antenna luteous .... 



Posterior two-thirds of patch of elytra 

 much narrower than anterior third, 

 the fourth interspace being clayish 

 only before middle ; antennal seg- 

 ment 1 1 luteous at tip . . 



P. dorsalis sfiec. nov. 

 /'. sutiiralix sjiec. nov. 

 P. ccrrucatus sj)ec. nov. 



P. alternans spec. nov. 

 P. homoeus spec. nov. 

 9- 



P. dispar (1833) Gylh. 



P. compar spec. nov. 



P. plagifer spec. nov. 



Anthrenosoma gen. nov. 



i ¥ . Rostrum very short. Antennal cavity occupying the whole side of rostrum, 

 covered by a sharply carinate edge which extends to eye and is continuous with 

 apical edge of rostrum. Eye contiguous to antennal cavity, coarsely granulose, 

 sinuate, oblique, enlarged, the frontal lobe narrower than the lower lobe and produced 

 forward, projecting above the antennal cavity. Frons and rostrum in a plane. 

 Underlip sinuate, the lobes short, obtuse. False mentum short and very broad, 

 broadly sinuate, lobes obtuse. Antenna reaching to middle of prothorax or a 

 little beyond, rather hairy, segments 1 and 2 incrassate, 3 about as long as 4, 

 6 to 8 gradually incrassate, club compact, broad, 9 as long as broad, somewhat 

 asymmetrical, as is also 10, this broader than long, narrowed towards base, 

 11 at least as long as 9 and broader, more or less ovate. Prothorax as broad 

 as elytra, carina closely applied to elytra, following the curve of the basal edge 

 of the latter, angulate in middle, being evenly arched (convex) from middle to 

 sides, continuous with the cariniform lateral edge of the 2"'othorax, which bears 

 a very tine carina, this carina interrupted in middle (at the transverse suture 

 of the prosternum) and the hinder end of the anterior portion more or less 

 obviously tlexed discad ; basal angle of prothorax acute, projecting laterad, or 

 rectangular, apical corner also acute or rectangular, the apical margin being 

 emarginate behind the e3'es. Elytra convex, declivous from near base to apes, 

 gradually narrowed from shoulder to apical fifth, then strongly rounded. Fore- 

 tarsus not more than one-third shorter than foretibia. Prosternum very short, 

 coxae widely separate. Mesosternal process also broad. 



Type : A. tibialis spec. nov. 



