Capt. P. P. Kine’s South American Coleoptera. 187 
the male, basal joint elongated at the base, the 3 following semiorbicular, 
. very bristly: claws rather short and strong (12, fore leg of male). 
Obs. The female is broader than the male, and the lobe of the tibia is longer. 
*7. ODONTOSCELIS TENTYRIOIDES. Curt. 
Tas. XV. Fig. D. 
Levis niger; thoracis elytrorumque lateribus pilis aliquot longis, his obsoletis- 
simè striatis, apicem versus sparse punctatis. 
Length 83 to 93 lines; breadth 3 to 34. 
Smooth dullish-black, with long hairs over the eyes and the sides of the tho- 
rax, which latter is convex, with a narrow margin, the base a little con- 
cave, a very faint line down the middle terminating in a furcate im- 
pression behind: elytra with obscure striæ, the margin very narrow, 
with remote punctures producing long hairs, with a close line of punc- 
tures arising close to the margin at the shoulder but divaricating to the 
apex, where thére are from 3 to 6 strong punctures producing bristles : 
mouth, tips of palpi, and underside of farsi castaneous. 
From Valparaiso. This insect has the habit of a Percus, but is distinguished 
by the simple tooth of the mentum ; and it differs from Broscus in the propor- 
tions of the thorax and tibie. It appears to me to be nearly related to the 
Scaritide. 
N. G. CyLiosceE is. 
Caput latum : oculi parvi. Thorax subquadrato-cordatus. Elytra sublinearia. 
Tibiæ anteriores dilatatæ, parüm emarginatæ, aculeo apicali lato lanceo- 
lato; posteriores longiores, graciles, curvate. Tarsi anteriores, articulis 
4 basalibus cordatis. Antenne caput haud superantes; articulo basali 
reliquis longiore et crassiore, 3tio pyriformi, 2do 4to et sequentibus sub- 
obovatis. Palpi mavillares exteriores, articulo 3tio 2dum feré æquante, 
4to elongato, sublineari; labiales articulo 3tio longo, subfusiformi, trun- 
cato. Mentum dente medio trigono instructum. 
Labrum slightly transverse, producing long bristles in front, a little emargi- 
nated. Mandibles strong, broad at the base, curved and acute (13m). 
Maxillary palpi, internal composed of 2 long slender joints, the 2nd at- 
