706 XINE NEW SPECIES OF COLEOPTEIiA—LIXELL. 



marginal. Pygidium elevated at middle and concentrically strigose, 

 at apex transversely aciculate with subtruncate margin; a smaller 

 niveous spot each side. A'entral surface hairy; metasternum coarsely 

 but sparsely i)unctate, broadly niveous at the sides; hind coxa* partly 

 strigose; abdominal segments coarsely punctate in transverse rows, 

 strigose at side margin; lit'th with an obtuse spine at the lateral pos- 

 terior margin, sixth covered at the sides, seventh truncate. Legs 

 liairy, aciculate; anterior femora densely fimbriate; posterior femora 

 and tibiic strongly incrassate (male), the former curvate; exterior claw 

 of front tarsi very long, incrassate at middle, and contorted. Length, 

 11 mm.; width, 7 mm. Two males from Providence Island. 

 Type.—^o. 584, U.S.N.M. 



