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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.96 
  

  

  coarsely, 
  asperately 
  punctate 
  at 
  middle, 
  ocellate-punctate 
  toward 
  sides. 
  

   Scutellum 
  square, 
  coarsely 
  j)unctate 
  at 
  middle, 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  at 
  

   apex. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  very 
  strongly 
  convex, 
  strongly 
  striate, 
  the 
  striae 
  deeper 
  near 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  sides 
  parallel 
  from 
  bases 
  to 
  apical 
  third, 
  then 
  arcuately 
  narrowed 
  

   to 
  apices, 
  which 
  are 
  conjointly 
  obtusely 
  angulated; 
  surface 
  densely, 
  

   finely 
  rugose 
  and 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  the 
  striae 
  coarsely, 
  deeply 
  punctate. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  beneath 
  coarsely, 
  densely, 
  uniformly 
  punctate, 
  last 
  ster- 
  

   nite 
  with 
  two 
  round, 
  deep 
  depressions; 
  prosternal 
  process 
  narrow, 
  

   coarsely 
  punctate, 
  rounded 
  at 
  apex, 
  sides 
  nearly 
  parallel; 
  posterior 
  

   coxae 
  triangular. 
  

  

  Length 
  9.5 
  mm., 
  width 
  3.25 
  mm. 
  

  

  Ty])e 
  locality. 
  — 
  Verdant 
  Vale, 
  Arima, 
  Trinidad, 
  British 
  West 
  In- 
  

   dies. 
  

  

  T'y^e.—U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  57163. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Described 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  collected 
  at 
  the 
  type 
  

   locality. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  resembles 
  Temnillus 
  Uprieuri 
  (Guerin) 
  but 
  differs 
  

   from 
  that 
  species 
  in 
  being 
  more 
  elongate 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  head 
  very 
  

   deeply 
  depressed 
  between 
  the 
  antennae 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  vertex, 
  with 
  the 
  

   surface 
  more 
  finely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   strongly 
  toothed 
  at 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  pronotum 
  longitudinally 
  grooved 
  

   with 
  a 
  distinct 
  depression 
  at 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  the 
  disk 
  asperately 
  punc- 
  

   tured, 
  the 
  elytra 
  strongly 
  striate 
  with 
  the 
  intervals 
  finely 
  rugose 
  and 
  

   the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  prosternal 
  process 
  coarsely 
  punctured. 
  

  

  NEODIAPODIUS, 
  new 
  genus 
  

  

  Body 
  elongate, 
  subcylindrical, 
  slightly 
  attenuate 
  posteriorly. 
  Head 
  

   large, 
  moderately 
  convex, 
  boardly, 
  transversely 
  flattened 
  behind 
  clyp- 
  

   eus; 
  labrum 
  invisible; 
  eyes 
  partially 
  covered 
  by 
  prothorax; 
  clypeus 
  

   moderately 
  contracted 
  at 
  base. 
  Antenna 
  short, 
  extending 
  slightly 
  

   beyond 
  base 
  of 
  pronotum, 
  slightly 
  serrate 
  in 
  male, 
  strongly 
  serrate 
  

   in 
  female 
  ; 
  second 
  segment 
  very 
  small 
  ; 
  third 
  segment 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  first 
  ; 
  segments 
  4 
  to 
  10 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  than 
  third 
  and 
  subequal 
  in 
  

   length 
  to 
  one 
  another; 
  segment 
  11 
  narrowly 
  oblong, 
  acute 
  at 
  apex. 
  

   Palpi 
  abnormal, 
  last 
  segment 
  of 
  labial 
  and 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  in 
  male 
  

   broadly 
  rounded 
  at 
  base, 
  nearly 
  four 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide 
  at 
  base, 
  

   one-third 
  as 
  wide 
  at 
  apex 
  as 
  at 
  base, 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  slightly 
  

   concave 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  slightly 
  convex, 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  short, 
  broadly 
  

   oblong, 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide 
  at 
  middle, 
  with 
  outer 
  margin 
  obliquely 
  

   trmicate 
  on 
  apical 
  half 
  and 
  inner 
  margin 
  strongly 
  convex, 
  the 
  outer 
  

   surface 
  with 
  a 
  round 
  depression 
  at 
  middle. 
  Pronotum 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide, 
  

   rounded 
  and 
  slightly 
  sinuate 
  in 
  front, 
  but 
  not 
  carinate 
  ; 
  lateral 
  mar- 
  

   gins 
  distinct, 
  entire; 
  posterior 
  angles 
  strongly 
  projecting 
  backward. 
  

  

  