APPENDIX— COLEOPTERA. (i9 



pubescent ; the fiterna finely punctured ; abdominal .■^e<^inent.'«, exce])t the 

 last which is shining and impunctate, extremely finely punctured. Legs 

 lilack and puliescent ; libi* and tarsi dark ferruginous. Length, 5|- mm. 



Closely allied to the preceding sjiecies, but differs in being smaller and 

 comparatively narrower, in having the prothorax much more finely ami 

 sparingly jninctured and the elytra very feebly striate-punctafe. 



Fain. CUnCULIONin.E. 



17. Listrodercs inconsjiiriius, sp. n. 

 Hah. Cayambe (15,000 feet). 



Broadly ovate, narrower in front than behind, moderately con-\-ex, l.)lack, 

 closely covered with short pale greenish grey decumbent pirliescence. Heail 

 strongly convex, finely and closely punctured ; rostrum with a distinct median 

 ridge, the sides irregularly punctured and somewhat strigose. Antenn;i' 

 pitchy red, finely pubescent. Prothorax sirongly transverse, very slightly 

 constricted both in front and behind, finely and very closely ])unctured ; the 

 sides arcuate. Scutellum very small, finely ]iunctured. Elytra slightly more 

 than twice as long as the head and pj'olhorax together, moderately convex, 

 densely pubescent, very feeljly striate-punctate, the interstices broad ; humeral 

 angles not prominent ; sides arcuately roiinded to the apex. Underside 

 coloiu'ed as above but much more sparingly pubescent ; the sterna Aery" finely 

 and not very closely punctured ; alxlominal segments finely and closelv 

 jiunctured : the third and fourth segments shorter than the others Imt slightlv 

 longer than in the t^'^'e of this genus. Legs black, the pubescence especially 

 on the tibite inclining to yellf)wish. Length, 8 mm. 



This species is best placeil near I/iatroderrx >iiihro<:i(itiix^ Waterh., desrrilieil 

 from Chili. 



18. L. punctatissimus, sp. n. 



Hab. Chimborazo (11,700 feet). 



Broa<lly ovate, rather convex, ])itr]iy Idack, somewhat shining, modeiatelv 

 closely covered with short erect pubescence ; the elytra very densely covei'ed 

 wiih small sandy brown scales. Head broad, i-ather strongly and ^•erv closely 

 punctured especially in front, with a small circular im2)ression between the 

 eyes ; r(jstrum luoader in front than behind, constricted just l)efore the 

 middle, even more closely pirncfured than the head, with an indistinct 

 elevated line in the middle extending throughout its entire length. Antennas 

 pitchy red, clothed with very fine grey pultescence ; the second joint of the 

 funirnlus rather shorter than the first. Prothorax transverse, sliLihtlv nar- 



