4"^ Trimestre 1854. Lxxxm 



pressus, niger, dense tomentosè pubescens. Gaput album; 

 thorax quadratus ; medio dentibus duobus obtusis, elevalis, 

 posteiiùs depressus , maculis tribus albis ad basin sitis ; 

 elytra, humeris quadratis, dilaiata, thorace plus duplo latiora, 

 apice rotundata, lineis duabus longitudiiialibus albis, prima 

 suturam occupante, altéra raediâ, interruptà, lineam trans- 

 versam, tertià parte sitam, atiingente, macula apice albâ; 

 subtùs pedesque nivei. — Long. 3, 2 1/2 oiill., larg. 1 3/^, 

 1 Ijk mill. — lie de France, Bourbon, Madagascar. 



51. Ptinus mgerrimds, mihi. — Breviter ovalis, latus, nigerrimus, 

 aeneo-micans , latè pubescens, Caput reflexum; thorax ferè 

 quadratus, posticè fortiter coarctatus depressusque, anticè in 

 fœminâ lineâ transversâ impressus; elytra breviter ovalia, 

 lata, humeris transversîm quadratis, seriatîm punctata pubes- 

 centiaque; pedes graciles, antennaeque pubescentes. — Long., 

 d" $, 2 1/2 mill., larg., d*, 1 mill., $, 1 1/2 mill. — Ceylan. 



1. NiPTUS HOLOLEUCus, FaUlcrmann. — Arménie, Ecosse, Alle- 



magne. 



2. NiPTrs GLOBULUS, lUiger. - Algérie. 



3. — ELONGATUS, mihi. — N. globulo longior , ovalis, nigro- 

 piceus, nitidus, pube erectâ anreà tectus. Capnt flavum, sul- 

 catum; thorax convexus. anticè quadratus, lateribus posticè 

 obliquis, basi coarctatus, rugosus, vagè hirsutus; elytra oblonga, 

 ovaHa. seriatim forte punclala, vagè hirsuia; antennae tenues 

 pedesque rufi , pubescentes. — Long. 1 1/2 mill. , larg. 

 m de mill. — Sicile. 



1. Trigonogenus squaliuus (Dejean). — Chili, Nouvelle Gre- 



nade. 



2. Tkigonoge.nitjs ptinoides (Reiche). - Globosus, piceo-brun- 



neus, pube flavà griscâ sat dense vestitus. Thorax globo- 

 sus, fortiter posiicè coartatus depressusque, discolatè et vagè 

 longitudinaliter iuipressus, rugosus; elytra ovata, lata, apice 

 acuminala. — Long. 2 mill., larg. 1 MU mil!. — Tanger. 



