38 [Febniary, 



rather slender, joints 3-10 obconic, sub-eqvial in length, 2 short, about half the 

 length of 3. Maxillarj- palpi not serrate, joint 2 long, obconic, 3 much shorter, 

 4 cultriform, not longer than 2. Prothorax transverse, convex, almost gibbous 

 on the disc, arcuately narrowed anteriorly, the sides margined to near the apex, 

 sub-parallel behind, the hind angles obtuse, ,the base feebly bisinuate, and with 

 the ol>lique foveae very shallow, the propleura sharply margined in iront. 

 Scutellum strongly transverse. Elytra long, as wide as the prothorax, gradually 

 narrowed from about the middle, obsoletely costate. Abdomen incompletely 

 margined at the sides. Posterior tibiae simple. Posterior tarsi with joint 1 

 very elongate, much longer than 2-4 united. Length 14, breadth 3| mm. 



Hah. : Nicaragua, Cliontales (Belt) ; Colombia, Eio Magdaleua 

 (Gondof). 



Two specimeus, one from Nicaragua doubtfully referi'ed l)y me to 

 D. mexicana in 1889, the other from Colombia acquired by the Museum 

 in 1846. A close ally of P. mexicana Champ., differing from it in the 

 somewhat gibbous, closely granulate prothorax. The maxillai'y palpi 

 are not serrate, and have a comparatively long second joint. These 

 examples agree very nearly with the description of Dircaea. prona Lee. 

 (an insect recorded as having been found rarely in dead oaks at 

 Enterprise, Florida), except that the latter is said to be sub-cuneiform 

 in shape, and to have the prothorax longer than wide, and the basal 

 margin of the elytra raised and scabrous. P. granicollis Seidl., from 

 Sicily, seems to be another allied form ; P. rngicollis Lewis, from 

 Japan, has the prothorax still more coarsely granulate. 



5. — Phloeotrya scabricollis, n. sp. 



V . Moderately elongate, somewhat shining, thickly clothed with fine 

 reddish-brown pubescence ; piceous above, the antennae, palpi, and legs, and the 

 under-surface in part, ferruginous. Head densely granulato-punctate ; antennae 

 short, rather stout, joints 3-10 sub-equal in length, 2 aboitt half the length of 3 ; 

 maxillary palpi not serrate, the ciiltriform apical joint very little longer than 2. 

 Prothorax much broader than long, somewhat gibbous, the sides roimded from 

 the base and with the marginal carina complete, the base feebly bisinuate, the 

 hind angles defiexed and obtuse ; densely, coarsely granulate, the propleura 

 sharply margined in front. Elytra moderately elongate, of about the same 

 width as the prothorax, sub-parallel in their basal half ; densely, very finely 

 punctate, granulate at the base, obsoletely iinicostate on the disc. Beneath 

 densely, finely, the propleura and sides of the metasternum coarsely, punctate. 

 Abdomen obsoletely margined at the sides. Length 10, breadth 3 mm. 



Hab. : Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (Fry). 



One specimen, imperfect. Less elongate than P. goudoti, the 

 prothorax shorter, more rounded at the sides, and more roughly 

 granulate, the elytral sculpture finer, becoming granulate at the base. 



