NEW ENIJOMYCHIDAE AND EROTYLIDAE 529 



joints taken together, these are very short, and not at all wider 

 than those preceeding them; the eighth or terminal joint is 

 orbicular, very large in proportion to the rest , somewhat pear- 

 shaped with its wider end towards the apex. The apical joint 

 of the maxillary palpi is very wide. There is an impressed line 

 running from the base of the antennae towards the base of the 

 head. The suture of the elytra is somewhat open behind , and 

 does not appear as if it were normally closed, the pygidial seg- 

 ment is wholly exposed. 



There is a single specimen only at present known to me, 

 of the insect, and the details of the trophi cannot therefore be 

 given; the labrum however is distinct, and is transverse and not 



emargmate. 



1Ò. 31!oiio<»oi'yiia, dLeeenipunctata. 



Ferru(}mea, supra nigrescenSj, parce pubescem, sublus suhsqua- 

 mosa; ore prothoracisque laterihus ferrugineis, elylris maculis quinqiie 

 sanguineis duabus basalibiis, una in medio lateris, una prope 

 suturam pone medium, el una subapicali. Long. 7 millim. 



Head sunk in the prothorax, pitchy rufous at the mouth and 

 sides, antennae entirely red ; length of the antennae about equal 

 to that of the thorax , thorax twice as wide as long , front 

 angles nearly right-angles but depressed, hind angles obtuse but 

 well marked, the surface even and smooth but not very shining, 

 because covered with scaly hairs, the sides red and bordered by 

 a distinct line a little way from the margin, this line however 

 does not reach to the front margin, and is a good deal turned 

 in at the base so as to meet it very obliquely. 



Elytra pitchy black obsoletely punctured , punctures rather 

 close but not confluent, oblong-ovate; scutellum minute. 



Legs and underside rusty-red. Lamellae of second joint of the 

 tarsi reaching nearly to the claws. 



Claws unarmed. 



A single specimen of this very singular beetle was sent me 

 by Doct. Gestro with the Endomychidae and Erotylidae of the 



Ann. del Mus. Civ. di St. Nat. Serie 2.» Vol. II. (10 Novembre 18is5). ?A 



