:V2 [J"'y. 



almost at right angles in ilie middle, aeumiuate at tlie apex ; labrum 

 small, traiis\erse, rounded at the sides and in front, impressed in the 

 centre. Head very large, nearly as wide as the elytra at their greatest 

 width, transverse, rounded at the sides, emarginate posteriorly, with a 

 deep longitudinal impression from the neck to the anterior margin, al- 

 most dividing the head into two spheres. Antennae very short, about 

 three-quarters the length of the head, the basal joint largest ; the 

 second short, transverse ; the third to ninth joints very slightly trans- 

 Averse, sub-equal, the tenth joint a little longer, the eleventh a little 

 longer and acuminate.* Eyes none. 



Thorax moderately convex, a little more than half the Avidth of 

 the head, slightly narrowed behind, obliquely truncate on each side in 

 front, faintly longitudinally impressed on the disc. 



Scutellum moderate in size, triangular, rounded at the apex. 



Elytra covering the abdomen only in part, overlapping each other 

 inner margin parabolically rounded, their epipleurae covering the meso- 

 and meta-thoracic parapleurie. 



Legs strong, short ; intermediate and posterior coxae contiguous, 

 femora slightly compressed ; tibise much compressed, concave on both 

 surfaces, the apical spiirs to all the tibiae short and acuminate ; tarsi 

 short, thick, three-sided, each joint with a somewhat deep impression 

 on its two outer sides, the third or under-side of the basal four joints 

 (basal three to posterior tarsi) spongy ; the first to penultimate joints 

 decreasing in size, the claw-joint when seen from above appears con- 

 tracted at the base, when seen sideAvays is slightly acuminate and 

 obliquely truncate at the apex ; claAvs short, fissile nearly to the base, 

 the under and upper divisions of equal length. 



MELOETTPHLrS FUSCATITS, sp. U. 



Fusco-testaceus, nifidus, ore, anfennis, peclihtsqve fuscis, cnpite 

 maqno, cotivexo,in medio canaliculato, si(h1iliter p)t(7ietidafo, fronte trans- 

 versim imjjresso. Octilis nullis. Thornce capitefere dtiplo angustiori, 

 transversa, fere IcBvi. ScuteUo fitsco-nigro, siihtillter pnnctulato. Ely- 

 tris sat brevihus, convexis, singulis iiitrorsiim et ad apicem leviter rotun- 

 datis ; supra suhtiliter et irregulariter punctulatis, singulis lined ohsolefa 

 a hasi fere ad apicem notatis. Pedibus fuscis, subtilissime pubescent ibus 

 et punctulatis, tibiarum tarsorumque foveis Icevibus. 



Long. 7 lin. (sine abdomine Q\ lin.) : capitis lat. 3^ lin. 



Habitat : Pebas, E. Peru. In coll. E. W. Janson. 



British Museum : 



31ay 22nd, 1872. 



* One of the antenna? has the apical joint apparently deformed, this joint being transverse 

 and rounded at the apex.— C. O, W. 



