DYSCHERES AGRESTIS. 



Oculi rotundati , prominuli. Prothorax subangustus , basi 

 subtruncatus. Elytra prothorace latiora, apicibus breviter 

 mucronatis. Pedes médiocres; femora mutica, modice cla- 

 vata ; tïb'icB anticse flexuosce ; unguiculi approximati , basi 

 connati. 



The characters of' this genus are chiefly negative , dif- 

 fering from Anemerus in its bilobed penultimate tarsal 

 joint , and from Atmetonychus in its connate claws — not 

 one only. 



Dyscheres agrestis, n. sp. 



D. ellipticus , fuscus , squamulis albis disjunctim indu- 

 tus ; prothorace in medio impresso , lateraliter esquamoso ; 

 elytris seriatim punctatis, punctis plurimis elongatis. — 

 Long. 4'/2 liu. 



Elliptic , brown , covered with small inconspicuous white 

 scales , not close together , but more so beneath ; head and 

 rostrum with a well-marked median groove , another on 

 each side of the latter — not extending to the head — 

 and curved outwardly at the base; prothorax rather sud- 

 denly deflected at the sides, irregularly punctured, an 

 oblong longitudinal depression in the centre ; scutellum 

 oblong, triangular; elytra gradually narrowing from the 

 middle , each bluntly apiculate , seriate-punctate , several of 

 the punctures oblong or linear. 



A dull-looking species but with a faint trace of a 

 darker patch on each elytron owing to fewer scales on 

 the part. To this genus I refer three very distinct 

 forms in my collection which might at first sight be 

 thought to belong to different genera, but all agree 

 in the generic characters given above ^). 



1) Di/scJieres grisevs , sp. n. 



D. ovatus, fuscus, squamulis grisescentibus, setis numerosis adsjiersis, tec- 

 tus; prothorace basi leviter bisinuato, in medio inaequaliter impresso, latera- 

 liter I'usco-vittato ; elytris seriatim punctatis , punctis baud elongatis. — Long. 



4 (cT) - 5 (9) ""■ 



Notes from tlie Leyden IMizseum, Vol. V. 



