COLEOPTERA. 1G7 



In niakinf; the statement tluit the posterior anghis of the pronotnin 

 are riglit or obtuse in tliis and other species, the angle is viinved not 

 from above but in a line perpendicular to the plane of the angle. 



CRYPTAIWORPHA WoU. 



C HlllJtoardi n. sp. — Form nearly as in Desjcirdensi, depressed. Color 

 of head and prothorax dark rnfo-testaceous, that of th« elytra paler and 

 more flavate, the latter with a rather small oval discal spot at tlie scntellum, 

 and, at the posterior two-thirds a broad transverse anteriorly arcuate and 

 irregular band not attaining the sides, both of blackish-castaneous : under 

 surface and legs pale rnfo-testaceous ; antennae at base dark rufo-testaceous, 

 joints seven to ten dark-fuscous to piceous-black, eleventh joint paler, testa- 

 ceous. Pubescence of head and prothorax excessively fine, short and sparse, 

 almost invisible, that of elytra rather short, sub-recumbent, pale yellowish- 

 cinereous and rather dense, arranged serially. Head much wider than long, 

 squarely truncate anteriorly at the epistomal suture ; eyes large, very 

 prominent, nearly hemispherical, extremely coarsely granulated, lenses very 

 convex and conspiciious ; interocnlar surface nearly flat ; apical angles 

 rounded ; on each side a strong very feebly sigmoid groove extends from the 

 apical margin to a point nearly opposite the middle of the eyes ; disk 

 strongly shining, ratlier coarsely evenly and feebly punctate ; epistoma 

 slightly wider than long, transversely truncate anteriorly, apical angles 

 right and not at all rounded, sides extremely feebly divergent posteriorly 

 and nearly straight, surface feeble convex and rather abruptly declivous 

 from the epistomal suture which Is very strongly marked ; labrum more 

 than twice as wide as long, broadly and very feebly sinuate anteriorly, 

 angles rounded, sides very feebly divergent posteriorly ; antennae as long 

 as the head and prothorax together, basal joint robust, sub-oval, nearly 

 twice as long as wide, second much narrower, slightly longer than wide, 

 third to sixth nearly eqiial in length, one-half longer than the second, sub- - 

 equal in thickness, slightly narrowed toward base, the latter very slightly 

 wider at tip, seventh slighily shorter, distinctly broader, slightly longer 

 than wide, truncate at base and apex, sides strongly convergent toward base 

 and feebly sinuate toward the basal angles, eight to ten sub-equal, as wide 

 as long, successively slightly broader at base, sides and apices as in the 

 seventh, eleventh two-thirds longer than wide, abruptly constricted toward 

 the tip which is produced in an oblique narrowly rounded process ; last joint 

 of the maxillary palpi slender, cylindro-conical, nearly three times as long 

 as wide ; under surface strongly and coarsely punctate. Prothorax as wide 

 as the head ; sides parallel and very feebly sinuate in tlie anterior half, then 

 very feebly convergent and straight ; apical angles rather acutely rounded ; 

 apex and base broadly equally and rather feebly arcuate ; disk one-fourth 

 longer than wide, depressed above, roundly and abruptly declivous at the 

 sides, shining, rather densely and evenly punctate, and minutely granulose, 

 broadly impressed just before the base. Scutellum transverse, rounded be- 

 hind. Elytra at base broadly rounded, one-third wider than tlie pronotum ; 

 sides parallel and straight for two-thirds the length from the humeri, then 



