190 ANISORCUS. 



Curinus. 



Mute. Spec. p. 472 {typ. coeruleus). 



With this subgenus I have united Harpasus {typ. pallidi- 

 labris), distinguished by the fovea on the thoracic epipleurse, but 

 this character seems to be of somewhat doubtful value in the 

 ' Chilocorides ; it differs from Orcus by the thorax, of which the 

 sides are not deflexed, and the fold starting from the posterior 

 angle is absent. 



Curinus coeruleus. 



Orcus coeruleus, Mute. Spec. p. 472. 7. 

 Mexico, Chili, Brazil (Rio Janeiro, Bahia, Petropolis). 

 The surface is opaque, the punctuation obsolete ; the sides of 

 the thorax are nearly straight. 



Curinus pallidilabris. 



Orcus 2>ciIH(lilabris, Mute. Spec. p. 473. 8 (T). 

 Bahia (Deyrolle, Fry). Also opaque and with a very obsolete 

 punctuation. 



Curinus peleus. 



Orcus peleus, Mute. Op. in. p. 63 (1853) T. 



Hemispherical, greenish-blue elytra each with a large dis- 

 coidal yellow spot, epipleurse yellow along their inner margin ; 

 body beneath black, edges of segments paler. L. 1| lin. Cuba 

 (Chevrolat). The type is somewhat immature, but appeal's to be 

 entirely impunctate. 



Curinus Eversmanni. 



Orcus Eversmanni, Mute. Spec. p. 474. 9. 



Brazil (Paris). Lagoa Santo (Copenhagen). 



Very obsoletely and sparsely punctulate; distinctly alutaceous. 



Curinus zonatus. 

 Orcus zonatus, Mute. Spec. p. 475. 10. 

 Brazil (Deyrolle), Rio Janeiro (Fry). 



Punctuation apparent. I do not see the basal line of the 

 thorax noticed by Mulsant. 



Anisorcus. 

 n. gen. {typ. Fryi). 

 This genus, formed for the reception of two species from the 

 Fiji Islands, differs from Exochomus by having the abdominal plates 

 incomplete ; the thorax is not margined, except at the sides which 

 are rounded; the punctuation is coarse, sparse and extremely 

 unequal. 



