300 COCCIDULA. 



rius sensiui angustata, vittaque marginali, a basi longe ultra 

 medium descendentibus nigi'is. Pect, nigrum. Abd. rufum basi 

 nigricans. Peel, testaceo-rufi. 



[? an Ehizobius.] 



Epipleurae foveolate, attenuate before the apex, abdominal 

 laminae subterminal, semicircular, meso- and metasterna sparingly 

 and deeply punctured, as is also the 1st abdominal segment. The 

 others are closely and finely punctate, prosternum broad, anterior 

 margin elevated; elytra with unequal punctuation. 



Tasmania, 



Midus quadristillatus. 



Pharus quadristillatus, Muds. Spec. p. 950. 2. 

 Caffraria (Stockholm, Bakewell). 



Midus Brouzeti. 



PJtarus Brouzeti, Mids. Spec. p. 1045. 3 (T). 

 Cape of Good Hope (Chevrolat). 



Neorhizobius, gen. nov. 



Punctuation fine, sparse, subrugulose ; eyes coarsely granu- 

 lated, deeply emarginate by a prolongation of the gense; abdominal 

 lamina? complete, thorax margined at the base. 



Neorhizobius cliilensis, sp. n. 



Oblong, black, thorax very sparingly punctulate, sides broadly 

 red ; elytra each with 2 orange-red curved marks, 1 larger before 

 the middle, free, discoidal, convex in front; 1 subapical, contracted 

 in the middle, joining the margin, which is also reddish as far as 

 the apex. 



The red marks sometimes reduced to thin lines, or even broken 

 into 2 or more dots. 



L. 2 bin. Chili (Germain). 



Coccidula. 



Kugelmann, III. Verz. der Kaefer Preass. p. 421 (1798) {typ. 

 scutellata). 



Coccidula scutellata. 



Chrysomela scutellata, Herbst, Arch. v. p. 58. Tab. 23. fig. 20 

 (1783). _ 



Corridida scutedata, Muls. Sccur. p. 268. 

 Europe. 



Coccidula rufa. 



Dermestes rufus, Ilerbst, Arch. IV. p. 22. Tab. 20. fig. 7 (1783). 



Coccidula ru/h, JIuls. Sccur. p. 269. 



Europe, 



