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intermediate and posterior like the anterior, but rather longer ; tarsi with the two 

 basal joints equal to each other and simple. 

 Coxce anterior ovate and prominent, divided by the carina. 

 intermediate rounded and wideh' distant. 

 jiosterior moderate, pyriform, and very remote. 



Lepadodes differs from Coryloplius in the shape of the thorax ; the large size of 

 the prosternum, with the coxal cavities broadly enclosed ; the uniform size of the 

 intermediate joints of the antennte ; and in the shape of all the organs of the 

 mouth. 



Lepadodes Chilensis. 



L. Chilensis, Matthews, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1887, p. lib. 



L. c. j% lin. = 0'87 mm. — Ovalis, valde convesus, nitidus, modice et distincte 

 punctatus, pilis brevissimis aureis vestitus, totus castaneus ; pronoto magno, antice 

 ovaliter rotundato, redexo et rufeseenti, remote punctato, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, 

 lined basali sat profunda et distincte punctata, margine basali fere recta, angulis 

 aeutis ; eli/tris pronoto vix latioribus, fere sesqui longioribus, prope humeros latis- 

 simis, distincte et sat coufertim j^unctatis, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, stria suturali 

 distincta, lateribus marginatis, apicibus rotuudatis et dilutioribus ; pygidio minime 

 exserto ; pedibus atque antennis sat brevibus, flavis. 



Body oval, very convex, shining, moderately and distinctly punctured, clothed with 

 very short golden hair, entirely castaneous. 



Head small, castaneous ; eyes small, not prominent ; antennse short, yellow. 



Thorax large, ovally rounded, considerably reflexed, and rufescent in front, remotely 

 punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining, basal line deep and 

 distinctly punctured, basal margin nearly straight, with the angles acute. 



Scutellum rather large, subtriangular, punctured. 



Elytra scarcely broader, and nearly one-half longer than the thorax, widest near 

 the shoulders, distinctly and rather closely punctured, with the interstices 

 smooth and shining, sutural stria distinct, sides margined, extremities rounded 

 and pale. 



Abdomen with the pygidium slightly exposed. 



Legs rather short, yellow. 



Under parts castaneous, metasternum and first ventral segment punctured. 



Habitat, South America. Found in Chili. 



This neat-looking insect is easily recognized by its small size, large thorax, of 

 which the posterior angles are not produced, and by its general resemblance to the 

 genus Cort/lopJttis. 



CORYLOPHODES. Pl. VI., A. 



Cort/lophodes, Matthews, Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. xxii. p. IGO, 1885. 

 Corylophus, p. Le Conte ; Sharp. 

 Holopsis, p. Broun. 



Corpus plus minusve hemisphericum, glabrum, nitidum. 



Caput parvum, sub pronoto totum occultum ; oculis saspe magnis, prominentibus ; 



subtus, ore deflexo, et parte gulari convexa. 

 Antenna (PI. VI., A, fig. 7) leviter geniculate, ssepe breves, articulis undecim 



composite ; 1 longo, magno, leviter recurvato ; 2 magno, primo breviori ; 



3 tenui, secundo breviori ; 4-8 sfepe brevissimis, trausversis, aliquando grada- 



tim dilatatis ; 9-11 valde incrassatis, clavam subfoliatam formantibus. 



