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I ' nder ptirta vufo-tealaccoua. 



hifi'ds from others in its small size, broadly reflexed autcrior margin of its thorax, 



deei) black colour, and bright yellow legs and antenuse. 

 Ilaliitiit, Central America. Found in Chontales, Nicaragua, by Mr. Janson. 



Corylophodes brevicornis, sp. u. 



L. c. /ij— I'c ''"• = 1-1'12 mm.— Hemisphericus, uitidissimus, indistincte 

 alutaceus, fere glaber, aterrimus ; in-unoto perparvo, autice circulariter rotuudato, 

 modice reflexo et anguste pellucide all)ido, indistincte alutaceo, margine basali 

 modico sinuata, angulis oljtusis ; diitris pronoto multum latioribus et plus quam 

 duplo longioribus, prope medio latissimis, indistincte alutaceis, stria suturali 

 obsoleta, lateribus late marginatis, apice obtuso ; pedibus modicis, rufo-piceis ; 

 antennis perbrevibus, nigro-piceis, articulo septimo baud incrassato. 



liodii hemispheric, very shining, indistinctly alutaceous, almost smooth, deep black. 

 Head rufo-piceou.s ; eyes large and prominent, piceous ; antennas very short, nigro- 



piceous, with the seventh joint not incrassate. 

 Thorax very small, circularly rounded, moderately refle.xed, and narrowly pellucid 



white in front, indistinctly alutaceous, basal margin moderately sinuated, with 



the angles ol)tuse. 

 ScutdluiH moderate, triangular. 

 Elytra much broader and more than twice longer than the thorax, widest near the 



middle, indistinctly alutaceous, sutural stria obsolete, sides broadly margined, 



apex olituse. 

 Lefis moderate, rufo-piceous. 

 Under parts nigro-piceous, head, prothorax, and apex of the venter rufescent, 



epipleural fold of the elytra yellow. 

 Dijf'ers from C. nirjelhis in its smaller size, lighter sculpture, small thorax, short 



antennje, and piceous legs. 

 ILdiitat, Australia. Found in Queensland. 



Corylophodes orbicularis. 



C. orlictdaris, Matthews, Biol. Ceut.-Amer. Col. ii. pt. i. p. 122, 1888. 



L. c. ^ lin. = 0"87 mm. — Fere orbicularis, aterrimus, nitidissimus, impunc- 

 tatus ; prouoto brevi, antice circulariter rotimdato, margine anteriori modice 

 reflexa, pellucide albii, margine basali scutellum versus valde productu, angulis 

 fere rectis ; eli/tris brevibus, pronoto sat longioribus, parum latioribus, prope 

 humeros latissimis, lateribus late marginatis, margine rufo-piceo ; pedibus testaceis, 

 articulo basali tarsorum magno, apicali tenui et valde elongato ; antennis testaceis, 

 clavis iufuscatis, articulo tertio valde elongato. 



Body almost orlticular, deep black, very shining and impunctate. 



Head rufo-castaneous ; eyes moderate ; antenna' moderate, testaceous, with the 



club dusky, and the third joint very long. 

 Thorax short, circularly rounded in front, anterior margin moderately retiexed, 



pellucid white, basal margin very much produced towards the scutellum, with 



the angles nearly right angles. 

 Scutellum broad, triangular. 

 Elytra short, rather longer and slightly broader than the thorax, widest near the 



shoulders, sides broadly margined, with the margin rufo-piceous. 

 Legs moderate, testaceous, with the basal joint of the tarsi very large, and the 



apical joint very long and slender. 

 Under jtarts dark castaneous. 



