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punctured, with tlie interstices smooth and very shining, basal line deep, basal 



margin rather deeply sinuated, with the angles acute. 

 Sctitellnm broad, tritingular, and rufesceut. 

 Eli/tra broader and one-lmlf longer than the thorax, widest before the middle, 



slightly acuminate towards the apex, very indistinctly punctured, sutural stria 



distinct, suture rufesceut. 

 Legg short, bright yellow. 

 I'luh'r part.i piceous. 

 Differs from C. niiinUns in its more circular and more Jhivescent thorax, much 



fainter sculpture, and much shorter antenna?, wilh the ninth joint much 



enlarged. 

 Il'ibitut not given (in the collection of l)v. Dohrn). 



Corylophodes pusillus, sp. u. 



L. c. i\; lin. 0'76 mm. — Hemisphericus, nitidissimus, minute et indistincte 

 punctatus, prouoto plus mmusve translucide testaceo, elytris nigris ; cajulc magno, 

 testaceo, oculis nigris prominentibus, antennis pallide Havis, sat brevibus ; jininoki 

 parvo, antice circulariter rotundato, late rellexo et plus minusve translucide 

 testaceo, indistincte punctato, iuterstitiis glabris, nitidissimis, margine basali 

 sinuati'i, scutellum versus producta, angulis sat acutis ; tb/tris pronoto plus (juam 

 duplo longioribus, multum latioribus, prope media Intissimis, postice parum 

 attenuatis, valde convexis, indistincte punctatis, interstitiis glabris, nitidissimis, 

 lateribus leviter margiuatis, apicibus obtusis ; pedibus pallide Havis. 



Bodtj hemispheric, very shining, minutely and indistinctly punctured, thorax more 



or less translucidly testaceous, with the disc duskj'. 

 Head large, testaceous ; eyes black and prominent; antennje rather short, pale 



yellow. 

 Tliora.r small, circularly rounded, broadly reflexed, more or less translucidly 



testaceous in front, wilh the disc dusky, indistinctl}' punctured, with the 



interstices smooth and very shining, basal margin sinuated and produced 



towards the scutellum, with the angles rather acute. 

 Snitellum very small, subtriaugular, very shining. 

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



middle, slightly attenuated posteriorly, very convex, indistinctly punctured, 



with the interstices smooth and very shining, sides faintly margined, extremities 



obtuse. 

 Leys pale yellow. 

 I'uder partx testaceous. 

 l>iffers from others in its small size, very shining and almost impunctate surface, 



and broadly translucent thorax. 

 Habitat, America. Found by Mr. Smith in the island of Grenada in the West 



Indies. 



Corylophodes nigellus. 



(Holopsis) ui(jelliis, Broun, Xew Zeal. .Journ. Sci. i. j). 499, 1883. 



L. c. ili~ii li^^- 1*50-1"63 mm. — Fere hemisphericus, parum postice acumi- 

 natus, nitidissimus, indistincte punctatus, rufo-piceus, elytrorum sutura late, atque 

 pronoto dilutioribus ; primoto parvo, antice ovaliter rotundato, minute et indistincte 

 punctato, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, rufescenti, disco obscurato, margine anteriori 

 sat late reilexa, pellucida, margine basali leviter sinuata, angulis obtusis ; elytris 

 pronoto multum latioribus et |>lu8 quam duplo longioribus, ante media latissimis, 

 apicem versus parum acuminatis, piceis, sutura late atque apice rufescentibus, 



