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'its rufo-testaceous and punctured scutellum. and in the robust form of its legs 

 and antennae. 



Habitat, Sandwich Islands. Found near Honoluhi by the Eev. T. Blackburn. 



Corylophodes truncatus. 



(Cori/lojihiis) tiKncatus, Le Conte, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. vi. p. 14:3, 1852. 



L. c. j'^T-j^,; lin. = 8"7-lmm. — Subhemisphericus, postice parum attenuatus, niti- 

 dissimus, elytrorum superficie insequali, obscure castaneus, plus minusve rufescens ; 

 pronoto permagno, lato, antice circulariter rotundato, glabro, nitidissimo, rufescenti, 

 margine anterior! pellucide flava, et late reflexa, linea basali distincta, margine 

 basali modice sinuata, angulis productis, acutis ; elytris postice attenuatis, pronoto 

 longioribus, hand latioribus, ad humeros latissimis, nitidissimis, superficie iniequali 

 et indistincte punctata, stria suturali levissima, piceo-castaneis, lateribus atque 

 sutura late rufescentibus, lateribus late marginatis. apice obtuso ; pedibus valde 

 robustis, liBte flavis, tibiis valde dilatatis ; antennis robustis, Iste flavis, clavis 

 obscurioribus, articulo septimo valde incrassato. 



Bodfi subhemispheric, slightly attenuated posteriorly, very shining, with the surface 

 of the elytra uneven, dark castaneous, more or less rufescent. 



Head large, yellow ; eyes large and very prominent ; antennje robust, bright yellow, 

 with the club dusky, and the seventh joint very much enlarged. 



Thorax very large and broad, circularly rounded in front, smooth and very shining, 

 rufescent, with the anterior margin transparent yellow and broadly refiexed, 

 basal line distinct, basal margin moderately sinuated, with the angles produced 

 and acute. 



Sctitellion rather large and broad, subtriangular. 



Elytra attenuated towards the apex, longer but not broader than the thorax, widest 

 at the shoulders, very shining, with the surface uneven and indistinctly punc- 

 tured, sutural stria faint, dark castaneous, with the sides and suture broadly 

 rufous, sides broadly margined, apex obtuse. 



Legs very robust, bright yellow, tibise much dilated. 



Under partu dark castaneous, with the prothorax yellow, and a deep oval depression 

 in the middle of the first ventral segment. 



Differs from others in its large and broad thorax, attenuated elytra, more or less 

 rufescent colour, and general sculpture. 



Habitat, North America. A very distinct and easily recognised species. 



Corylophodes suturalis. 



(Corijlophus) suturalis, Sharp, Trans. E. Dublin Soc. (2) iii. p. 127, 1885. 



L. c. j% lin. = 1 mm. — Hemisphericus, nitidissimus, sat profunde punctatus, 

 rufo-castaneus, marginibus elytrorum atque sutura rufis ; pronoto modico, semicir- 

 culari, punctis magnis leviter impressis notato, interstitiis glabris, nitidissimis, 

 linea transversa ad marginem basalem impresso, margine anteriori late reflexa, 

 pellucida, margine basali vix sinuata, angulis sat acutis ; elytris pronoto sesqui 

 longioribus, vix latioribus, pone humeros latissimis, punctis magnis, leviter 

 impressis notatis, interstitiis nitidis, sat late marginatis ; scutello lato, rotundato, 

 rufo ; pygidio minime exserto, rufo ; pedibus sat longis, laete flavis ; antennis 

 obscuris, articulis basalibus laete flavis. 



Head moderate, antennae dusky, with the basal joints bright yellow. 

 Thorax moderate, semicircular, marked with large shallow punctures, with the in- 

 terstices smooth and very shining, and a transverse impressed line near the 



