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Corylophodes Schwarzii, sp. n. 



^^- ^- i°<i ~ i^fl ^'"- = 0*75-0'87 mm. — Ovatus, validissime convexus, nitidissimus, 

 lulortim expers, fere impunctatus, vel rufo-piceus, vel piceus, macula uuica late 

 rubra ad mediam elytrorum suturam ornatus ; proiioto parvo, plus minusve llavee- 

 centi, antice ovaliter rotuiidato, leviter reHexo, et pellucido, nitidissimo, iudistiucte 

 punctato, marfjine Imsali profuude siiiuatu, aiigulia sat obtusis ; eli/tris sat longis, 

 jironoto parum latioribus, duplu longioribus, ante media latissimis, superficie 

 iiiiequali, nitidissimiH, iudiKtinetf punctatis, rufo-piceis, aut piceis, macula uiiica 

 hete rubra ad mediam suturam oniatis, laterii)us leviter marginatis, apice obtuso ; 

 pedibus atque antenuis brevibus, Iwte flavi.s. 



Jiod/i ovate, exceedingl}' convex, very shining, without hair, almost iiupunctate, 



either rufo-piceous or piceous with a single bright red spot near the middle of 



the suture between the elytra. 

 Head small, caslaneous; eyes moderate, castaneous ; antenute short, bright yellow. 

 Thorae small, more or less Havescent, ovally rounded, slightly redexed and pellucid 



in front, very shining, indistinctlj' punctured, basal margin deeply sinuated, 



with the angles rallier obtuse. 

 Sciitfllton small, triangular. 

 Elytra rather long, rather broader and twice longer than the thorax, widest before 



the middle, surface uneven and very shining, indistinctly punctured, either 



rufo-piceous or piceous, with a single bright red spot near the middle of the 



suture, sides slightly margined, apex obtuse. 

 Lc(l8 short, bright yellow. 



CndiT jMtrts castaneous, with the apex of the venter yellow. 

 hiffciH from others in its small thorax, large elytra, with an uneven surface and a 



single bright red spot of variable size near the middle of the suture common 



to both sides. 

 Habitat, North America. Fouud near Los Angeles, Calit'ornia, by Mr. H. Schwarz. 



Corylophodes insignis. 



C. insignis, Matthews, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1887, p. 109. 



L- c. i^J— i§ lin. l"37-r5U mm. — Late ovatus, convexus, nitidissimus, 

 glaberrimus, fere impunctatus, aterrimus, dimidio anteriori pronoti hete tiavo ; 

 pnntdto sat i)arvo, antice fere circulariter rotundato, et modice retlexo, dimidio 

 anteriori Jiete Havo, posteriori aterrimo, linea basaii obsoleta, margine basali 

 si-utellum versus producta, angulis sat acutis ; ili/tris longis, pronoto latioribus, et 

 plus (juam duplo longioribus, prope media latissimis, aterrimis, glaberrimis et 

 nitidissimis, lateribuH leviter marginatis, epipleuris flavis, apice parum acuminato, 

 stria suturali nulla ; pedibus sat longis, lajte Havis ; antennis tiavescentibus, clavis 

 brevibus, validissime incrassatis, nigrescentibus. Exempla uonnulla minora et 

 dilutiora sunt ; forsan fceminea. 



Jiodi/ broadly ovate, convex, very smooth and shining, almost impunctate, deep 



black, with the anterior half of the thorax bright yellow. 

 Iliad moderate, tlavescent ; eyes black, moderate; antennffi flavescenl, the third 



joint very long, the club short and very broad, almost black. 

 'rUorns rather small, almost circularly rounded and moderately reflexed in front, 



with the anterior half l)rigbt yellow and the posterior black, basal line obsolete, 



basal margin produceil towards the scutellum, with the angles rather acute. 

 SciitcUum broad, subtrianguiar. 



