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SPECIKIUM KPITOMA. 



L. c. 1'25 mm. — Ovatus, postice alteuuiitus, obscure castaiieus, lievis- 



sime punctatus, anteunis longis, rufo-tesiaceis .... marinus. 

 L. c. 1-25 mm. — Ovalis, postice baud attenualus, totus rufo-castaneuit, 



autennis perparvis, flavis . . . . . ... Dohrnii. 



L. c. 1 mm. — Late ovatus, postice baud uttenuatus, castaueus, pronoto 



parum rufesceuti, bat profuiide punctatus, anteuuis robustis. 



Ifete flavis .......... Fiorianus. 



L. c. 0-87 mm. — Ovatus, postice baud attenuatus, distiucte punctatus, 



antennis modicis, hete flavis ....... ruficollis. 



L. c. 0-75 miii. — Late ovalis, dilute castaueus, eat profuude alutaceus. 



antennis sat parvis et bievibus. hfte flavis .... velox. • 



L. c. 0-75 mm.- — Ovatus, rufo-custaneus, profuude punctatus, antennis 



magnis, robustis, Isete flaWs ....... pumilus. 



L. c. vix 0-75 mm.^ — Ovalis, castaneus, leviter punctatus, antennis 



longis, flavis Guatemalensis. 



L. c. 1 mm. — Ovatus, valde convexus, totus rufo-castaneus, elytri^ 



simpliciter punctatis, ped. atque ant. hete flavis . . . Japonicus. 

 L. c. 0-l:!7 mm. — Brevis. ovatus, castaneus, pronoto rufescenti, elytris 



duplice punctatis, antennarum articulo 8 exiguo, ped. atque 



ant. perbrevibus, bete flavis ....... brevicornis. 



L. c. 0'7o mm. — Subhtuiispbericus, nitidissimus, rufo-castaneus, elytn.s 



umbilicatim punctatis, ped. atque ant. flavis .... obtusus. 

 L. c. 0'75 mm.— Ovatus, valde convexus, nitidissimus, pronoto im- 



impuuctato, rufescenti, elytris piceis, pronoto atque elytris 



marginatis, ped. atque unt. flavis ...... dissimilis. 



Rhypobius marinus. 



E. marinus, Le Coute, Proc. Ac. Philad. vi. p. 142, 1852. 



L. c. ^V4^ 1^"- = 1'1'2-1'25 mm. — Ovatus, postice sat attenuatus, validissime 

 convexus, castaneus, nitidissimus, totus alutaceus ; pronoto obtuse semiovali, 

 antice levissime excavate, leviter alutaceo, impuuctato, lateribus leviter mar- 

 ginatis, margine basali fere recta, an^ulis parum productis, vix acutis ; elytris 

 pronoto parum latioribus, duplo longioribus, ante media latissimis, postice parum 

 attenuatis, magis profunde alutaceis, puuctis minutis iudistinctis notatis, lateribus 

 marginatis ; antennis longis, rul'o-testaceis ; pedibus longis, robustis, rufo-testaceis, 

 tibiis omnibus ad apices dilatatis, tarsorum articulis basalibus bilobatis. 



Body ovate, attenuated posteriorly, exceedingly convex, castaneous, very shining, 



alutaceous. 

 Head lai-ge, produced in front : eyes large and exceedingly prominent ; antenn* 



rather short and robust, with the seventh joint moderately enlarged. 

 'Thorax obtusely semioval, slightly excavated in front, finely alutaceous, impunc- 



tate, sides slightl}' margined, basal margin nearly straight, with the angles 



slightly produced and moderately acute. 

 Scutellum large, semioval, alutaceous. 

 Elytra rather broader, twice longer, and more deeply alutaceous than the thorax, 



widest before the middle, slightly attenuated posteriorly, marked with minute 



indistinct punctures, sides margined. 

 Lefts long and robust, rufo-testaceous, with all the tibia? dilated towards the apex, 



and the three basal joints of the tarsi bilobed. 

 L'nder parts castaneous. 



