100 ENCAUSTES. 



Xestus fangicola. 



XestusfmijicoJa, Wall, Col. Ailant, 385. 

 Gomera. 



Neoxestus. 



g. n. {tyjy. cliilensis, Crotch), 



Near Xestus by the coai^sely granulated eyes, antennas with 

 a 3 jointed chib, etc.; mentum trapezoidal, depressed, acuminate 

 in front ; the base of the elytra with a raised denticulate margin, 

 scutelliim very transverse. 



It seems to me impossible to range this with Ischyriis; it has 

 at first sight the appearance of Xestus. 



Neoxestus cMlensis, sp. n. 



Niger, subtiliter alutaceus, siibopacus, antennis pedibus ano- 

 qne ferrugineo; capite thoraceque parce evidentius punctatis, illo 

 labro rafo; hoc subtransverso, lateribus paulo rotnndatis, cumba^i 

 tenuiter marginatis, puncto ntrinque discoidali impresso, basi 

 ntrinqne sinuato, fovea grosse i>unctata impressa; scutello valde 

 trans verso, pnnctulato ; elytiis snbtiliter soriato punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis subtilissime pnnctiilatis, lateribus sat fortiter reflexis, macula 

 humerali, subap)icali parva, ajiicalique ferrugineis. L, 2h lin. 



Cliili. 



Abdomen beneath pubescent, sparingly, last sequent thickly 

 punctured, coxal line abbreviated, fine; metasternum pnnctulate, 

 niesosternum quadrate depressed for the presternum, with about a 

 dozen deep punctures; prosternum nearly smooth, i>rucess subtri- 

 augular, apex emarginate. 



Tribe 3. Enoaustini. 



Encaustes. 



{J)<'j.) Lac. Erot. 33 {typ. verticalis, MacL.). 



llccogiiizablc l»y the trapezoidal thorax, sides straight, base 

 slightly bisinuate, antenna) with the 3rd joint elongate, club 

 3-joiiitcd, abrupt, prosternum )>ut little produced between the 

 cox;e, miirgiiicd, obtriangular. 



Elytra gcnei'ally sparstdy i)ilosc on the posterior fifth. 



Thorax with the base slightlv foveolate on each side. 



