1918.] F. H. (Jravely: Pnsmlidae of the World. 41 



iuai;^iii. 'I'lic mai-^'iiial fiioiivt-s arc rudiiucntary, excci)! in the anterior angles where they 

 form a pair of hirge circular pits pumtured on the inner side. The scutellum i> ahnrot 

 entirely covered with punctures. The mesothoracic epi.stema resemble those of other 

 members of the genus. The mesosternum is matt and is entirely covered with hair-bearing 

 puiuturos e.xcept near the middle line behind. The meta.sternum is covered with 

 hair-bearing punctures, e.xcept the central area and the inner parts of the posterior 

 intermediate areas, which bear a number •)f hairless punctures behind. The abdominal 

 sterna are smootli. The elytra and 1o<ts resomlilc those of T'. s/eniipiinctolns. 



Verres corticola, (Tni(|ui). 

 Fig- V. 1 1, p. ;m. 

 P<iss(iliin ciniicdUi. TriKjui. 18-")7. p. 310. 



Numerous specimens from (Juatemala and (me from Mexico. Length 31-36 mm. 



The labrum is shghtly concave in front. The mandibles resemble those of other 

 members of the genus. The central tuljorcle is fused with the pair of short parietal ridges to 

 form a massive piotuberance, in front of which the more or less distinct frontal ridges 

 extend towards the inner tubercles at a somewhat obtuse angle to one another. The inner 

 tubercles are distinct as in T'. cavicollis, but are situated on the anterior margin of the head 

 with only the angles of the clypeus visible in front of, or rather below, them. The angles of 

 the clypeus are somewhat more widely separated than the inner tubercles, and a pair of 

 rudimentary outer tubercles may perhaps be recognized in a pair of more or less tumid 

 areas connecting them. The addition to fig. v, 14. illu.strates these tubercles and the 

 clypeus angle on the left side, being drawn on a larger scale than the main figure, and from 

 a more anterior position. The prothorax and mesothorax resemble those of T'. fiiicilabris. 

 except that the scutellum is more sparsely punctured. The metasternum and elvtra 

 resemble those of V. sternipunctaiKS. The abdominal sterna aiid legs resemble those of 

 other members of the gerus. 



The above mentioned species of Verres may be recognized as follows : — 



I The clypeus extensive, oblique ; tlie inner tuliercles obsolete . . . . . . 2. 



The clypeus smaller, almost vertical, ov rudimentarv ; the 

 inner tubercles distinct . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. 



iThe labrum very deeply cleft ; the parietal ridges obsolete . V. furcilabris, p. 40. 

 The labrum less deeply cleft ; the parietal ridges short but 

 distinct . . . . . . . . T'. steniipuitctalus, p. 10. 



The labrum very deeply cleft ; the clypeus distinct ; tlie apex 

 of the central tubercle free ; a pair of large circular pits in 

 the anterior angles of the pronotum . . . . . . I'. anIcoUis. p. 40. 



The labrum not deeply cleft ; the clypeus hidden and 

 rudimentary : the apex of the central tubercle not free ; 

 the pmndtiim norn\al .. .. .. .. V. corlicola. \>. II. 



(Jenu^ PLATYVERRES, Bates, 1SS6, p. 9. 

 Type, Verres iiilentiedixf. Kau[), iS;i. p. 115. 



