•1- Memoim Iff ihr Inttuiii Mujinim. [Vol.. \ll, 



Platyverres intermedius (Kaup). 

 Fig. V, 15. p. M. 

 Vrrrm n<tniiinliii.i, Kiiti|>. 1^71, |> ll.'i. 



One hpt'tiim'n (with worn nuinclihlc.'*) fmni Oinilttinf t iu.-t i.i.p I.n' l.v tli.- Hnti-h 

 MuHcum. Length 43-5 mm. 



IHiihjvirrrrs tnttriiiftli>i.s i« closelv allicil t«i Vrms tDilunl'i. IIh- l.iljiiua i~, howcMT, 

 8unu>\vhat mi»re <liM'ply excavate ; the clypeuH is entirely hi<lilen even at tlie angles ; the 

 frtmtal riilges are I>ronclly arrlie<l and "'"e more or less ('«>nHuent half way between the ecntral 

 tuberrie and the anterior margin of the hea«l ; tin* anterior ends <»f the marginal grooves 

 of the prothorax are less deeply iniprr>>ed ; the lateral areas of the metiisternnni. though 

 puneture«l and hairy, are narrow throughout : the elytra are uniteil and are more cuarsoly 

 "•■•■• "ired in the grooves. 



Ceiiu- PUBLIUS. Kau].. 1S71. p. 70. 

 ? Inil. J'liH iilnhiM, Zang, 1905a. 

 Tvpe, I'tLHsahis missus. Smith. 1852. p. 14. 



Publiiis crassus (Smith). 

 Ki-. V, J, p. .U. 

 PitMnhiM crna»ii». Smith. 18.'i2. p. II. 



One .speeirnen from Bogota, Columbia. 4,:-5 mm. long. 



Theantennal lamellae are .-ihort. being e<jual to about two of the immediately preceding 

 joints in length. The hibrum is broade? behind than in front ; its anteric»r margin is lightly 

 ooneave, it« aides are lightly convex. I5<iili mandibles are bidentatedi.Htally ; the left one 

 has a broad bifid tooth between these teeth and the moveable tooth; the right one has a 

 .simple conical tooth in this position. The frontal ridges are (d)solete ; the frontal tubercle.s 

 are broa<l ami short and .somewhat rounded ; the central tubercle has a slender but not 

 very long free apex. whi«h is less depres.sed than that of I'roculejus jnibicoslh. The 

 pronotum is unpunctured, and it.s .scars are indistinct ; its median groove does not nearly 

 reach the anterior margin. The scutdlum bears a few large punctures near the middle 

 line in front. The mesoth*»raci<- cpisterna are extensively matt and un])uncturcd in the 

 posterior angles, being gltts.sy aufl j)unctured elsewhere. The me.so.stemura is glossv, 

 except in the .scars, which become very large an«l almost meet in the middle line in 

 front. The meta-«ternum is glos.sy, un])unctured and hairle.ss except beside the middle 

 coxae and in the linear lateral areas. The abd«tminal sterna arc .smooth. The grooves 

 on the elytra are very faintly punctured. 



Genu- PROCULUS. K.mp. 1S68/;. j). 8. 

 Incl. CiiphofmKulus, Kuwert, 1896. 

 Type, Vassalua gori/i, Melly. 1833, pi. IvL 



