&4 Mtinotrs of the Indian Mimetim. [Vol.. Nil, 



the lateral areas are hairy and pumturcd, an arc al-so tli«> epipleura ami thi> hhuulders and 



anterior half of the lower nutrgin of the elytra. In other re<*poet« this «p«fie.H reMMnlile* 



the prn cdinu ""i*- 



Passalus inorio. Ten hernn. 



FiK Ml I |. .Vi. 



I'lmiuiliis iiiiprtii. IVrrlitTiiii, \H'Xt. |i|i. N,'t•K^, |il. vi, ftp. 4. 



Sixteen speriinens from Hra/.il (K.spirito-Santo. lialiia. Hlutnenau, Hio). Length 

 10-27*5 •""»• 



Thi."* .speeie.s is Hoiiiewhat more ronve.x than either of the two |>n'<<'(lin<» The length 

 of the nntennal lamellae i.s .somewhat variable. 



The heail i.s very like that of /'. rtuHlfn-nntltofioides, hut ilif outer lulicnles are very 

 <ilitu.se, the anterior margin is somewhat thiekened. the frontal area hehind this thiekeiiing 

 is flat with no speeial ilepre.-^sion lietween the inner and outer tulierele.s, and the inner 

 tuljonles are .situatetl much nearer together than the outer. The punctures on the 

 prt)i)otum are ii.sually eontined to the .s(uir.s and marginal groovc.s. but may be absent from 

 the former or may e.xteinl beyond them. The me.sosternal .sears are repre.sented only by 

 triangular matt areas whieli are not sunk below the level of the surrounding .surface. The 

 IMMterior intermediate arentt of the meta.steriiiiiu are as a rule wtrongly punctureil ; the 

 lateral areas an* more or less linear, hmooth or shghtly roughened, with «ir without 

 hair-lK'aringi)unttures. The epipleura are hairle.ss and unpunctured, the puncturing of the 

 eUira in this nn<l other respects re.sembling that of /'. piinctato-strialus. The armature 

 of the middle and hind tibiae is variable, never as strong as in I', ruijosun. 



Passalus latifrons, IVrchenm. 



Iml.-. VII .-.. p .Vl. 

 /'iMwi/iM Inltfronji, IVn-luToii, IMI. |i|>. ;JJ :i:i, |)1. Ixxix. lifi. I. 



Three spe<-imen.s from Surinam, length 30-6 32-1 mm. 



/'. htifronM is very like /'. worio, and will perhaps prove to be no more than a lo<al race 

 of it. The outer tubercles are more prominent and consopiently less obtu.se; the inner 

 tulHircles are less distinct ; the frontal ridges diverge at a more <ibtuse angle and extend 

 more distinctly beyond the latter towards the f(»rmer. The anterior angles of the proiuttum 

 are prmlueed f<»rwards t<» form a .somewhat ob.scure but di.stinetly acute proje«tion. The 

 punctures in the pron«»tal .s4ars and on the posterior intermediate areas of the metasternuin 

 are few in number in all our specimens, and the lateral areas of the metasternum are smiKtth 

 and hairless. The mesosternal .scan* are entirely absent. 



Passalus pertyi (Kaup). 

 i'l^. Ml. G \,. .VI. 

 PrHtH'ii prrlt/i. Kaup, I8f»t», p. 22. 

 Two spe*'imens without l«)cality labels. Length 39*0-4 1-5 mm. 



The frontal area is smaller in all directions than in /'. latilrnns and more densely 

 punctured iu front. The inner tubercles are obsolete and the frontal ridges do not reach 

 the uuter tubercles. The anterior angles of the pronotum ore strongly roiuide<l. The 



