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0*60 una. Brevis, lata, valde convexa, aterrima. nitidissima, 

 glabra, pronoto prope uiedium latissimo, angulis rectis, elytris 

 perbrevibus, ad media la ant. longis, atquu pod. la>te flavis 



maerens. 



!.. c. 0*80 mm. — Oblonga, convexa, nigra, Betie ereotis instructa, pronoto 

 i mi s i . ante basim latissimo, mediae I nberculato, angulis produi 

 el\ ' ugis, ped. atque ant. piceis ..... Chilensis 



L. c. 1 mm. — Oblongo-ovalis, nigr i fu ca, baud nitida, pilia nigro-fusois 

 dense vestita; pronoto ante basim Lati »; elytris brevibus, 



media latissimis; ant. piceis, ped. lsete flavis . . . fuliginosa. 



L. c. 0*90 mm. — Oblongo-ovalis, depressa, baud attenuata, piceo-nigra, 



rlyiris iKirullclis. nut. at'iui p. il. llavis ..... depressa. 



L c. 0G0 mm. — Oblonga, brevis, lata, nigra, pronoto atque elytris 

 vioissim prope media dilatatis, ped. atque ant. brevibus, robi 

 flavis Grenadensis. 



Trichopteryx Lewisii. 



T. Lewisii, Matthews, Cist. Ent. iii. p. 70, 188-1. 



L. c. xg— i^ Hn. = 1"12-1'3G mm. — Ferlata, convexissima, postice atteuuata, 

 capite atque pronoto nigris, elytris rufis, pilis longis flavis vestita; capite magno, 

 antice rotundato, tuberculis minutis remote ornato; oculis modicis, haiul promi- 

 nentibus; pronoto permagno, valde dilatato, convexissimo, capite longiori et mnlto 

 latiori, ad basim latissimo, tuberculis minutis, ordinibus Binuatis, confertissmiB, 

 interstitiisque Bat nitidis, Ornato, lateribus rotundatis et late marginatis, margins 

 rufa, margine basali profunde sinuata, angulis rufis, acutis, latis et lohge productis; 

 elytris rufis, capite atque pronoto angustioribus, haud longioribus, ad bumeros 

 Latissimis, in maribus postice valde attenuatis, ordinibus transversis confertissime, 

 haud profunde. asperatis, lateribus fere rectis. apicibus latis, leviter rotundatis; 

 abdomine longius exserto, apice tridentato ; pedibus sat longis, late flavis ; antennis 

 longis, gracillimis, obscure flavis. 



Body very broad and very convex, attenuated posteriorly, head and thorax black, 

 elytra rufous, clothed with long yellow hair. 



Head large, rounded in front, ornamented with minute, remote tubercles; 

 moderate, not prominent ; antennae long and very Blender, dusky yellow. 



Thorax very large and very broad, very convex, longer and much broader than the 

 head, widest at the base, closely ornamented with minute tubercles in wavy- 

 rows, interstices rather shining, sides rounded and broadly margined, margin 

 rufous, basal margin deeply sinuated with the angles rufous, acute, broad, and 

 much produced. 



Scutellum large, triangular, closely but not deeply asperated. 



Elytra rufous, narrower and not longer than the head and thorax, widest at the 

 shoulders, much attenuated posteriorly in the males, very closely but not 

 deeply asperated in transverse rows, side.- nearly straight, extremities broad 

 and slightly rounded. 



Abdomen much exserted, tridentate at the apex. 



Legs rather long, bright yellow. 



Under parti castaneous, with the mouth, coxa', and extremity of the venter pale. 



Differs from T. umbricola in its larger size, broader and more depressed form, 

 rufous elytra, and in sculpture. 



Habitat, Asia. Found in various parts of Japan by Mr. Lewis. 



