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Sent, Hum large, triangular, rufescent, deeply asperate. 



Elytra rufescent, -licit, attenuated po teriorly, much Bhorter and rather narrower 

 than the head and thorax, widest at the shoulders, deeply asperated in trans- 

 verse oblique rows with the interstices Bhining, sides margined, extremities 

 slightly roundi d. 



Abdomen very little exserted, pygidium rufescent. 



Legs robust, rather short, yellow. 



Under parts black, coxa' yellow, meso- and metasterna deeply asperated, venter 

 piceous with the apex rufescent. 



Differs from other species in its short and exceedingly convex form, very shining 

 thorax, rugosely sculptured and very short elytra. 



Habitat, America. Found plentifully in the West Indian Islands by Mr. Smith. 



Trichopteryx Hellenica. 



T. Hellenica, Matthews, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6, iii. 18^9, p. 191. 



L. c. -, 7 , ; Lin. - 87 mm. — Oblonga, valde convexa, nitidissima, pills flavia 

 \estita, rufo-picea, remote tuberculata ; cijntc magno, modice tuhereulato, interstitiis 

 glahris, nitidis; oeulis parvis, hand prominentibus ; pronoto magno, valde convexo, 

 nitidissimo, capite multum longiori et latiori, ad baeim latissimo, tuberculis parvis, 

 ordinibus remotis sinuatis dispositis, interstitiisque glabris, nitidissimis ornato, 

 lateribus marginatis, valde rotundatis, margine basali leviter arcuata, angulis latis- 

 simis longe productis; elytris brevibus, rufo-piceis, postice parum attenuatis, capite 

 atque pronoto parum brevioribus et angustioribus, ad humeros latissimis, ordinibus 

 remotis. sinuatis modice asperatis, interstitiis fere glahris, lateribus marginatis et 

 leviter rotundatis, apicibus latis, vix rotundatis, dilutiorihus ; ahdomine eastaneo, 

 modice exserto ; pedibus atque antennis sat brevibus, rufescentihus. 



Body oblong, very convex and very shining, clothed with yellow hair, rufo-piceous, 

 remotely tuherculate. 



Head large, moderately tuberculate with the interstices smooth and shining; eyes 

 small, not prominent ; antenna' rather short, rufescent. 



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

 head, widest at the base, ornamented with small tubercles in remote, Binuated 

 rows, interstices smooth and very shining, sides much rounded and margined, 

 basal margins faintly arcuate with the alleles very broad and much produced. 



Scutellum very large, triangular, and closelj asperati 



Elytra rufo-piceous, short, slightly attenuated posteriorly, rather shorter and nar- 

 rower than the head and thorax, widest at the shoulders, moderately asperated 

 in remote wavy rows with the interstices almost smooth, sides margined and 

 slightly rounded, extremities paler, broad, and scarcely rounded. 



Abdomi n castam oils, modi ;scrted. 



Legs rather short, rufescent. 



/ 'mil r parts castaneous. 



■■ from T. Caucasiea in its smaller size, very convex and shining thorax, and 

 faint sculpture. 



Habitat, Europe. Found in the Morea (Beitter). 



Trichopteryx soror. 



'/". soror, Plach, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. "\Yien. xxxix. 1889, p. 520. 



L. c. ,v, lin.=0 - 87 mm. — Omnino ovata, valde convexa, hand nitida, pilisbrevis- 

 simis aureis vestita, capite atque pronoto piceo-nigris, elytris rufescentihus; capite 

 nigro, lato, antice rotundato, indistincte tuhereulato, oeulis parvis, hand prominenti- 



