OMOTOTTTS. 22') 



18. Omototus senceo-pubescens. I3.M. 



O. oblongo-ovatus, sericeo-pubescens, jlavo-fuscus ; capite ad basin 

 antennarum longitudinaliter foveolato ; ihorace ad medium 



transverse depresso ; elytris parallelis, punctato-striatis, ante 

 medium, post medium (ad marginem), et ad apicem irregulariter 

 et obsolete depressis ; antennis robustis, ad apicem subincras- 

 satis, art. 1-6 flavis, 7 et 8 nigris, 9-11 flavis ; pedibus flavo- 

 testaceis. 



Long. corp. 2i lin., lat. 1 lin. 



Oblong-ovate, flavo-fuscous, covered throughout with a fine silky 

 tlavous pubescence. Head short, slightly produced ; above the la- 

 brum is a transverse carination ; immediately above the base of the 

 antennas is a short longitudinal fovea, while on either side of this, 

 near to the inner margin of the eyes, is a broader and more distinct 

 subcircular depression ; eyes tolerably large, situated at the base of 

 the head, extending laterally nearly as far as the anterior thoracic 

 angles. Thorax transverse (almost quadrate), rectilinear ; near its 

 anterior margin is a central fovea, while at the sides (nearer to the 

 base) are two other transverse medial depressions. Scutellum trian- 

 gular, subpubescent. Elytra parallel, punctate-striate, with several 

 broad distinct depressions ; one, antemedially, near to the suture 

 (which extends upwards and obliquely towards the shoulders), an- 

 other, postmedial (near to the margin), and another near to the 

 suture at the apex. Antennce tolerably long and robust, slightly 

 incrassated towards the apex ; the first to sixth joints flavous, seventh 

 and eighth black, ninth to eleventh flavous. Legs flavo-testaceous, 

 the posterior tibise and inflation of the terminal claw being rufo- 

 flavous. 



Columbia. A single example is in the collection of the British 

 Museum. 



19. Omototus transverso-notatus. 



O. oblongo-ovatus, subpubescens,flavo-ferrugineus ; capite subpunc- 

 tato ; iliorace quadrato, rectangulari, later ibus subsinuatis, ad 

 apicem bituberculato, ad basin depresso ; elytris latis, valde punc- 

 tato-striatis, transverse et irregulariter costatis, oblicpie quoque 

 fusco lineatis ; antennis robustis, ad apicem incrassatis, art. 1—5 

 et 9-11 flavis, 6-8 piceis ; pedibus flavis. 



Long. corp. 1^ lin., lat. f lin. 



Oblong-ovate, sufficiently robust, sparingly pubescent, flavo- 

 ferrugineous. Head short, abruptly deflected, slightly produced in 



