20 CATALOGUE OF CUCUJID.E. 



4. Passandra rubrolineata. 



Passandra rubrolineata, Blanch. Voy. (VOrhig. 205, 673, t. 19, f, 9. 

 Hab.— S. America. 



5. Passandra sexstriata. 



Passandra sexstriata, Dalm. Schbn. App. Syn. 146. Newm. Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. ii. 389, 1. 



Hab. — Sierra Leone. 



Genus 2. HECTARTHRUM. 



Cucujus, p.. Fab. Syst. Eleut. ii. 92, 1775. 

 Hectarthrum, Newm. Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 391, 1839. 



1. Hectartheum gigas. 



Cucujus gigas, Fab. Syst. Eleut. ii. 92, 1. 

 Hectarthrum gigas, Newm. Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 392, 2. 



Hab.— Guinea. 



2. Hectarthrum depeessum. 



Fern. — Black: the thorax and abdomen more depressed than 

 in H. brevifossum : the head is sculptured as in that species, but the 

 thorax is more quadrate and less narrowed at its base: the striatiou 

 of the elytra agrees with that of H. brevifossum, but the abdomen 

 beneath is proportionably shorter. 



Length 1 in. 10 lines. 



Male. — Agreeing with the female in every particular except 

 the form of the antennse, which have the joints much broader, being 

 'broader than long. 



Length 1 1 lines. 



fl, b. India. From Mr. Sowerby's collection, 

 c, d. India. From Mr. Woolley's collection. 

 e. India. From Mr. Children's collection. 



