1370 COLEOPTERA 



Clypeorhynchus (Gen., p. 1210, Part v.). 



2394. C. COrdipennis, "-s. Convex, subopaque, fusco-ferru- 

 ginous, antennae and tarsi reddish ; sparingly clothed with sub- 

 depressed pale-yellow setae, and a few erect scale-like ones. 



Rostrum convex, with a longitudinal depression near each side, 

 its sculpture concealed b}- hair-like squamae ; the apical portion 

 shining, dark -red, and finely punctate. Antenna reaching the 

 shoulders ; scape flexuous, thickened towards the extremity, touch- 

 ing the front of the thorax, with some erect setae ; funiculus with 

 the two basal joints elongate and slender, the second rather shorter 

 than the first. Head feebly impressed between the eyes. Thorax 

 about as broad as long, widest before the middle, much narrowed 

 behind ; with an indistinct central groove, the borders of which, in 

 front, are nearly smooth, the surface has some coarse punctures and 

 appears a little rugose ; pale setae form a line near each side, and 

 two small frontal crests. Scutellum invisible. Elytra cordiform, 

 not twice the breadth of the thorax, the shoulders obliquely 

 narrowed to the width of the thorax at the base, and, on the out- 

 side, densely covered with pallid setae ; series of punctures form 

 more or less evident striae, on the apical portion the striae are well 

 marked ; the basal region is somewhat blackish, and there a few 

 minute tubercles may be seen ; the coarse setae are placed singly, 

 but do not cause spots. Legs long, femora clavate, slender near the 

 base ; tibite flexuous inwardly, their inner angles acuminate ; tarsi 

 with grey pubescence underneath, third joint with elongate lobes. 



Underside infuscate-red, with elongate depressed setae ; proster- 

 num emarginate in front ; ocular lobes well developed ; metasternum 

 broadly impressed ; fifth ventral segment simple ; eyes transverse ; 

 rostrum pterygiate at the j)oint of antennal insertion, slightly broader 

 there than it is in front. 



Length (rost. excL), If lines; breadth, quite f line. 



Westlaud (Boatman's). Mr. Cavell sent me two specimens which 

 he found during June and July, 1891. 



Obs. — A third example is narrower, with a well-marked inter- 

 ocular depression, the rostrum is indistinctly bicarinate, the thorax 

 is slightly longer, the elytra are narrower near the middle and have 

 four slight basal elevations. This may prove to be the male. 



2395. C. cristatus, '^-s- SubojMque, obscure brick -red, 

 antennae reddish, tarsi paler, the setae yellowish. 



x\grees in most respects with the description of C. graciliijcs, but 

 differs therefrom in some points. The thorax is as broad as it is 

 long, widest near the front, and much narrowed behind ; the frontal 

 depression is prolonged backwards, there are two crests in front ; at 

 each side, near the middle, there is a distinct prominence ; pale 

 setaB form a streak near each side, and a dense patch on the outside 

 of each shoulder ; although the upper surface is somewhat rugose, 

 the sides are obviously punctate. The elytra are nearly twice the 

 breadth of the thorax in their widest parts, but both are of equal 



