470 (100) Mr. G. R. Crotch's Revision of 



Xestus fungicola. 



Xcstus fuovjicola, Woll. Col. Atlant. 385. 

 Gomera. 



Neoxestus. 



g. n. {tijp. chilensis, Crotch). 



Near Xestus by the coarsely gi'aniilated eyes, antennte with 

 a 3 jointed chib, etc. ; mentum trapezoidal, depressed, acuminate 

 in front ; the base of the elytra with a raised denticulate margin, 

 scutellum very transverse. 



It seems to me impossible to range this with Ischyrus; it has 

 at first sight the appearance of Xestus. 



ITeoxestus chilensis, sp, n. 



Niger, subtiliter alutaceus, subopacus, antennis pedibiis ano- 

 qiie ferrugineo; capite thoraceque parce evidentius punctatis, illo 

 labro rufo ; hoc sub trans verso, lateribus paulo rotundatis, cum ba^i 

 tenuiter marginatis, puncto utiiuque discoidali impresso, basi 

 utrinque sinuato, fovea grosse punctata imjoressa; scutello valde 

 transverso, punctulato ; elytris subtiliter seriato punctatis, intei*- 

 stitiis subtilissime punctulatis, lateribus sat fortiter rellexis, macula 

 humerali, subapicali parva, apicalique ferrugineis. L. 2^ lin. 



Chili. 



Abdomen beneath jjubescent, sparingly, last sequent thickly 

 punctured, coxal line abbreviated, fine; metasternum punctulate, 

 mesostcrnum quadrate depressed for the prusternum, with about a 

 dozen deep punctures; prosternum nearly smooth, process subtri- 

 augular, apex emarginate. 



Tribe 3. Encaustini. 



Encaustes. 



(Dij.) Lac. Erot. 33 (tijp. verticalis, MacL.). 



Eecognizable by the trapezoidal thorax, sides straight, base 

 slightly bisiuuate, antennas with the 3i'd joint elongate, club 

 3-joiuted, abrupt, prosterniun but little produced between the 

 coxa3, margined, obtriangular. 



Elytra generally sparsely pilose on the posterior fifth. 



Thorax with the base slightly foveolate on each side. 



