the Coleopterous family Passalidse. 455 



at the side but not pimctured or dilated in front. The 

 scutellum is thickly and finely punctured on each side of 

 the median line. The elytra are rather short and convex, 

 all the striae visibly and closely punctured and the inter- 

 stices rounded. The labrum is slightly emarginate and 

 the mentum has a protuberance at the middle. Each of 

 the four posterior tibiae has a strong spine beyond the 

 middle. 



Veturius loeruvianus, sp. n. 



Parum elongatus, convexus, capite polito, cornu acuto, antice 

 directo, carinis frontalibus triangulum equilaterale includentibus, 

 carinis posticis fere transversis, paulo sinnatis, sulco postico paulo 

 profundo, absque linea incisa ; prothorace convexo, toto impunctato, 

 sulco laterale profundo, margine antico siiiuato, angulis omnibus 

 arcuatis, scutello punctulato, medio Iseve ; elytris profunde striatis, 

 striis vix perspicue punctatis, interstitiis convexis, humeris antice 

 pilis perpaucis ornatis ; meso- et nietasterno glabris, impunctatis, 

 illo antice toto sericeo-opaco ; tibiis 4 posterioribus extus absque 

 spinis, dense hirsutis. 



Long. 42 mm. 



Hab. S.E. Peru, Marcapata R 



This is closely related to V. platyrrliinus, Hope, but is 

 smaller and has the elytra relatively shorter and more 

 broadly rounded behind, with more elevated costas. The 

 clypeal ridges are distinct but rather less divergent than 

 in that species, and the median horn is similar but the 

 transverse impression behind it is shallow and without any 

 incised line. The prothorax is rather less broad and more 

 convex, the front margin sinuated, but less strongly, and 

 less prominent in the middle. The anterior angles are also 

 less prominent. 



Verves cavicollis, Bates, was evidently unknown to 

 Kuwert, since the insect described by him under that 

 name is scarcely distinguishable from V. hageni, Kaup. 

 We have a specimen, also from Jalapa, agreeing with 

 Kuwert's diagnosis. The true V. cavicollis is a quite 

 unmistakable species with a very long horizontal horn 

 and large, nearly circular, pits at the front angles of the 

 pronotum. 



The species described by Kuwert as Verrcs cleflcxicornis, 

 of which the habitat was uncertain, is also in our collection. 

 It inhabits Costa Rica. 



