A new species of the genus Berosus. 



Described by 



A. C. Jensen-Haarup. 



In a series of Berosus species, which I collected in the 

 Province of Mendoza, and which were sent to Mr. Régim- 

 bart in France for determination, 1 found a specimen label- 

 led )\ Berosus dehiscens Rég. var? ou sp. nov. ?« By a close 

 examination of the specimen I found tliat it differed very 

 considerably from the species labelled n Berosus dehiscens 

 Rég. inédit« and that it in fact represented a very di- 

 stinct species, although it is allied to B. dehiscens, especially 

 with regard to the shape and punctuation of the elytra. 

 As now Mr. Régimbart is not inclined to describe a new 

 species, when he cannot keep the type specimen in his 

 cabinet, which is quite natural, I have been compelled to 

 describe the new species myself. 



Berosus Engelharti n. sp.: Dark olive or greenish 

 brown; forehead clear green; antennae, palpi and legs pale 

 yellow. Body narrow and elongate. Forehead (clypeus etc.) 

 strongly narrowed in front. Scutellum finely punctulate, its 

 punctuation rather obsolete, much finer than the surrounding 

 punctures of the thorax and in the striæ of elytra. Striæ of 

 elytra deep, more especially, near the apex, and strongly 

 punctured; the interstices slightly convex, shiny, irregularly 

 and coarsely punctate, only 4th and 9th interstice in front 

 with a more or less regular row of punctures. Each elytron 

 at apex prolonged in a sharp, diverging tooth or spine. 

 Length 4 mm. 



