396 r.Ev. ET MAC. DE ZOOLOGIE. {Septembre 1855.) 



nus Lecontei, Dej., specics général, V, 435 (1831). 



Spccics2, P. Locordairei , Dejean. — « Supra nigro- 

 picea, palpis, antennis pedibusquc rufo-piceis, » supra 

 valde et longe setosa, setis e punclis striarum prodeun- 

 libus (PI. 14, f. 1). — Long, corp., lin. 4, 5 1/2. — 

 Habitat in America meridionali (Brasilia D. Beske). In 

 Mus. Parry. 



Syn. Axinophonis Lacordalrei, Dejean, Boisd., Ico- 

 nogr. des Coléopt., 1, 176. — Drepanus, Lacord. Dej., 

 Sp. gen., V, 43G. Var. Supra nigra, clytris piceis, cor- 

 pore subtus piceo-nigro, femoribus subcastaneis, tibiis 

 tarsisque nigris; corpore valde setoso. Obs. (The tooth 

 in thc middle of the mentum is slrong conical. — 

 La dent au milieu du menton est forte et conique.) 



Specics 3. Pseiidomorpha fallaXtV^eslvi . — Lal«, obs- 

 cure piceo-nigra, baud nilida, sublente punclatissinia, 

 elytris striis decimo punctorum parvorum notatis, ore, 

 antennis, pedibus corporeque piceis (PI. 14, flg. 2). 

 — Long. Corp., 7 1/2. 



Syn . Silplwmorpha /'«//aa'.Wcstw. ,Linn . ,Trans. XVIII , 

 p. 416, tab. 28, fig. 4. —Habitat in Nova Hollandia, 

 in Mus. Hope, Melly, britann., Weslwood, Germar in 

 Linnœacnlomol. III, p. 171 (1848). 



Var. PauUo minor (aliter baud diversa). — Pseudo- 

 morpha oreclocheloides, Hope, in Trans. Ent. Soc, 

 vol. IV, p. 104 (1845). — Habitat in Auslralia (Adé- 

 laïde), Swans River, D. Torpnum. 



Corpus oblongo-ovatum, snbdepressum; Ihoracis ely- 

 Irorumquc lateribus subconlinuis, subrofle.ïo-margina- 

 tis; supra nigrum, parura nilidum, undique tenuissime 

 punctatissimum ; protboracis lateribus margineque 

 postico marginibusqueelytrorum, partibus oris, anten- 

 nis corporeque subtus cum pedibus piceis, pronoto 

 utrinque prope marginem posticum impressione parva 

 rotundata. Elytra striis circiter octo fere obliteratis 

 alteraquc brevi ad basin suturœ subtiliter serialim 



