24 Mr. C. 0. ^Viitcrlioiisc on various 



Pelidnota ci/Iindrica, sp. nov. 



Elongata, subcylinclrica, convexa, nitida, vii-idl-a!nca. 

 Capite sat magno ; fronte Icviter convexa, anticc posticequc 

 fortiter punctata ; clypeo fortiter rugoso-])unctato, marline 

 reflexo. Antonnis ])iccis. Thorace lonoitudinc ^ latiori, 

 convexo, ])arce latcra versus crelmus sat fortiter punctato, 

 ante medium paulo augustato, angulis anticis acutiusculis, 

 posticis sat obtusis, basi leviter bisinuato. Scutello parce 

 punctato. Elytris thorace jiaulo latiorilius ct 2.^ longiori- 

 bus, postice paulo ampliatis, foiliter sid)seriatim piuictatis. 

 Pygidio magno, convexo, subtiliter ci'ebre punctulato. 

 Pedibus jiarce punctulatis ; tibiis cuprascentibus. 



Long. 14 lin.; lat. 6 lin. 



The thorax has some ol^solete impressions near the 

 sides, all the margins are thickened. In front it is some- 

 what strongly bisinuate, so that the anteiior angles arc 

 somewhat prominent. The elytra have some indications 

 of longitudinal impressed lines, and some very slight 

 transverse Avrinklea on the disk. The pygidium is very 

 convex, rounded at the apex. The underside of the body 

 is slightly pubescent, and thickly and strongly punctured, 

 but the legs ai'e very glossy ; the anterior tibia) arc 

 strongly tridentate on their outer edge. 



Hab. — Guatemala. Brit. Mus. 



This species is remarkable for its very elongate form, 

 and for the large size of the head. 



RHYNCHOPHORA. 

 Antiiribid.e. 

 Mecocerus sulphureus, sp. nov. 



Dense flavo-tomentosus, nigro-variegatus ; pedibus nigris, 

 flavo-annulatis. 



Long. 16^ lin. ; lat. 5 — 5^ lin. 



Head black, clothed above with yellow tomcntum ; a fine 

 sutural line, and two longitudinal spots on the neck, black. 

 Thorax depressed, as long as broad, rather more narrowed 

 in front than behind ; the sides gently rounded, entirely 

 clothed with yellow tomentum, except the lateral margins 

 and a slightly flexuous strii)e on each side of the disk, 

 which are velvet black. Elytra ^broader than the thorax, 

 and 2^ times longer, gently convex, clothed with yellow 

 tomentum, irregularly marked with black velvety square 

 spots, a larger square spot behind the middle of each 



