72 Mr. Walter F. H. Blandford on the 
is that the front is impressed and concave in the males, 
flat in the females. The length, inaccurately given 
by Chapuis, is 2°5—3 mm. 
Phleosinus seriatus, sp. u. 
Oblongo-ovalis, subopacus, breviter pilosus, niger, elytris rufo- 
brunneis vel nigris, antennis tarsisque ferrugineis ; capite sub- 
rostrato, fortiter punctato, fere glabro, supra os impresso ; pro- 
thorace antice constricto subtransverso, supra convexo dense ac 
fortiter punctato, linea media abbreviata levi nitida; elytris 
pube brevissima vestitis, striato-punctatis, punctis rotundis sat 
frequentibus, interstitiis passim convexis, rugosis, serie unica 
setarum ornatis, lo, 30 versus apicem tuberculatis, setosis, 20, 40 
muticis, in declivitate haud setosis, margine laterali per totum 
spinulis minutis armato. Long. 2.4 mm. 
Mas. Fronte media impressa, et linea elevata laevi inter 
oculos ornata. 
Fem. Fronte deplanata, linea media laevi haud elevata. 
A pair, Higo. 
Oblong-oval, black, or with elytra reddish-brown; head 
subrostrate, strongly punctured, with an arcuate impression 
above mouth anda second smooth impression above that in male, 
at which ends the short frontal median shining line, which is 
elevate though scarcely carinate in the male, flat in the female ; 
antenne ferruginous. Prothorax transverse, its basal angles 
rounded, sides strongly contracted towards apex, in the male almost 
angulated, above convex without central elevation, but with a 
median smooth line, which does not reach either border, covered 
with short close hairs, densely and strongly punctured and not 
asperate. Elytra with basal borders rounded, scarcely everted at 
sides, sides straight in front, rounded posteriorly and slightly 
sinuate at apex of 4th interstice when seen from above ; surface 
subdilated behind middle, thence convexly declivous, covered with 
short hairs, strie weak with large round close punctures ; inter- 
stices with traces of tuberculation throughout. evident at base and 
on alternate interstices towards apex, where the 2nd interstice is 
depressed as in P. perlatus, more strongly in the male than in the 
female, and a single series of bristles, absent on alternate inter- 
stices, towards the apex ; marginal interstice with a row of short 
spines throughout, stronger towards apex. Legs pitchy with knees 
and tarsi reddish. Underside black, punctured and covered with 
squamous hairs. 
