94 Mr. G. C. Champion’s Notes on 
sparsely, very finely, uniseriate-punctate. Beneath sparsely, finely 
punctate. Tibiae much widened outwards, strongly spinose along 
their apical margin, the anterior pair acutely produced at the outer 
apical angle. 
Length 43-54 mm. (9.) 
Hab. Mexico, near the city (Flohr). 
Two specimens, labelled as having been found in the 
stems of Senecio by the late Julius Flohr. Larger and 
broader than 7’. nigripectus, the thorax (except at the sides 
in one example) and elytra black, the legs and antennae 
longer, the tibiae more strongly spinose at the apex. T. 
senecionis has quite the facies of a Tenebrionid, and this 
is accentuated by its heteromerous tarsi, but the insect is 
certainly congeneric with Trogocryptus nigripectus, Sharp. 
CLERIDOPSIS, n. gen. 
Head oblong, convex, exserted, shallowly arcuate-emarginate at 
the apex, leaving the small labrum exposed, the epistoma confused 
with the front, the eyes transverse, distant from the anterior margin 
of the prothorax; antennae inserted under the sides of the front, 
11-jointed, 9-11 widened into an abrupt club; mentum small, 
triangular, leaving the maxillae exposed; last joint of the maxillary 
palpi long, conical, that of the labial palpi stout, ovate, truncate at 
the tip; anterior coxae globose, separated by a thin lamina, the 
cavities narrowly closed behind; intermediate and posterior coxae 
narrowly separated; prosternum truncate in front, the sutures 
obliterated; metasternum long, the episterna very narrow, cunei- 
form; ventral segment 1 long, the intercoxal process cariniform, 
the segments 2-4 much shorter, equal in length ; prothorax elongate, 
constricted at the base, without marginal carina; scutellum small ; 
elytra parallel, confusedly punctate; femora strongly clavate ; 
tibiae obliquely truncate at the tip, unarmed; tarsi 4-jointed, joints 
1-3 of anterior pair (3) (fig. 10a) broadly lobate, spongy-pubescent 
beneath, each deeply excavate above for the reception of the suc- 
ceeding joint, the corresponding joints of the intermediate and 
posterior pairs simple, pilose beneath, the claw-joint of all of them as 
long as 1-3 united, the claws simple; body subcylindrical, hairy. 
Type, C. latumanus. 
The small, subcylindrical, hairy insect forming the type 
of this genus has quite the facies of a Clerid, but the tarsal 
structure is foreign to the species of that family. For the 
present Cleridopsis would perhaps be best placed in Crypto- 
