156 Mr. G. C. Champion’s Notes on 
6%. Elytra very finely punctate, 
distinctly striate throughout : 
body black above. 
a’, Body oblong-ovate; elytra 
more distinctly striate; an- 
tennae and ventral segments 
red, the latter free . . . tenuwistriata, Gorh. 
b'. Body rotundate-ovate ; elytra 
more finely striate ; antennae 
and ventral segments black, 
the latter subconnate . . nigriventris, n. sp. 
b?. The two submarginal striae ab- 
breviated anteriorly, the punc- 
tures on the elytra seriately 
arranged ; eyes compressed : body 
black: species small . . . .  brevilinea, n. sp. 
b!. Elytra with a short subhumeral and 
two submarginal striae, the punctu- 
ation scattered: body black or 
fusco-castaneous: species very 
small. 
c’, Metasternum coarsely punctate ; 
ventral segments connate at 
middle; eyes moderately large . contracta, Gorh. 
d*, Metasternum finely punctate; 
ventral segments free; eyes very 
large, less widely separated above [insularis, n. sp. ] 
*Priotoma mgrwentris, n. sp. 
Priotoma tenwistriata, Gorh., Biol. Centr.-Am., Coleopt. ii, 
2, p. 351 (1886) (part.). 
Q. Short-ovate, broad, convex, shining, black, the head and palpi 
piceous, the second antennal joint and the tarsi rufo-testaceous ; 
clothed with long, fine, cinereous pubescence. Head, thorax, and 
elytra closely, very minutely punctate; eyes large, feebly excised ; 
antennae 9-jointed, the two basal joints of the club triangular, the 
apical one oval ; elytra excessively finely striate, the two submarginal 
striae deeply impressed and sulciform from about the basal third, 
the inner one not nearly reaching the suture. Metasternum sparsely 
and finely, the ventral segments minutely, punctate, the latter 
3 ubconnate at the middle. 
Length 2, breadth 15 mm. 
