534 INIr. T. Vernon AVoUaston on the 
fossorial. The A. carinulata, which (as just stated) is 
the type of the genus, was detected bj M. Raymond in 
Sardinia. 
35. LiPOMMATA ( Wollaston, Cat. Mad. Col. 100. 1857). 
— In the relative length and sha])e of its (nevertheless 
thicker) rostrum, Avhich (instead of being quite parallel) is 
rather contracted in the middle, as Avell as in its total 
freedom from eyes, its sparingly pilose surface, obsolete 
scutellum, and subfossorial mode of life, Lipommata has 
manifestly more in common (despite its comparatively large, 
convex, Phlceophagus-like body) Avith Raymondionymus 
and Alaocyha of the preceding section (in which neverthe- 
less the funiculus is 6-jointed, the feet quadriarticulate, 
and the tibial hook absent) than Cotaster has ; and there- 
fore I have given it the first place in the Cossonideous 
division of the family ; — though at the same time it is true 
that in Cotaster the greatly abbreviated metasternum, un- 
even prothorax, and p?-r//2a/acz> aspect would indicate a 
considerable affinity Avith those two genera. In reality, 
however, I believe that Lipommata is still more closely 
connected Avith the (equally subfossorial) Pentatemnus, of 
the Pentarthrides, — which it greatly resembles, both in 
appearance and habits ; but, not to mention other points 
of dissimilarity, that genus has the funiculus only 5- 
(instead of 7-) articulate, and the eyes (instead of being, 
as in Lipommata, altogether Avanting) merely obsolete. At 
first sight, indeed, Lipommata might almost be regarded 
as a blind Pldceophagus, — so greatly does its OA^ate outline, 
obsolete scutellum, and convex, pilose surface, agree Avith 
certain members of that group : nevertheless its total free- 
dom from eyes, its minutely asperated, basally-subemar- 
ginate elytra (the shoulders of Avliich are, consequently, 
somewhat unusually porrect), and its rather differently- 
developed tibiaj, Avill of themselves at once separate it from 
the Phlccopliagi. The single exponent of it Avhicli has 
hitherto been brought to light seems to possess the same 
sand-infesting propensities Vi?, Pentatemnus and Onycholips; 
it having been detected by myself in the Madeiran archi- 
pelago, — Avhere it occurs about the roots of certain plants 
(often at a considerable depth beneath the surface), on the 
sandy slopes behind the sea-beach, in the island of Porto 
Santo. It is the only true member, so far as I am aware, 
of the subfamily Cossonides, in Avhich the organs of sight 
are completely wanting. 
