Coleoptera from, Ckoutales. 183 



OpliUtomis palUdus, n. sp. — ? Latus, robustus, postice 

 vix attenuatus, melleo-flavus, nitidus, elytris (apice nigro- 

 margiuato excepto) sordidetestaceo-albis; aB tennis (apice 

 vix incrassatis) nigris, articulo basali subtus flavo ; capite 

 dense punctato, collo punctulato, medio sulcato ; thorace 

 crebre punctato, sparsim aureo-pubescenti ; elytris apice 

 late truncatis, utriuque breviter bispinosis, supra confertim 

 punctulatis, punctulis nigro-setiferis ; tibiis, tarsis, apice- 

 que femorum (in anticis femoribus supra lineatis), nigris. 



Long. 6^-7i lin. Lat. elytr. 2-2^ lin. ? . 



Many examples^ all females. 



OpMstomis 7'i(Jive)itris, n. sp. — S. Brevis, postice 

 valde angustatus. niger, vix nitidus, ventre sanguineo ; 

 capite dense punctato, antice minus elongate, sed paral- 

 lelo ; thorace grosse discrete punctato, linea dorsali lasvi ; 

 elytris crebre discrete punctatis, apice oblique truncatis, 

 extus dentatis ; segmento ultimo ventrali late excavato, 

 lateribus paulo elevatis. 



Long. 6 lin. c?, 



A short, posteriorly tapering form, closely allied to 

 0. ruhricoUis, Bates. 



Mr. Belt's collection.* 



Rhinotragus opicalis, Guerin, Icon. R. A. texte, p. 2oG. 

 — One example. It is doubtful whether the species be 

 the same as the Bolivian one described by Guerin, but 

 the description, as far as it goes, agrees with it. 



* Ophistomis rostratus, u. sp.- — Motlice elougatus, jiostice atteuuatus; 

 niger, thoracis et elytrorum basi, pectore et abdomiue, saugiiineis ; capite 

 antice angusto, elongate, oculis multo minus prominentibus ; thorace 

 nitido, impuuctato, ante medium paulo dilatato, elytris crebre subliuoatim 

 punctatis, apiee oblique truncatis, angulo exteriori longe producto et acute. 



Long. 6 lin. ? . 



New Granada. I have seen a species similar to this, but distinct, in 

 M. Boucard's Mexican collection. 



Ophistomis fulvicornis, n. sp. — O.gratos (Eedteub., Voy. Novara) affinis, 

 g testaceo-fulvus, corpore supra fusco-niger, froute et marginibus posticis 

 thoracis fulvis, elytris utrinque macula parva, rotuudata, basali, duabusque 

 augustis, ante et pone medium, sublateralibus (interdum abseutibus) fulvo- 

 testaceis ; anteunis articulis basalibus, metasterni medio, femoribus apice, 

 tibiis et tarsis uigris. $ Elytra latiora. Thorax fulvus, disco utriuque 

 macula elongata nigra, elytris maculis majoribus, basalibus et lateralibus, 

 (his linea discoidali conjunctis) et fascia ante-apicali fulvis ; pedibus au- 

 tennisque totis fulvis. 



Long. 6-6^ lin. 



Braail ; I'rovinces of Ebpiritu Santo, and Bio de Janeiro. 



