Coleoptera from Chon tales. 199 



White, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1858, p. 266) .—One example, 

 found at S. Gertrudes, in Mr. Belt's collection. 



Hmnmodervs elatus, n. sp. — H. spinipenni major, robus- 

 tior, magis elongatus ; elytris eodem modo apice spinosis 

 Bed maculis vel plagis utrinque quatuor cretaceis sub- 

 sequalibus (prima medio basi, 2nda laterali ante medium, 

 3a discoidali longe post medium, 4a paulo ante apicem) 

 disco et margine maculis parvis nonnullis, quarum una 

 majori sub humero. Fuscus, pube dense ochreo-fusco 

 vestitus, oculis infra flavo-marginatis : thorace tuberculis 

 pube densa obtectis, antice sulco flexuoso, postice sulcis 

 rectis notato, utrinque ante spinam macula alba; elytris 

 basi granulatis, ultra medium sublasvibus ; metasterno, 

 ventrisque segmentis (saepe) utrinque macula parva cre- 

 tacea. 



Long. 1 in. 1 lin.-l in. 4 lin. c? ? . 



Many examples, 



Hammoderus rnhefadus,n. sp. — Fuscus, fusco-ocbraceo 

 tomentosus, elytris apice utrinque fortiter sijinosis, supra 

 maculis parvis et p]agis majoribus difformibus quinque 

 rufo-ochraceis ornatis, prima basali, 2-4 discoidalibus, 5ta 

 majori apicali ; corpore subtus hand distincte maculate. 



Long. 1 in. 5 lin. ? . 



One example, in Mr. Belt's collection. 



Tapeina transversifrons, Thomson, Archiv. Entom. I. 

 44. — Also found in Mexico. 



Tautoclines griseicauda; n. sp. — Subcylindrica, ante 

 apicem leviter rotundato-dilatata, fusca, pube ochreo- 

 fusca vestita ; thorace supra grossissime subconfluenter 

 punctate ; elytris grosse lineatim punctatis, apice acute 

 singulatim rotundatis, maculaque magna apicali grisea 

 ochraceo et fusco variegata. 



Long. 2f lin. 



Two examples. 



Adetus costicoUis, n. sp. — Elongatus, cylindricus, 

 fusco-niger, pube fusca (in capite thorace et pedibus 

 rufo- fusca) vestitus; capite grosse discrete punctate: 

 thorace antice angustato, dorso insequali, costis indis- 

 tinctis longitudinalibus, grossissime confluenter punctate ; 



