368 Major F. J. Sidney Parry's descriptions 



S. canaliculatus, $, Parry (var. max.?). (PI. IV. fig. 2.) 

 (? incognita.) 



S. castaneus, supra geneo-virescens, mandibulis pimcta- 

 tis, leviter curvatis, capite prothoraceqiie paulo brevioribus, 

 intus ad apicetn dense aureo-pubescentibus et supra sat 

 profunde canaliculatis, marginibus, suprji et intus, tuber- 

 culatis nodosis instructis ; capite, ut in S. circumjiexo, in 

 medio cnpreo-nitente, prothorace angusto subconvexo, 

 disco rugose punctato, lateraliter bi-impresso, lateribus 

 subtiliter crenatis, angulis posticis reflexis bidentatis ; ely- 

 tris dense subtiliter punctatis vermiculatis, angulis liume- 

 ralibus vix tuberculatis ; pedibus concoloribus, castaneo- 

 virido-opacis, fere rectis ; tibiis anticis extus 8 — 9 irregula- 

 riter dentatis, intus prope apices spinis duabus minutis 

 instructis, quatuor posticis obsolete 4 vel 5 armatis ; man- 

 dibulis, capite, protlioracisque lateribus, longa pubescentia 

 fulva vestitis, corpore subtus dense tomentoso. 



Long. corp. unc. 1, lin. 3 ; mandib. lin. 6. 



Hah. — Venezuela. Coll. Parry. 



S. canaliculatus may be at once distinguished from its 

 nearly allied species by the form and armature of its man- 

 dibles, the very subconvex and strongly sculptured disk 

 of the prothorax, the posterior angles being armed with 

 two minute denticulations instead of one, the legs more- 

 over being unicolorous. 



Sphenognathus Taschenhergi, $, Parry (var. minor). 

 (PI. V. fig. 1.) ($ incognita.) 



S. obscure castaneus, elytris viridi-tinctis, mandibulis 

 capite paulo longioribus, intus obsolete tuberculatis ; capite 

 parvo subquadrato, in medio grosse punctato, angulis ante 

 oculos rotundatis ; prothorace transverso convexo, lateribus 

 subrotundatis, angulis posticis leviter reflexis, in medio 

 grosse punctato, longitudinaliter vix canaliculato ; elytris 

 fere parallelis, crebre subtiliter punctatis, transversim 

 rugulosis; pedibus concoloribus, castaneis, viridi-tinctis, 

 tibiis anticis extus obsolete 1 vel 2, intermediis 3 vel 4, 

 posterioribus 1, spinis minutis instructis; mandibuhs, 

 capite, prothorace et corpore subtus dense aureo-pubes- 

 centibus. 



Long. Corp. unc. 1 ; mandib. lin. 3. 



Hah. — Venezuela. Coll. Parry. 



This species, like S. puhescens, Waterhouse, is remark- 

 able by its depressed elytra, and in the character of the 



