coi.EoiTKn.i OF riii: <i.ii..tr.i(;(>s is/,.t\ns—/j\i<:rj,. ^fif) 



PEDONOECES GALAPAGOENSIS Watcrhouse. 

 I'nlnvoicrK iidhtixKioetiHtx \V ATi'.itiiorsK, Ann. N:il. IliHl., IHlfi, X V I, p. IfH. 



h«^s<',ril)('(l !is li;iviiij;' IIm^ tlioiiix drnscly piiiicl iiicil ;iii<l Mic clytral 

 iiilcrviil.s simply convex :iii(l jiliibroiis. N() |»;irl iciiljir islMiid of li;il>iliili 

 is ir.cori 1(^(1. 



PEDONOECES COSTATUS Watcrhouse. 

 rt'ddunrrin viixtdlux W AiiiMiorHK, Ann. Nai. IliHt., lHir>, X\I, j). liH. 



DeHciihed sih liavnifif Mic i)iinotniition of thorax <ron(lnoiif, (brmiiif^- Ion 

 ftilndinal nari'ow lidfics and (li(ioIytral intorvals altornatcly coslalc. Jt 

 was coliciclrd on -lajnes island by Darwin. 



PEDONOECES MOKIO Bohcir.an. 



Ti Hudioiiriiui iiiorio Hon i'..man. I'''r«i;(iit,li'n /uificiiicH l»<>Hii, 'Atutl., is.'iS, I, p. !)'_'. 



A(rcoi-din,ii' to tiic. dcsi-riplion, tliis lias llic. thorax drnscly a-nd lincly 

 piinclatc and the clytrsil iiitcrvjils caiiiia.((^ 



PEDONOECES PUBESCENS Walerhousc. 

 I'vdiiiiiiccrH inilicniriiH \Va ri'.iniou.si:, Ann. Nut,. Ili.sl., |Kir», X \'I. ]>. :!(!. 



Acc,or<linj;' to the d(»scription, this spcc,i(\s also has I he thorax densely 

 pnnctnlale, hnl theclylral int,crvals conv<'x and pnhesccnt. 



PEDONOECES BAUKl. 



new specie; 



I'nonjj;a.te., ]KiriilleI, d<'pre.ss<Ml, suliopa(|ne, pieeons; antennae lenu 

 f;inoMs, slender, j,na(liially, not stiorifj^ly, elavate. Heart and thorax 

 <listinetly aliitaeeoiis, sparsely an<l (Inely pnnctuhite. StipcTior poi'tion 

 of (\ye ratiier larye, rounded. {Sid<'s of front areiiale. 'I'liorax l)roa.d«'r 

 tliaii loii^, r(^j;ularly hut f(Mihly convex, <'niar^inato at apex; Hides not 

 ciliate, parallel from the. base, rounded and sli<4;ht!y eonvei'^(Uit anteri 

 orly; the aiif^Ies sli{>htly jjiomiiient but obtuse; base linely marj-ineil, 

 distinctly sinnale at the sides; basal fov(^a(^ (eeble. lOIytra notbroadei- 

 than thorax; stria<^ fe<^l>ly impress4'(l with distant deep loundiMl piinc 

 tares; intervals convex, not carinate, alutaeeouH and sparsely pnnetii 

 late, swollen and sonu^whai iri(^<4nlar on (he i)osterior d(M-iivity, sparsely 

 pulx^seent at the sides. I;(^;.;s obscmrcly lerrn^inons; a,n((Mior tibiae, 

 slendei-, slightly c()mpressed; laisi not, dilaic*!. I>ast v<Milral segment 

 llatlened at middle, aj>e,x with a, small ronn<led ema-rj^i nation. I;eti^th, 

 7.5 mm. 



Tj/pr.—No. i;{LM, n.H.N.M. 



One nude specimen, <'olhu',t(Ml on Ohatharn island l>y Dr. (1. Ihtiir, 

 Dilfers from all tiie pie(;edin;;- species by the- sparsely pniietulat<» lieart 

 and thorax. 



