266 I'BocEEDi^as of the national museum. 



GNATHOCERUS CORNUTUS Fabricius. 

 Trof/osita cornutu Fahhicii'S, Eut. Syst. SnppL, p. 51. 



One example of this cosmopolitan species was collected on southern 

 Albemarle island by Dr. (I. Baur. 



PHALERIA MANICATA Boheman. 

 Phahria manicata Boiikman, Fiet,':itteu FAujeme's Kesa, Zool., 1,S58, T, p. 92. 



Family CISTELIDAE. 



LOBOPODA GALAPAGOENSIS, new species. 



Female. — Elongate, snbfasitorm, browiiisli piceous, feebly shining, 

 sparsely pubescent. Head moderately finely, not densely, punctate; 

 eyes large, moderately widely separated. Thorax nearly twice wider 

 than long, rather finely, not densely, punctate, obsoletely canaliculate; 

 sides scarcely sinuate, feebly convergent; anterior angles strongly 

 rounded, posterior angles somewhat acute; base deeply bisinuate; basal 

 foveae rounded, deep. Scutellum transverse, punctate, subtruncate at 

 apex. Elytra long, wide at the base, narrowed from a little beyond 

 the humeri, deeply striate; striae very closely crenately punctate; 

 intervals nearly flat, sparsely muricately punctate; apices acute. 

 Ventral surface darker piceous, sparsely punctulate. Legs slender, 

 femora piceous, tibiae, tarsi, and antennae ferruginous. Penultimate 

 joint of anterior and middle tarsi shortly lobed. Prosternum abruptly 

 declivous behind. Mesosteruum oblique and emarginate in front. 

 Length, 10 mm. 



Type.—^o. 1325, U.S.N. M. 



Two females, collected on Charles island by the Albatross expedition 

 in 1888. 



Family OEDEMEKIDAE. 

 OXACIS GALAPAGOENSIS, new species. 



Elongate, parallel, pale testaceous, feebly shining, sparsely and 

 finely pubescent. Head short, finely punctate, with a fuscous stripe 

 on the vertex. Antennae eleven jointed, inserted close to the eyes, 

 scarcely longer than half the body; second joint verj^ short, last joint 

 not constricted. Eyes grayish black, very large, rounded, feebly emar- 

 ginate. Mandibles simi)le, very acute, the apical half black. Maxil- 

 lary palpi with last joint one-half longer than the penultimate, widest 

 at middle, the apical side a little longer than the inner and slightly 

 rounded. Labial palpi with last joint ieebly dilated, the apical margin 

 rounded. Thorax as wide as long, widest near the apex, obliquely 

 narrowed to the base, finely rugosely punctate, with a median strij^e 

 and a marginal spot each side, infuscate. Elytra slightly narrowed to 



