490 Memoirs on the Coleoptera 



at the broadly swollen humeri nearly a fourth wider than the prothorax, distinct- 

 ly more than twice as long, the sides feebly oblique, gradually arcuate behind, 

 the apex obtusely rounded; striae very fine, obsolete suturally, evident toward 

 the sides, finely punctulate; intervals smooth; male abdomen with a very shallow 

 impression medially at base, the bottom of the impression with a fine and feeble, 

 impressed axial line; margin of the fifth segment perfectly even and transverse. 

 Length 8.8 mm.; width 3.7 mm. Brazil (probably from Rio de Janeiro). 



There is but one specimen of this singular species in my collection, 

 and it was received from Desbrochers des Loges under the name 

 "Baridius niger Dej.?" It is possibly described of course, but I 

 cannot identify it. 



Anopsilus Kirsch 



The pygidium in this genus is very short and transverse, re- 

 sembling that of certain Madopterids, in which tribal group it was 

 placed by its author. The glabrous body, however, is quite different 

 in its elongate-oval outline, from the very extended slender parallel 

 forms constituting the next tribe here considered. The beak is 

 moderately thick, feebly arcuate, slightly impressed along the sides 

 basally and separated from the head by a feeble impression. An- 

 tennae moderate, slightly beyond the middle, with long and feebly 

 oblique- scrobes, the first funicular joint as long as the next 

 two, the second somewhat longer than the third, the outer joints 

 transverse and gradually wider, the club oval, densely pubescent, 

 as long as the three or four preceding joints and with the first 

 segment two-fifths of the mass. Prosternum with a deep canal, 

 limited by obtuse ridges, the coxae narrowly separated and the 

 posterior lobe very short and broadly rounded. Prothorax con- 

 stricted and obliquely tubulate at apex and gradually feebly sub- 

 prominent medially at base, the scutellum rather close-set, sub- 

 quadrate and the elytra extremely finely and obsoletely substriate. 

 Legs moderate, the claws arcuate, free and divergent. The two 

 species at hand are as follows: 



Body elongate-oval, glabrous and shining, deep black throughout; beak (cf) 

 rather thick, feebly and evenly arcuate, finely, loosely punctate and as long 

 as the prothorax; antennae piceous; prothorax a sixth wider than long, the 

 sides feebly converging and slightly arcuate, rounding in about apical fourth, 

 the feeble tubulation scarcely half as wide as the base; punctures very fine, 

 moderately sparse, scarcely differing at all at the sides, the smooth median 

 line extremely narrow but subentire; elytra four-sevenths longer than wide, 

 at the feebly tumid humeri a fifth wider than the prothorax, nearly two and 

 one-half times as long, the sides feebly oblique and evenly arcuate, the apex 

 somewhat rapidly obtuse; striae fine, almost completely obsolete and finely, 

 feebly punctulate, the striae not more distinct at the sides and scarcely so 

 at apex; pygidium with a fine transverse raised line and more sloping upper 

 surface; male abdomen with a moderate and rather deep median impression 

 at base, the fifth segment with a small shallow central impression. Length 

 6.0 mm.; width 2.7 mm. Brazil (Petropolis). Desbrochers des Loges. 



brevicauda n. sp. 



