Rev. A. Matthews on neto Corjlophidse. 113 



Antenncs 9-articulatae : 1° permagno, pyriformi, recurvato ; 2" primo 

 vix breviore, multo anguatiore ; 3" parvo, gracili ; 4°-6™ brevi- 

 bus, sibiipsis paribus ; 7°-9" permagnis, valde incrassatis, clavain 

 foliatam formantibus, apicali oblique truncate. 



Paljyi mcuvillares magni, 4-articulati : I'' exiguo ; 2" permagno, vali- 

 dissime incrassato, ad apicem oblique truncato ; 3" brevi, trans- 

 verso ; 4° sat longo, conico, robusto. 



Palpi lahiales raodiei, omnino ovati, triarticulati : 1" exiguo ; 2" 

 ovato, ad apicem truncato ; 3° perbrevi, obtuse conico. 



Labrum modicum, subquadratum, augulis anterioribus rotundatis. 



Mandibuke modicee, costa dorsali ad apicem bifida firmatse, dentibus 

 multis, longis, acutissimis apicem versus armata?. 



Maxillce unilobata3, lobo sat robusto, ad apicem bifido, atque den- 

 tibus multis, incurvatis, gracillimis apicem versus armatse. 



Mentum sat parvum, subquadratum, antice parum dilatatum. 



Labium suboblongum, breviter exsertum. 



Lingua magna, antice dilatata et rotundata. 



Pronotum magnum, margine anteriore Integra, posteriore fere recta. 



Elytra Integra, epipleuris modicis. 



Prosternum sat magnum, longe carinatum, carina antice et postice 

 producta, antice acuta, postice dilatata ; episternis inconspicuis ; 

 epimeris sat magnis, receptacula coxarum postice includeutibus ; 

 receptaculis coxarum ovatis. 



Mesosternum breve ; episternis magnis, suboblongis ; epimeris hume- 

 ralibus, longis, angustis, curvatis, ad coxas non extensis ; recep- 

 taculis coxarum rotundatis, longe remotis. 



Metasternum magnum, trausversum, a corporis lateribus remotum, 

 margine posteriore inter coxas fere recta ; episternis permagnis, 

 latis ; epimeris sub elytris occultis. 



Venter segmentis sex compositus, primo magno, longo. 



Pedes sat breves, simplices ; tarsis 4-articulatis, tertio minuto ; ungui- 

 bus robustis, subtus longe dentatis. 



Coxce anferiores ovatae, prominentes, per carinam divisae ; intermedice 

 rotundatae, longe distantes ; posteriures modicte, pyriformes, longe 

 remotse. 



This genus is distinguished from Corylophus by the shape 

 of the thorax, in which the posterior angles are not produced j 

 the large size of the prosternum, with the coxal cavities 

 broadly enclosed ; the uniform size of the intermediate joints 

 of the antennai ; and the shape of all the organs of the mouth. 



Lepadodes cliilensis, sp. nov. 



Long, 0-80 mm. Ovalis, valde convexus, nitidus, modice et distincte 

 punctatus, pilis brevissimis vestitus, totus castaneus ; pronoto 

 magno, antice ovaliter rotundato, reflexo, et rufcscente, remote 

 punctate, linea basali sat profunde impressa et distincte punctata, 

 margine basali fere recta, angulis acutis ; elytris pronoto vix latior- 

 ibus, fere sesquilongioribus, prope humeros latissimis, distincte et 



Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 5. Fo/, xix. 8 



