20 CATALOGUE OF CUCUJIDiE. 



4, Passandra rubbolineata. 



Passandra rubrolineata, Blanch. Voy. d'Orhig. 205, 673, t. 19, f. 9. 

 Hab. — S. America. 



5. Passandra sexstriata. 



Passandra sexstriata, Dalm. Schon. App. Syn. 146. Newm. Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. ii. 389, 1. 



Hab. — Sierra Leone. 



Genus 2. HECTARTHRUM. 



Cucujus, p., Fab. Syst. Eleut. ii. 92, 1775. 

 Hectarthrum, Newm. Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 391, 1839. 



1. Hectarthbum gig as. 



Cucujus gigas, Fab. Sj/st. Eleut. ii. 92, 1. 

 Hectarthrum gigas, Newm. Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 392, 2. 



Hab.— Guinea. 



2. Hectarthrum depbessum. 



Fern. — Black: the thorax and abdomen more depressed than 

 in H. brevifossum : the head is sculptured as in that species, but the 

 thorax is more quadrate and less narrowed at its base; the striation 

 of the elytra agrees with that of H. brevifossum, but the abdomen 

 beneath is proporlionably shorter. 



Length 1 in. 10 lines. 



Male. — Agreeing with the female in every particular except 

 the form of the antennae, which have the joints much broader, being 

 broader than long. 



Length 1 1 lines. 



a, b. India. From Mr. Sowerby's collection, 

 c, d. India. From Mr. Woolley's collection. 

 e. India. From Mr. Children's collection. 



