West-Imliiin LoiKjicorn Coleoj>(er(x. 25 



SoLEyOPTESTN^. 



Prosternodes scuteUatus, sp. n. 



Capite nigro, punctato ; prothorace dorso in medio iiigro, nitido, 

 sjiarsim punc'tato ft longitudinaliter sulcato ; scutcllo pube scricea 

 albo-flav(^sccnto dense obtccto ; clytris basi nigrcscentibiip, deinde 

 ferrugiiieis, omnino creberrime punctatis, marginibus apicalibus 

 levitcr donticulatis ; epistcrnis motathoracis, fascia obliqua mcta- 

 sterni utrinqne, ct vitta longitudinali abdominis ntrinciue, pnbe 

 albo-riavesrente sericoa dense obtectis ; pedibus nigrcscentibus, 

 punctatis ; tarsis sujtra rufo-brunneis. 



(S . rrotborace supra versus latera et subtus (medio excepto) minute 

 confertissimeque punctato, marginil)us lateralibus antice rotun- 

 dato-curvatis ; antennis corpore paullo brevioribiis, articulis 4 

 apicalibus subtus sparsim villosis ; tibiis anterioribus subtus versus 

 apicem dense fulvo-villosis. 



Long. 22-35 mm. 



$ . Prothorace supra sparsim punctato, marginibus lateralibus 

 subrcctis, angulis anticis dentatis. 



Long. 2G mm. 



Hah. St. Domingo. Britisli Museum collection and col- 

 lection of Mr. Fry. 



cJ . Disk of the prothorax with two distinct, obtuse, longi- 

 tudinal elevations, leaving a channel between ; these eleva- 

 tions, the included channel, and a narrow oblique fascia on 

 each side just anterior to the jiostero-lateral spine are all 

 glossy and sparsely punctured ; the rest of the surface of the 

 pronotum is dull and finely and very closely punctured ; the 

 anterior margin of the prothorax is provided with a yellowish- 

 white silky fringe. Scutelhun somewhat semicircular and 

 clothed with a dense yellowish-white silky pubescence. The 

 elytra, at the base bhickisli, are for the rest of their extent of 

 a reddisli-fcrruginous colour, and are entirely covered with 

 closely-placed and rather strong punctures ; the apical mar- 

 gins are faintly denticulate. A thick yellowish-white silky 

 pubescence clothes the anterior coxje and sides of the meso- 

 sternum, and forms a fascia on each of the metathoracic 

 epimera, an oblique fascia on each side of the metasternum, 

 and a longitudinal fascia on each side of tlie abdomen. The 

 V -shaped figure thus formed on each side of the metathorax 

 encloses a highly polished and impunctate space on the side 

 of the metasternum. The middle regions of the sterna and 

 abdomen are nitid and sparsely punctured. Tiie abdomen is 

 of a chestnut-brown colour. The legs are blackish and rather 

 thickly punctured. The anterior tibife are furnished with a 

 rather dense villosity underneath towards their distal end j 



