.Mr. J', \'. Wolhuston on the Coleoptera of St. Helena. 405 



medium rotutidato-!Uiii)liuto, postioo angustioro et ol)li(|uc sub- 

 rocto, uhi(|U(' i>r(it'imilt' t-t (U-iisf nij^(i.s()-ininctato([)uiictis magiiis); 

 elytris poiio mtMliuin rutuinlatu-ainpliatis, gros.sc striato-jtunc- 

 tatis; aiitcniiis (art'* I""' ft pncsortim 2''" elongatis) longiusculis, 

 }.rracilil)us, rufo-forrugincis, clava obscuriorc ; podibus clongatis, 

 sqiuimosis, tiirsis clurioribus. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 2-2 J. 



Several examples ot" this distiiict and iiiterestinp^ Nesiotes 

 are contained in tlie St.-lhdt-nu CDJU'ction of Mr. Midliss; and 

 the species which tliey repn'si-nt, as pertaining to one ot' the 

 most characteristic and anomahnis of the native groups, can- 

 not but be regarded as a very significant addition to the tauna. 

 It is considerably larger than either the -lV. sqnamosns or tiie 

 aspcnituii ; and (although but slightly shining) it differs also 

 in being less opa([ue and very coarsely puactured^ and in 

 being more regularly beset (in a<lditi()n to the deeunibent 

 scales) with longer and more robust subei'cct scta\ Its out- 

 line is more elongate-ovate; and its limbs are less abbreviated, 

 the first and secoiul joints of the antennas being especially 

 longer. 



Fam. AnthribidsB. 



( Subfam . Not i o x e n i des. ) 



Genus Notioxexus. 



WoUaston, Joum. of Ent. i. 212 (1861). 



Notioxenus ferruginetis^ n. sp. 



N. ovato-oblongus, angustus, opacus, ferrugincus, pube grossa de- 

 missa cincrea dense vestitus ; capite prothoracecpie confuse ct 

 leviter punctato-rugulosis, hujus linea subbasali ciirvata et valde 

 elevata ; clytris puuctato-striatis, sutura, linea discali (phis minus 

 interrupta et antice evancsconte) necnon margine ipso laterali 

 plus minus obscure nigrescentibus ; antennis breviusculis, rufo- 

 tcstaceis, ad apiccm paulo obscurioribus ; pcdibiis crassiusculis, 

 rufo-testaceis. 



Long. Corp. lin. 1-1 1. 



This remarkable and most interesting accession to one of 

 the most characteristic of the St. -Helena genera is due, like 

 the other species enumerated in this paper, to the indefatigable 

 researches of Mr. Melliss ; and its excessive distinctness from 

 the four other Notioxeni which have hitherto been met with 

 induces a similar suspicion in my mind to that which I have 

 already recorded under the equally anomalous group Microxy- 

 hhius^ that in all probability many additional exponents re- 

 main yet to be detected. At first sight, indeed, it might well 



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