24 Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Culeoptera of St. Helena. 



clovatis, ante apieem obsolete siibfasciatis ; antcnnis pcdibusqiio 



nigro-piceis, illis ad basin rulb-ferrugineis. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 1^. 



The aj^parently somcwliat larg-er size (judging from the 

 single example now before me) of this little llomwodera, added 

 to its sliglitlj darker and more opaque and roughened head 

 and protliorax (which seem to be free from even an obscure 

 brassy tinge, and are rather more s,\\hstriguhse perhaps, or 

 even granulous, than punctate), its more rounded and coarsely- 

 sculptured elytra (the punctures and stria^ of which arc exceed- 

 ingly large, with the interstices roughened and elevated, or 

 subcostate), and its appreciably blacker limbs, will sufhciently 

 distinguish it from both of the following species. The ex- 

 ample from Avhich my diagnosis has been drawn out was 

 taken in St. Helena by Mr. Melliss. 



58. Homosodei'a alutaceicoUts^ n. sp. 



II. Buboblouga, subajneo-nigra, pubo grossa demissa fulvescente parce 

 ncbulosa ; capite prothoraceque argute, regulariter, et obtuse 

 alutaceis (uecnon, oculo fortissime armato, punctis levissimis 

 obsoletis remotis parcissime irroratis), subopacis ; elytris ovalibus, 

 nitidioribus, argute striato-punctatis, ante apieem plerumque ob- 

 Bolete subfasciatis ; antennas pedibusque aut piceis aut testaceo- 

 piceis, illis ad basin rufo-ferrugineis, articulis intennediis sensim 

 brevioribus. 



Long. Corp. lin. 1-1^. 



The ]n-esent species and the following one are rather more 

 oblong than the //, rotundijyennis^ their elytra being relatively 

 a tritlc longer and less rounded ; but in point of mere size 

 (although ai»parently there is not much difference between 

 them) they would seem to folloAv each other in a regular se- 

 quence. In other respects the H. aluiaceicolUs may be known 

 by its head and protliorax being conspicuously (but not 

 roughly) alutaceous, which makes the surface subopaque 

 without being at all roughened, and gives to it, Avhen viewed 

 beneath the microscope, the texture somewhat of seal-skin ; 

 and by its elytra being shar})ly striate-i)unctate, but rather 

 less coarsely (and roughly) so than is the case in either of its 

 allies. Several examples of it are amongst the St.-Helena 

 collection of Mr. Melliss. 



<^ 59. Homceoderapygma^ay n. sp. 



II. suboblonga, subfcneo- vel subA-iridi-nigra, parum nitida, pube 

 grossa derai8.sa fulvescentc parce nebulosa ; capite prothoraceque 

 rugiilose alutaceis punctisquc mngnis eed vix profundis dense 



