'28 ^Ir. C. J. Galiau un Longlcont, Coleoptera 



angle into a sharp carina, which extends almost up to the 

 anterior border; with two very small transverse tubercles, 

 one on either side of the carina, on the anterior part of the 

 disk J with a broad and very feebly raised tubercle on each 

 side near the base; tiie sides of the prothorax thickly and 

 rugosely, the disk less thickly, punctured. The elongate 

 spot ])laced just below the shoulder of each elytron does not 

 touch the outer margin. Of the two spots, placed obliquely 

 behind the middle of each elytron, the anterior and outermost 

 is small, tlie posterior and inner rather large. Intermediate 

 femora unidentate, the posterior bidentate at the apex. Tibiae 

 spined at their outer termination. Intermediate cotyloid 

 cavities open on the outside. 



This species must have some resemblance in the style of 

 marking of the elytra to G. sexmaculatum^ Buq., and to C. 

 Chuhrillacij Thoms. ; but from other described characters of 

 those species I am led to believe that tlic {)re3ent species is 

 quite distinct. 



Sphallenum litaratam, sp. n. 

 C'riodion z-littera, Chevr., MS. 



Fuscum, griseo-pubescens ; prothorace grosse, dense subrugoscque 

 puDctato, lateribus Icviter i-otundatis ; disco trituberculato, tuber- 

 culis parvis, glabris, nitidis : clytris fuscis, opacis, sparsim albo- 

 Bctosis ; utrisque maculis duabus testaeeis (una ante medium 

 litera; z eimulante, altera prope apicem rotundata) ; apicibus 

 oblifiuitor truncatis, sutura minus produetis et breviter spinosis, 

 angulis extornis modice spincsis ; antcnnis corpore scsquilongi- 

 oribus. 



cJ. Long. 32, lat, Tg mm, 



Hab. Brazil. 



Head, thorax, underside of body, legs, and antenme with 

 a not very thick coarse pubescence. l*rothorax very stronglv 

 and thickly ])unctured, slightly rounded at the sides, narrowed 

 towards the base and apex ; its greatest width scarcely greater 

 than its length along the median dorsal line ; the disk with 

 three feeble, glabrous, shining tubercles. Elytra dark brown, 

 dull, furnished with minute white sefa^, and with some longer 

 white setai arranged somewhat in longitudinal rows. The 

 four posterior femora are each unidentate at their ajiex ; the 

 tibia^ arc each feebly sj)incd at their outer distal extremitv. 

 '^Jhe little ])Vojecting process of the antero-lateral part of the 

 nicsosternum is very distinct, tiiough it does not comjtletely 

 cut off the epimcron from the intonncdiate cotyloid cavity. 



