270 Mr. G. Lewis on 



metastcrnum has a band of shallow, often crescent-shaped, 

 punctures across the middle, and there are fine points along 

 the anterior and posterior borders ; the first se,2;ment of the 

 abdomen has a well-marked lateral stria and a band of 

 crescent-shaped punctures along its anterior border, the other 

 segments have fine transverse crenulate striae ; the tibise ai'e 

 formed like those figured by Marseul for P. tuber culatiis. 



The form of the prosternal strige and the punctuation of 

 the sternal plates will readily distinguish this species from 

 P. iuierculatus, Mars. In Marscul's species the prosternal 

 striae are almost parallel, the keel longitudinally concave and 

 the sternal plates wholly punctured. 



Hab. Eastern Peru. 



PJwxonotus Fryi^ Lew. 

 Phoxonotus Fryi, Lew. Ent. M. M. xvi. p. 61 (1879). 



Ovalis, convexus, piceus, nitidus ; pronoto stria margiiiali Integra, 

 tuberculis 6 basi ; elytris distincte punctatis, striis parum validis, 

 lsubintegra,2-4dimidiatis, 5 tuberculiformi ; prosterno bistriato, 

 striis autice coimexis ; mcsosterno marginato in totum punctato. 



L. 4 mill. 



Oval, convex, piceous and shining ; the head marginate 

 laterally, punctuation very fine ; the thorax has four tubercles 

 along its bape, but the two anti^-ior tubercles seen in P. tuber- 

 culatus, Mars.j are almost obsolete ; the elytra, both humeral 

 striae are complete, 1 dorsal almost complete, 2-4 dimidiate, 

 5 represented by three carinate tubercles, all the dorsal stride 

 are strong and well-marked as compared with the last species; 

 the pygidia are finely and evenly, not densely punctured ; 

 the prosternum faintly raised longitudinally in the middle, 

 with the lateral striae very fine at the base and gradually but 

 slightly divergent and cariniform from the coxae forwards and 

 angular anteriorly and continuous along the edge of the lobe, 

 anterior lobe truncate with a feeble sinuous edge; the meso- 

 sternum is marginate and sharply pointed anteriorly, the sur- 

 face is clearly and evenly but not densely punctate, punctures 

 somewhat large and shallow, the transverse stria is straight 

 and crenulate, crenulations (19-20) close and even; the meta- 

 sternum has a band of larger but similar punctures along its 

 base, the points lessen in size anterioily till they become very 

 line behind the crenulate stria ; the first segment of the abdo- 

 men is somewhat similarly punctured, but the finest points 

 are on the median area ; the anterior tibiae are very similar to 

 those of P. leclus. 



