^ PRIONID^. 



1. PARANDRA. 



Paraudra, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii. 28; jR. A. v. 106. 



Attelabus, p., Degeer, Mem. 



Tenebrio, p., Fabr. 



Scarites, p., Fabr. 



Isocerus, Illic/. Mag. i. 295. 



Gnathopliorus, Kirby, Faun. Bor.-Amer. 166. 



1. Parandra glabra. B.M. 



Attelabus glaber, Degeer, Mem. iv. pi. 19. f. 14-16. 

 Scai'ites testaceus, Fabr. Syst. El. i. 123. 3. 

 Parandi-a glabra, Schcenh. Syn. Ins. i. 334. 



Gyllenh. in Schcenh. Syn. App. i. 145. 



St. F. ^- Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 3. 

 Guathophorus glaber, Kirby, F. B.^. 166. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



2. Parandra mandibularis. B.M. 



Parandra mandibularis, Perty, Del. An. Art. 84. t. 17- f. 1. 

 Parandra ferruginea, Sturm, Cat. (1826) 181. 

 Hab. Brazil ; Columbia. 



3. Parandra lineolata. 



Parandi-a lineolata. Gory, Guer. Icon. R. A. pi. 42. f. /• texte 



iii. 207. 

 Parandra Lherminieri, Dup. Dej. Cat. 341. 

 Hab. Guadaloupe. 



4. Parandra brunnea. B.M. 



Tenebrio brunneus, Fabr. Syst. El. i. 148. 



Parandra brunnea, Schoenh. Syn. Ins. i. 334. 



Isocerus brunneus, Illig. Mag. i. 295. 



Var. Parandi-a laevis, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii. 28. t. 9. f. 7- 



St. Farg. ^ Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 3. 

 Tenebrio purpiu-ascens, Herbst, Col. ^'iii. t. 119. f. 2. 

 Hab. N. America; W. Indies (St. Domingo). 



5. Parandra punctata, n. s. B.M. 



P. ferrugineo-brunnea ; thorace angusto, postice subcoarctato, 

 elytris elongatis crebre-punctatis ; antennarum articulo primo 

 apice angulato. 



Head thickly punctm-ed above the eyes, on the vertex nearly 

 smooth, the punctures being few and scattered. Thorax nar- 

 rower han the elytra, in front wider than long, the lateral mar- 



