Genera and iSjnciis 0/ Coleoplora. 107 



Le)nmis aelalns. (1*1. \'lll. fig. 3.) 



L. oblongus, grisescens, setis liamatis brevissimis obsitiis ; anteiiniw capit«! 

 brevioribus. 



JIab. Bvazil (Ivio). 



Obloug, broAMi ?, covered above as well as beneath witli a scaly crust 

 of a pale yellowish or greenish grey, with very short hooked hairs, 

 particularly on the margins of the prothorax and elytra, curving for- 

 wards on the former, and backwards on the latter 5 head (including the 

 peduncles) narrower than the prothorax, this with seven well-marked 

 but obtuse teeth on each side ; scutelluni punctiforni ; elytra a little 

 wider posteriorly, each with three very slightly raised gibbosities near 

 the sutiu'e, another at the shoulder, and externally towards the apex 

 two or three more, but which are considerably less prominent ; antennae 

 pitchy, shorter than half the length of the head ; legs pitchy ; eyes 

 dark browii. Length 1^ line. 



In one of the two specimens now before me, the hairs are scarcely 

 evident even on the margins, being, apparently, more enveloped by 

 the scaly layer described above. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



ExnELEMA [Colydiidae]. 



Head vertical, rounded anteriorly, and prolonged at the side into a short 

 peduncle bearing the eye. Antennae as in Acropis, but more robust. 

 Labium short, transverse, fringed with long hairs. Maxillary palpi 

 robust, the terminal joint short, stout, obliquely truncate ; the labial 

 -vsath the two basal joints small, the third large, broadly subovate, 

 slightly truncate. Mentum quadrate, very large. Prothorax as broad 

 as the head, transverse, regidar and convex above, naiTowed anteriorly, 

 the sides margined. Elytra oblong, nearly parallel, the surface smooth 

 and regular. Legs rather slender ; tibiae not ciliated extemall}^, ter- 

 minated by two short spines. Prostemum produced behind. 



The above include the characters which, combined with the total 

 absence of tubercles, chiefly separate this genus from Acropis. 



Ethelema liwtuosa. (PI. VIII. fig. 6.) 



K oblonga, hirta, nigTa, flavescenti-varia ; prothoracis marginibus den- 

 ticulatis, setosis. 



Hab. Brazil (Rio ; Para). 



Oblong, closely covered above with short scale-like black hairs, many 

 of which are curved backwards, more or less varied with pale yellowish 

 or white ; head not wider than the prothorax, a transverse depression in 

 front below the peduncles ; prothorax scarcely narrower than the el}i;ra, 

 except at the base, the margins denticidate, each denticulation -wath a 

 short cm-ved hair arising from its apex ; scuteUum very transverse ; 

 elytra regular, punctate-striate, the stria3 rather remote, tlie patches of 



