Genera of the Cossonidce. 597 



distincte sed hoc parcius levissimeque pimctulatis ; protho- 

 race (sub-parvo, elytris angustiore, cylindrico-ovato) multo 

 profundius punctulato ; scutello transversim impresso ; 

 elytris (elongate cylindrico-ovatis, basi sinuatim truncatis) 

 profunde punctato-, aut subcrenato-striatis, interstitiis 

 convexiusculis ac minutissime uniseriatim punctulatis; 

 antennis, tibiis tarsisque piceo-ferrugineis, femoribus sen- 

 sim obscurioribus. Subtus sat grosse, sed remote et 

 leviter, punctatus. 



Long. corp. lin. 1|. 



Habitat Novam Granadam, a Dom. Fry communicatus. 



Genus 11. PSEUDOPENTARTHRUM. 



Wollaston (vide, ante, p. 445). 

 Pseudopentar thrum phlceophagoides, n. sp. 



P. breviter cylindricum, subnitidum, calvum, nigrum ; 

 rostro (brevi, lato parallelo) minute punctulato ; prothorace 

 ovali, ad latera aequaliter rotundato, subconvexo, multo 

 grossius profundiusque sed vix densissime punctato ; elytris 

 parallelis, cylindricis, profunde striato-punctatis, interstitiis 

 convexiusculis ac minutissime (vix perspicue) uniseriatim 

 punctulatis; an tennis pedibusque breviusculis et (pra3sertim 

 illis) rufescentioribus. Subtus in sternis remote sed grcsse 

 punctatum ; abdominis segm. tis l mo et 2 do fere impunctatis. 



Long. corp. lin. 1J. 



Habitat Mexico ; in coll. Dom. Fry. 



Genus 12. XENOSOMATIUM. 



Wollaston (vide, ante, p. 446). 



Xenosomatium tibiale, n. sp. 



X. angustulum, parallelum, convexiusculum, nitidum, 

 piceo-ferrugineum ; capite rostroque (arcuato, robusto, ad 

 basin strangulatim contracto) parce, levissime et minute 

 punctulatis ; oculis maximis, prominentibus , prothorace 

 elongate, triangulari-cylindrico (ante basin latitudine 

 elytrorum), paulo distinctius tamen minute parceque 

 punctulato, pone apicem leviter constricto; elytris tenuiter 

 punctato-striatis, ad basin sensim rufescentioribus ; antennis 

 pedibusque fere concoloribus, scapo (robusto, valde excur- 

 vato) sub-clariore. Subtus alutaceum, minute et parce 

 punctulatum. 



Long. corp. lin. 1. 



Habitat ins. Malayenses, a Dom. Wallace captum. 

 Coll. Pascoe. 



