HOMOTYPHUS. 125 



4. Homotyphus asper. B.M. 



H. oblongo-ovatus, latus, sat robustus, fusco etiamque ferrugineo 

 pilo vestitus, niger ; capite brevi, inter oculos bituberculato, ad 

 apicem nigro- ferrugineo, ad basin granulato et piceo ; thorace 

 quadrato, antice subcompresso, punctato; elytris punctato-striatis, 

 robustis, pilo variegato vestitis (ad medium ferrugineo, ad basin 

 fusco, ad marginem cinereo, inter se commixtis) ; antennis ad 

 apicem incrassatis, brevibus, art. 1 et 2 fulvis, 35 flavo-fulvis, 

 6-9piceis, 10 et 11 testaceis ; pedibus nigro-fuscis, tibiis tarsisque 

 posticis flav is. 



Long. corp. 2| lin., lat. 1^ lin. 



Oblong-ovate, broad, complanate, irregularly clothed throughout 

 with fuscous and also dark ferrugineous pubescence ; black. Head 

 short, depressed, slightly elongated in front ; eyes tolerably large, 

 situated not quite at the base of the head ; between the eyes (imme- 

 diately above the base of the antennse) are two tubercles : the sur- 

 face of the head in front is dark ferrugineous or piceous ; at the base 

 granulated and dark piceous. Thorax quadrate (slightly transverse), 

 somewhat compressed in front ; the anterior angles subacute and 

 depressed ; the surface complanate, punctate, dark piceous, clothed 

 throughout with ferrugineous pubescence. Scutellum small, trian- 

 gular, cinereous. Elytra subparallel, coarsely punctate-striate, the 

 surface between the second and fourth striae (close to the shoulders) 

 being raised ; clothed throughout with a dense, very short pubescence, 

 as well as with longer, more erect and isolated hairs ; this pubescence 

 is mottled throughout piceous, ferrugineous, and ashy grey: a 

 transversely-oblique postmedial fascia may be traced more distinctly, 

 as of a decided tendency to ferrugineous (bounded on either side by 

 indications of grey), while behind this the predominant shade is 

 fuscous. Antennae incrassated towards the apex, short, tolerably 

 robust ; the first joint fulvous, suffused with piceous ; the second 

 fulvous ; third, fourth and fifth flavo -fulvous ; sixth to ninth piceous ; 

 tenth and eleventh testaceous. Legs dark fuscous, the posterior tibiae 

 and tarsi flavous ; the globular inflation over the posterior claw being- 

 bright red. 



This species appears to have a very extended range. I have 

 examples before me from Mexico, from the Amazon district, and also 

 from different parts of Brazil ; while among all these examples there 

 is little or no perceptible variation either in size or in colour of 

 pubescence. 



In the collections of the British Museum, Mr. Baly, Mr. Fry, and 

 the Rev. H. Clark. 



