20 CATALOGUE OF CDCUJID^E. 



4. PASSANDRA RUBEOLINEATA. 



Passandra rubrolineata, Blanch. Voy. (VOrUg. 205, 673, t. 19, f. 9. 

 HAB. S. America. 



5. PASSANDRA SEXSTRIATA. 



Passandra sexstriatu, Dalm. Schon. App. Syn. 146. Newm. Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. ii. 389, 1. 



HAB. Sierra Leone. 



Genus 2. HECTARTHRUM. 



Cucujus, p., Fab. Syst. Eleut. ii. 92, 1775. 

 Hectarthrum, Newm. Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 391, 1839. 



1. HECTARTHRUM GIG AS. 



Cucujus gigas, Fab. Syst. Eleut. ii. 92, 1. 

 Hectarthrum gigas, Newm. Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. 392, 2. 



HAB. Guinea. 



2. HECTARTHRUM DEPRESSUM. 



Fern. Black: the thorax and abdomen more depressed than 

 in H. brevifossum : the head is sculptured as in that species, but the 

 thorax is more quadrate and less narrowed at its base: the striation 

 of the elytra agrees with that of H. brevifossum, but the abdomen 

 beneath is proportionably shorter. 



Length 1 in. 10 lines. 



Male. Agreeing with the female in every particular except 

 the form of the antenna?, which have the joints much broader, being 

 broader than long. 



Length 11 lines. 



a, b. India. From Mr. Sowerby's collection, 

 c, d. India. From Mr. Woolley's collection. 

 e. India. From Mr. Children's collection. 



