Cole^ftterous Family DermerftiJ.i.'. 443 



This is a very convex, suhglolmlar insect, densely 8cul|j- 

 tinetl and clotlwd aliDvo wiili tatlicr long and coarse ashy- 

 ^rey hair. The ch)thing is l'>n;^ and sliaj^{;y npon the pro- 

 notiim, and its posterior lobt;, which is trinicatod, has two 

 hackward-poititin;^ hrnslics or tift.s. Upon the elytra the 

 hairs iirc h)n^fr and rloser at the front niar;^iii, the apex, and 

 the niiddK*. At the hitter part they form a transverse bar, 

 widcMt at the sutnrc, and tapering' at each end without 

 teaching the sides. 



Cryptorrhopahim sntteUare, sp. n. 



Rufum, a^qualit^T minute pimrtatum et flavo-scriccum ; parvum, 

 brcvitcr ovatum. convexum, prouoti loho postico valido, recto 

 truncato ; scutello nudo, nitido, inipuactato ; aiitennarum clara 

 brevi, articulis duobus fere a^c^ualibus. 



Long. "2 inni. 



//(//'. W. Indies: ^[intique I. (Grcnadiiies). 



Two sjieciniens were obtained by Mr. II, H. Sniitli. 



A minute insect, re<;uhuly oval in sliape and very convex, 

 ( losely and uniformly clotheil with minute decumbent greyish 

 or yellowish-grey silky hairs, but with the scutellura free 

 fiom hair and punctures and very shining. Tlie posterior 

 lobe of the pronotum is squarely truncated, and is also smooth 

 and shining at its exfiemity, and the hairs at its base are 

 divided, so as to jjiesent the appearance of two tufts. 



Anthrenocerus, gen. nov. 



Corpus compactum, setosura, baud squaraosura. Pedes graciles. 

 rrosternum antice producturn ad capitis receptationem, postice 

 angustum, mesosternum toto bisectans, lateraliter profunde exca- 

 vatum ad antennarum recciitalionem. Antennaj crassa?, Btipito 

 brevi, articulis v;ddo transversis, compactia, clava ii-articulata, 

 magna, cylindricn, articulo primo ct tertio longitudiuo fere ad 

 latiludinem a'cjuali, secundo trausverso. 



Type, Anthrenus austraJis, Hope. 



This genus is intermediate between Trogcderma and 

 Anthremi!^^ the antennic being of the short massive type 

 cliaracterizing the latter, and tlie largi-, compact, three-jointed 

 club exactly fitting a deep sharply defined cavity provided 

 for it in the anterior half of the side of the prosternnni. All 

 the joints fit very clo-^cly together, the foot-stalk is short, the 

 club long, abrupt, and of nearly equal width throughout. 

 The heail tits closely against the prosternal plate, but is less 

 deeply sunk in the prothorax than in Anthremis in the 



