Species of Coleopter a from Rodriguez. 107 



guttis parvis duabus approximatis picois notato ; elytris ol)scuri- 

 oribus (tiavo limbatis) ; prostcrno pallido. Long 4^ lin,, lat. 2j| 

 lin. 



Elongate oval, shining. Head yellow, with an oblique spot 

 on each side on thf forehead, and the neck black, the black 

 portions luiiting at the eyes. Thorax yellow, with the middle 

 of the anterior and posterior margins and two approximate 

 discoidal spots pitchy ; very shining, with a line of punctures 

 along the front margin ; there is also a line of obscure punc- 

 tures along the sides and extending a short distance along the 

 posterior margin ; the extreme lateral nuirgins are distinctly 

 uicrassate. ►Seutellnm })itehy. Elytra shining, with the 

 sutural line and the sides yellowish, the rest closely spotted 

 with small brownish markings as in C. notatus, F. ; each 

 elytron with three rows of rather large punctures, each row 

 containing about eight or ten punctures. Underside very 

 shining, black, except the prosternum, Avhich is yelloAv, and 

 the margins of the abdominal segments, which are obscurely 

 pitchy. Legs pitchy yellow ; intermediate femora and tibite 

 moderately thickly and finely })uncturcd. 



Gyi'inidge. 



Dineutcs jjicipeSj sp. n. 



D. obovalis, dcpressiusculus, sat latiis, supra iiigro-olivaceua, vix 

 ca?nileo-cuprco micans, uitidulus ; elytris postice rotundatis, pono 

 apiceni iu marc lovitcr emarginatis, in focmiua externe oblique 

 tmncatis, ad truucatura; basin deute parvo deflexo et apicc dcnto 

 acuto armatis ; corporc subtus nigro-piceo, ano pedibusque piccis. 

 (S long. 0| lin., lat. 4^ lin. ; 9 long. 6 lin., lat. 3^ lin. 



Bkaciielytka. 



AleocharidaB. 



Alcochara jKirvu/cij sp. n. 

 A. statura fcrc A. mcerentis, at parva, nitida, parcius pubescens ; 

 antonnis j»edil)us({no obscure tcstaceis antennarum articulo ultimo 

 tibiarumc|ue basi vix ])icescentibus ; elytris thorace vix longiori- 

 bus, cum thorace discrete distincte pimctatis ; abdomiue discrete 

 distinctc punctato, ano picco-testacco. Long. § lin. 



Antennas stout, scarcely longer than the liead and tliorax 

 taken together ; the first, .'second, and third joints elongate, 

 sub"(pial, the fourth joint a little broader than long ; the fifth 

 to tenth joints becoming gradually broader but not longer ; 

 the eleventh joint as long as the two j)receding taken together. 



