Species of Colco2>tera frODi Rodriguez. 109 



segracntis 4 basalibus sat parce subtiliflsime punctulatia, 5° laovi. 

 Long 1^ lin. 



Spariiit^ly clothed with puhescence. Antcnmc one fourth 

 longer than the head ; tirst joint elongate, second a little longer 

 than hroad, third not longer than the second but narrower, 

 the fourth as broad as long; fifth to tenth joints transverse and 

 gradually becoming broader ; the eleventh joint ovate, sub- 

 acuminate. Head quadrate, convex, subopaque, finely rugu- 

 lose and somewhat thickly and strongly j)unetured, straight 

 behind, sides parallel, the extreme angles blunt ; the portion 

 of the head behind the eyes is considerably longer than the 

 diameter of the eye. Thorax at its broadest part scarcely as 

 wide as the head, gently narrowed behind, scarcely as long as 

 broad, subopaque, finely rugulose and moderately thickly and 

 strongly ])unctured. Elytra a little broader than the head, 

 one fifth longer than broad, shining, punctured as the thorax 

 (but not rugulose). The punctuation of the abdomen is very 

 fine and obscure, gradually disappearing towards the apex. 

 Tarsi long and slender. 



NlX'ROPIIAOA. 



Nitidulids. 



MiCROPOKUM, gen. nov. 



Mentum transverse, much narrowed in front ; ligula short, 

 the anterior angles produced. Labial palpi short, the apical 

 joint large. Lobe of the maxilla3 elongate, slender, ciliate ; 

 maxillary palpi with penultimate joint quadrate, the apical 

 joint twice as long as the previous joint, slightly attenuated, 

 jiandibles strongly arched, tenninating in a sharp point. 

 Head transverse, narrowed in front of the eyes, terminating 

 in a very short muzzle. Eyes prominent. Anteimaj inserted 

 immediately in front of the eyes, moderately short ; the first 

 joint stout, cylindrical, the rest much more slender ; the second 

 to fifth subequal, elongate ; the sixth and seventh a little 

 shorter, the eighth as broad as long, narrowed at the base ; 

 the ninth to eleventh forming an oblong-ovate club. 



Microporujii nitens, sp. n. 



M. obloiigum, leviter convcxum, nitidum. picoo-testaceum, crobre 

 cvideiitcr punctatimi, elytria pedibuscjuc testaccis ; capite trans- 

 verso ; oculis ])romincDtibus, nigris ; antcnnis capito dimidio 

 longiorilms ; thorace longitudine duplo latioro, convi'xo, angulis 

 anticis doHcxis rotundatis, lateribus arcuatis, nngulis posticis 



