Species of Culeoptera from Rodriguez. 1 1 1 



culo primo magiio, cloiijriito ; thoruco cajjite { latiore, longitudine 

 fore duj)lo latioro, levitor convfxo, aiitice vix anj^istato, aiif^iilis 

 auticiH obtusis, hitoribus lovisHimo urcuatis, murginatis, aiigulia 

 posticis rocti.s, baai fero recta ; Bcutello Hat magno ; elytristhoraco 

 vix anfj;ustioribuH, at ^ longioribus, apiceiu versus ])arum angus- 

 tatis, lateribus levisHJiue arcuatis, uuirgiiiatis, apicibua arcuatiiu 

 truiicatis. Long. 1,| liii., lat. ^ lin. 



Ejnirwa ophthalmicGj sp. ii. 



E. obluiiga, obscure ferruginea, opaca, dense pubcsceiis ; capito lato, 

 trausverso, ante oculos angustato, subtili.ssinio curiacco, sat crebre 

 distinctc piuictato ; labro transverso, lateribus rotundatis, antico 

 medio anguste profunde triangulariter excise ; oculis magnis 

 prominentibus, nigris ; antennis capite paululo longioribus, 

 clava picea ; thoracc capite 3 latiore, longitudine * latiore, levitcr 

 convexo, antico vix angustato, coriaceo, sat crebre evidonter 

 puuctato, margiuc antico leviter emarginato, angulis anticis obtuse 

 rotundatis, lateribus tcnuiter marginatis, levissime arcuatis, angulis 

 posticis fere rectis (summo ipso obtuso ) ; elytris thorace baud 

 angustioribus, vix duplo longioribus, medio vix ampliatis, coriaceis, 

 minus crebre evidenter punctatis, apice truncatis, angulis cxtcr- 

 nis j)aulo rotundatis; abdomine supra subtiliter baud crebro 

 punctulato, brevissime Havo-pubescente. Long. 11- lin., lat. g lin. 



The eyes in this species are rather unusually prominent ; 

 and there is not the usual impressed line along the inner mar- 

 gin. Tiie thorax is broadest at tlie posterior angles, which arc 

 rectangles with the extreme point blunted. 



Colydiidae. 



ASCOMMA, gen. nov. 



General build of Endophhjpus^ but with the head not widened 

 in front of the eyes. Eyes partly clothed with erect scale-like 

 setae. Mentum square ; ligula very nearly as broad as the 

 mentum and about half the length, sides parallel, front margin 

 gently arcuate, the angles consequently slightly obtuse ; the 

 front margin fringed with dense stiff hair, so dense that it 

 has the appearance of a piece separate from the ligula ; the 

 labial pal[)i are well separated from each other at the base ; 

 the apical joint is elongate, slightly acuminate at the apex, a 

 little swollen at the base. The outer lobe of the maxilljB 

 rather widened and truncate at the apex ; the palpi arc sliort 

 and thick and do not dift'er materially from those of Eiido- 

 phhrus. Anteniui? eleven-jointed, the third joint ratlier elon- 

 gate ; the tenth and eleventh joints form a distinct broadly 

 ovate club. 



