47G (100) Mr. G. R. Crotcli's Revision of . 

 Xestus fimgicola. 



Xestus furvjicola, Woll. Col. Atlant. 385. 

 Gomeva. 



Neoxestus. 



g. n. {typ. chilensis, Crotch). 



Near Xestus by the coarsely granulated eyes, antennse with 

 a 3 jointed club, etc. ; mentum trapezoidal, depressed, acuminate 

 in front ; the base of the elytra with a raised denticulate margin, 

 scutellum very transverse. 



It seems to me impossible to range this with Ischyrus; it has 

 at first sight the appearance of Xestus. 



Neoxestus chilensis, sp. n. 



Niger, subtiliter alutaceus, subopacus, antennis pedibus ano- 

 que ferrugineo ; capite thoraceque parce evidentius punctatis, illo 

 labro rufo ; hoc subtransverso, lateribus paulo rotundatis, cum basi 

 tenuiter marginatis, puncto utrinque discoidali impresso, basi 

 utrinque sinuato, fovea grosse pimctata impressa; scutello valde 

 transverso, punctulato; elytris subtiliter seriato punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis subtilissime punctulatis, lateribus sat fortiter reflexis, macula 

 humerali, subapicali parva, apicalique ferrugineis. L. 2^ lin. 



Chili. 



Abdomen beneath pubescent, sparingly, last sequent thickly 

 punctured, coxal line abbreviated, fine; metasternum punctulate, 

 mesosternum quadrate depressed for the prosternum, witli about a 

 dozen deep punctures; prosternum nearly smooth, process subtri- 

 augular, apex emarginate. 



Tribe 3. Encaustini. 

 Encaustes. 



(Dej.) Lac. Erot. 33 {typ. verticalis, MacL.). 



Recognizable by the trapezoidal thoi'ax, sides straight, base 

 slightly bisinuate, antennae with the 3rd joint elongate, club 

 3-jointed, abrupt, prosternum but little produced between the 

 coxae, margined, obtriangular. 



Elytra generally sparsely pilose on the posterior fifth. 



Thorax with the base slightly foveolate on each side. 



