Cremaslocheilus variolosus and Castanecs, 517 



Long. Corp. Lin. 4\. 



Regio. America Septentrional is ? Ex. Mus. D. Francillon. 



Descr. Labium pelviforme, subrhomboidale, postice emarginatura 

 sed minus profunde. Thorax punctatus, angulis prominentibus 

 tuberculiformibus laevibus. Elytra apice gibba, variolosa: 

 variolis oblongiSj distinctis. 



Dr. Thaddeus Harris having obligingly sent me another insect 

 as the Cremastocheilus Castanece of Knoch, which differs from M. 

 Latreille's * short definition of that species in not being hairy, 

 except somewhat underneath ; it may be useful to give a more 

 detailed description of it. 



Castanet. C. mger^ nittdus, punctatus : prcthorace antice IcBviy 

 utritique trifoveato : elytris conjiuenter punciaiis. 



Long. Corp. Lin. 5^. 



Regio. America Septentrionalis. 



Descr. Corpus subdepressum,oblongum, nigrum vel piceo-nigrum, 

 nitidum, subtus albido-subpilosura. Caput postice puncta- 

 tum, antice naso dilatato, reflexo. Rhinarium sub naso 

 latitans fere lunatum. Labrum brevissimum, emarginatum, 

 cum labio os exactissime claudens. Labium pelviforme, sub- 

 rotundum, postice profundius emarginatum et pilis clliatum. 

 Pro^Aoraxsubquadratus angulis prominentibus tuberculiformi- 

 bus, postice punctatus antice lasvigatus, utrinque foveis tribus : 

 primo nempe baseos magno punctato, secundo intermedio 

 profundo, tertio anguli antici minori, his ultimis laevigatis. 

 Fasciculus pilorum albidorum prothoraceus postice utrinque 

 signat. Scutellum magnum, triangulare, acuminatum, punc- 

 tatum. Elytra basi, humeris, apiceque gibbis, punctis mag- 

 nitudine et forma variis confluentibus, setulis albidis decum- 

 bentibus inspersa. 



Whether this specimen is rubbed I cannot say, but the two 

 little bunches of hair in the thorax correspond in size and situa- 



* N. Diet. D'Hist. Nat. viii. 420. 



