Capt. P. P. King's South tinier/ can Coleoptera. 187 



the male, basal joint elong-ated at the base, the 3 following- semiorbicnlar, 

 very bristly: claws rather short and strong (12, fore leg of male). 

 Obs. The female is broader than the male, and the lobe of the tibia is longer. 



*7- Odontoscelis Tentyrioides. Cart. 

 Tab. X^'. Fig. D. 



Lœvis niger; thoracis elytrornmquelateribus pilis aliquot longis, his obsoletis- 

 simè striatis, apicem versus sparse punctatis. 



Length 8^ to 9^ lines; breadth ;5 to 3f. 



Smooth dullish-black, with long hairs over the eyes and tlie sides of the tho- 

 rax, which latter is convex, with a narrow margin, the base a little con- 

 cave, a very faint line down the middle terminating in a furcate im- 

 pression behind: elt/tra with obscure stria?, the margin very narrow, 

 with remote punctures producing long hairs, with a close line of punc- 

 tures arising close to the margin at the shoulder but divaricating to the 

 apex, where there are from 3 to 6 strong punctures producing bristles: 

 mouth, tips o^ palpi, and underside oï tarsi castaneous. 



From Valparaiso. This insect has the habit of a Perçus, l)ut is distinguished 

 by the simple tooth of the mentum ; and it differs from Broscus in the propor- 

 tions of the thorax and tibiae. It appears to me to be nearly related to the 

 Scaritidœ. 



N. G. Cylloscelis. 



Caput latum : oculi parvi. Thorax subquadrato-cordatus. Elijtra sul)linearia. 

 Tihice anteriores dilatatœ, parùm emarginatcC, aculeo apicali lato lanceo- 

 late ; posferiores longiores, graciles, curvatœ. Tarsi auteriores, articulis 

 4 basalibus cordatis. Antenuw caput baud superantes ; articule basali 

 reliquis longiore et crassiore, 3tio pyriformi, 2do 4to et sequentibus sub- 

 obovatis. Palpi maxillares exteriores, articule 3tio 2dnm ferè œquante, 

 4to elongate, sublineari ; labiales articule 3tio longo, subfusiformi, trun- 

 cate. Mentum dente medio trigone instructum. 



Labrum slightly transverse, producing long bristles in front, a little einargi- 

 nated. 3Luidibles strong, bread at the base, curved and acute (13w). 

 Maxi Hart/ palpi, internal composed of 2 long slender joints, the 2nd at- 



