310 MR. A. MURRAY’S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARIA. 
Antenne rather long, piceous except at the base, beset with stiff flavescent hairs; the club 
rather large, clothed with a flavescent silky pubescence. Prothorax a half broader than 
long, slightly narrower in front, with the sides very gently rounded, the anterior angles 
somewhat obtuse, the posterior almost right-angled ; above strongly punetate, with four 
longitudinal callose raised parallel lines upon the disk, disappearing towards the apex. 
Scutellum transversely triquetral, with the apex acute, strongly punctate. Elytra a half 
longer than the thorax, piceous behind, regularly punctate-striate, with the striz sub- 
suleate, and with yellow hairs in the punctures, the interstices feebly punctate in single 
rows. Abdomen with the last three segments rufo-ferruginous above, very little shining, 
almost opaque, sparsely and faintly punctate. Body below subcoriaceous, bright ferru- 
ginous, with the metasternum obsoletely but thickly punctate on each side. Legs bright 
ferruginous. 
From Columbia, where it was collected by M. Moritz. Unique in the Berlin Museum. 
Genus ADOCIMUS (adeximoc, adulterine). 
Caput sulcis antennariis. Labrum integrum. Oculi mediocres, fere capitis basin attingentes. Thorax 
angulis posticis rotundatis. Elytra striata vel seriatim punctata. Abdomen supra segmentis tribus 
expositis, segmentis primis duobus brevissimis, reliquis longioribus ; maribus? segmentulo anali ven- 
trali auctum ; fimbriis lateribus parvis, sed marginibus anticis segmentorum singulorum lata fimbria 
instructis. Pedes omnes coxis distantibus, intermedii magis distantibus. 
Body elongate, oblong, parallel, and depressed. Head moderate; eyes moderate, and 
reaching nearly, but not quite, to the base of the head. Epistome projecting. Antenne 
short, stout, of an elongate club shape; first article rather swollen ; second not so large, 
obovate; third smaller; fourth longer; fifth, sixth, and seventh short and broad; eighth 
lenticular; ninth long and broad; tenth shorter, but as broad; eleventh rounded; club 
nearly half the length of the whole antenna. Antennal grooves short, distinct, slightly 
converging. Labrum simple, scarcely rounded. Mandibles with the outer profile slightly 
sinuate before the point, the point with two or three minute denticulations on the 
inner side, and behind these a not very wide fringe of hairs. Maxille rather short, flat, 
and stout, with an abundant brush of hairs at the termination and on the inner side. 
Maxillary palpi shorter than the maxille, the third article largest and much dilated on 
the outer side, the terminal article cylindrico-conical. Ligula corneous, short and broad, 
of an inverted pyramid shape, broadest in front, the apex truncate, and apical angles 
slightly rounded, a tuft of hairs projecting at each. Labial palpi short, the second article 
dilated on the outside, the terminal short, cylindrico-conical. Mentum biemarginate, the 
middle truncate, with a slight emargination. Prothorax about the breadth of the elytra, 
transverse, with the posterior angles broadly rounded; margins thick and rounded-in 
towards the underside. Scutellum broad, pentagonal. Elytra with the base straight and 
shoulders square, striate, apex truncate, and exterior apical angles rounded. Abdomen 
with the second segment shortest, first next shortest, third and fourth nearly equal, and 
pygidium a little longer. Fimbrie very small behind, widening in front, and extending 
in a raised band quite across, both above and below; a deep stigmatic depression lies on 
each side. The margins of the segments and of the fimbrize are rounded and thickened. 
