30 Mr. C. J. Galian on new 



The described specimen of E. venusta, Chevr., is a female, 

 and not a male as stated by Chevrolat in his description. 



Elateropsis I'eticulata^ sp. n. 



$ . Nigro-fusca, opaca ; capite dense punctato, tenuissime griseo- 

 pubescente : prothorace fortiter rugoso-punctato, vitta obsoleta 

 utrinque fulvo-pubescente ; scutello punctato ; elytris fortissime 

 creberrimeque punctatis, castaneo-fuscis, versus latera et ad 

 apicem rufo-castaneis, marginibus apicalibus distincte denticu- 

 latis ; corpore subtus sparsim punctato ; episternis mesothoracis, 

 plaga triangular! mesothoracis utrinque et maculis quatuor abdo- 

 minis utrinque fulvo-pubescentibus ; segmento ultimo abdominis 

 apice leviter emarginato ; antennis dimidium elytrorum vix 

 attingentibus, rufo-ferrugineis, versus apicem suf-fuscis, pedibus 

 rufis, sparsim punctatis. 



Long. 17, lat. 6 mm. 



Hah. Cuba. In the collection of Mr. Alexander Fry. 



The prothorax is convex above, with a very feeble channel 

 or depression along the middle of the disk ; on each side, in 

 the unique specimen, there are traces of a fulvous pubescent 

 vitta. The elytra are covered with a very strong, close, and 

 reticulate punctuation. 



This species most nearly resembles E. h-notata^ Chevr., 

 but differs by its brownish elytra, its somewhat reddish 

 antenna, and reddish legs, by the triangular fulvous patch on 

 each side of the metathorax, and finally by its punctuation. 



E. b-notata, Chevr., has the antennae and legs black, the 

 elytra almost entirely black. The prothorax is strongly and 

 rather thickly, but not rugosely, punctured. The elytra in 

 the type specimen are unfortunately much deformed, one 

 being shorter than the other, and both being raised in places 

 into large gall-like protuberances. Throughout their greater 

 extent they are covered with intricate ridges. The body 

 underneath is black, with here and there a faint greyish 

 pubescence ; the niesothoracic episterna are covered with a 

 thick whitish pubescence. 



The [Prtonus) vittatus of Olivier, which the authors of the 

 Munich Catalogue have placed in the genus Elateropsis, more 

 probably belongs to the genus Derancistrus, Serv., and is 

 possibly the male of D. elegans, Beauv. 



Harmosternus, gen. nov. 



Head excavated in the middle in front ; the excavation 

 continuous with a rather broad and shallow chamiel above. 



