38H MR. G. R. CROTCH ON AZOREAN COLEOPTERA. [Mar. 28, 



gatis, regione apicali cinerea ; pedibus dense ochraceo squamosis ; 

 rosii-o nudo strigoso, bnsi dense squamoso. L. 3-4 lin. 



Ilab. In ins. Flores intra euphorbiam emortuam sat copiose 

 lectus. 



This very beautiful AcaUes is one of the most striking insects 

 here described. The singular dilatation of the sides of the thorax 

 and the numerous erect setae render it unmistakeable. I have de- 

 dicated it to M. Drouet, to whom we are indehted for the first ex- 

 ploration of these islands and for a careful summary of the results 

 of his work, including three or four new species and eight not since 

 found. 



Laparocerus AzoRicus, Drouet, Col. A§or. ly. (PI. XXIII. 

 fig: 6.) 



L. niger, nitidus ; capite for titer punctata, fronte canaliculata ; tho- 

 race puree fortiterque punctata et subtilisshne fulvo pnhescente, 

 quadrato, antice paullo angustiore, lateribus rotundatis, linea 

 media abbreviata Icevi ; elytris seriatim punclatis, interstitiis 

 fortiter biseriatim scabro-punctatis, ovalibvs, huineris rotundatis, 

 sittura apice carinata, lateribus et upice pube fulva tessellatis ; 

 scutello nitido, Icivi, triangulari ; subtus pectore scabro, abdomine 

 punctato, seginentibus margine rufescentibus ; pedibus piceis, tar- 

 sis tibiisque fulvo ciliatis paltidioribus, femoribus inflatis ; anten- 

 nis piceis, puree ciliatis, elava pubescente. 

 Ilab. Sub lapidibus in ins. Fayal mense Augusto copiosissime 

 lectu;5 {Drouet) ; in iisdem locis in ins. S. Miguel mense Martio 

 (^God)rian). 



This fine addition to the Atlantic fauna is larger and stouter than 

 the Madeiran forms, or even than the Canarian, and bears more the 

 aspect of an insect fitted to live in arid places under stones than 

 near woods. The outline is more that of the Rerpysticus eremita, 

 Oliv. (Canaries). 



ASYNONYCHUS*, n. g. 



Rostrum as long as the head, subparallel, rounded at the anterior 

 angles, subemarginate in front, with a broad but shallow longitudi- 

 nal impression, scrobes oblique, not reaching the eyes, badly defined. 

 xA.ntenn8e subterminal, smooth, slender ; scape a little longer than 

 the head, abruptly clavate ; funiculus with the first joint equal to 

 the third, second twice as long as the first, joints four to six sub- 

 equal, shorter than the third, seventh equal to the third ; club 

 ublong ovate, slender, acuminate, articulated. Eyes rounded, pro- 

 minent. Thorax quadrate, cylindric, truncate before and behind. 

 Elytra ovate, base slightly eniarginate, humeral angles rectangular. 

 Legs long, especially the anterior pair ; anterior femora thickened ; 

 anterior tibiae with the inner margin strongly serrate, having about 

 eight teeth ; corbeilles of posterior tibise large, with their edge very 

 strongly ciliated ; tarsi broad, hairy, claws free. 



* a privative, avvowxos, with connate claws ; in allusion to these parts being 

 free in tliis case. 



