350 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



eighth and ninth very large, obtrigonate, produced interiorly ; tenth ovate- 

 truncate, subcompressed. Palpi subfiliform, the apical joint slightly fusiform : 

 head small, deflexed : eyes small, globose : thorax globose, muricated : body 

 elongate-cylindric : elytra rounded at the apex : legs slender ; tibia simple ; 

 tarsi simple, the third joint small. 



I have reverted to the original appellation bestowed upon this 

 genus by Geoffroy, as pursued by Latreille in his " Considera- 

 tions, &c." the rule of priority being my maxim : — the present 

 genus may be known from Sinoxylon and Apate by the antennae, 

 differing from the former by having the terminal joints not trans- 

 verse nor laminated, and from the latter by the second joint being 

 short and subclavate, not elongate and subcylindric : other characters 

 might be pointed out, but the above are sufficient to discriminate 

 the genus. 



jSp. 1. capucinus. Niger, opacus, subpubescens, elytris vage reticulato punc- 

 tatis, abdomineque rufis, thorace antice subemarginato, tuberculato muricato. 

 (Long. corp. 5 lin.) 



De. capucinus. Linne. — Ap. capucinus. Sleph. Catal. 144. No. 1453. — Curtis, 

 \i.pl. 271. 



Black, opaque, slightly pubescent: thorax short, rugulose-punctate, the anterior 

 margin impressed in the middle, and furnished at the sides with muricated 

 tubercles: elytra irregularly reticulate-punctate, entirely of a light red or 

 rufous, immaculate : breast and base of the abdomen black, the rest of the ab- 

 domen red : legs pitchy-black, with the tarsi red : antennae piceous. 



Rare : three specimens only, I believe, have hitherto been found 

 in England ; the first taken many years since in London, a second 

 in Derbyshire, and the third on the coast of Norfolk, near Cromer. 



Genus CCLXII. — Apate, Fabricius. 



Antennae short, inserted close to the eyes in front; the basal joint elongate, 

 curved, robust; second more slender, elongate-cylindric; five following 

 transverse, slender, subcoarcate, gradually incrassated; the remainder forming 

 an elongate somewhat perfoliated club, of which the two basal joints are 

 more or less conic, produced within, and the terminal one subovate, or elon- 

 gate-ovate. Palpi rather long, the terminal joint elongate, subacuminate : 

 mandibles exserted : head nutant, pilose anteriorly : thorax very large, sub- 

 quadrate, gibbous, retuse in front, and muricated : body elongate-cylindric : 

 elytra linear, retuse posteriorly: legs short; tibia slightly denticulate ex- 

 teriorly, the anterior with a spine at the apex : tarsi simple. 



From Bostrichus, the elongate-cylindric second joint of the an- 



