176 MB. r. p. PASCOE ON THE CUKCUIiTONIDiE. 



are longer and more clavate, especially tte posterior, and mutic 

 beneath ; the anterior and intermediate tibiae are straight, and 

 the posterior very strongly curved; the white ring on each 

 elytron is very marked, but an approach to this' is observable in 

 some individuals of D, Tieilopoides. 



DicoBDYLUS LUCTUOSUS. D. ater, undique pube erecta, setis inter- 

 jectis, vestitus, maculisque parvis, e sqiiamositate ochracea formatis, 

 obscure irroratus ; prothorace subconico, latei'ibus medio rotundato- 

 ampliato ; scutello elevato ; elytris crebve puuctatis, antice transver- 

 sim rugosis, tuberculis plurimis atro-fascieulatis muuitis, singulis 

 pone medium fascia nivea decoratis. Long. 1\ lin. 

 Hab. Chili. 



This species differs from D. ithyceroides, inter alia, in being 

 much stouter in all its parts ; in the third joint of the anteiinai 

 being nearly as long as the two next together, and in tbefour ter- 

 minal joints being shorter and broader ; the apex of each elytron 

 is obliquely emarginate within ; in D. ithyceroides there is only 

 a single fascicle at the base on each side, and there is no ochra- 

 ceous powdery substance on the elytra, the tibiae are much 

 thickened at the apex, and in both species the middle of the tibiae 

 is covered with white hairs. 



DicoRDYLUS AMCENUS. D. ovatus, purpureo resplendens; capite ro- 

 stroque lineatim, elytris maculatim ochraceo-pubescentibus ; rostro 

 brevi, nigro ; antennis rufo-testaceis, fusco-vaiiis ; prothorace trans- 

 versim conieo, crebre punctate, quinquevittato ; scutello semiorbi- 

 culari ; elytris depressis, humeris rotundatis, singulis subcarinatis, 

 apice in medio fortiter mucronatis, maculis magnis in seriebus tri- 

 bus ornatis ; corpore infra chalybeate, nitido, ad latera pube ochracea 

 variegato ; pedibus parce pilosis, rufo-testaceis, tarsis fuscis. Long, 

 a^lin. 



Hob. Cnili. 



This is a somewhat aberrant species. 



AgIIiAUS. 



(Ehinomncerinae.) 



STiynchitce affmis, sed tiliis compressis, subfoliaceis ; et pyyidio 



obtecto. 



The remarkable form of the tibiae essentially differentiates this 

 genus from Rhynchites. In other characters, except of the py- 

 gidium, it agrees with the description as given by Lacordaire : 

 the granulate surface of the derm, however, is foreign to Shyn- 



