488 MK. F. p. PASCOE ON THE OUECULIONIDiE. 



prothorace parum latiora, subquadrata. Pedes breves ; femora 

 compressa, antica infra dentata ; tibia brevissima?, flexuosse, apice 

 unguiculatae ; tarsi articulis tribus basalibus conjunctim breviter 

 triangularibus, quarto elongato ; unguiculi simplices ; coxa an- 

 tic£B et intermedia} distantes. Pecifw* latum, parum excavatum. 

 Abdomen segmentis 3. 4. brevibus. 



This genus is allied to the last, but differs from it, as well as 

 from JPhacelobarics, by the form of the rostrum, which proceeds 

 gradually from the head, narrowing in profile to the apex. There 

 is a cylindrical tooth or spine on the inner side of each anterior 

 coxa, but whether attached to them or to the mesosternum is not 

 quite apparent. 



PiTHECOMUs URSULUS. (PI. ;XIII. fig. 5.) P. bvcviusculus, paulo 

 depressus, squamulis piliformibus fulvidis, pleiumque erectis, omnino 

 dense tectus ; rostro capite duple longiore, ad medium, cum capite, 

 dense squamoso, apieem versus nigro ; antennis piceis, parce pilosis ; 

 ai'ticulo pi'imo funiculi vix iucrassato; prothorace latitudine inulto 

 breviore, lobo scutellai-i dilatato ; elytris latitudine paulo longioribus, 

 apice obtuse rotundatis ; femoribus intermediis dente parvo instructis, 

 posticis muticis; tarsis castaneis, minus squamosis, articulo idtimo 

 nudo. Long. 2^ lin. 



Hab. Bogota. 



Bebelatus. 



(Baridinre.) 



Bostnim validum, arcuatum ; scrobes subterminales. Funiculus 7- 

 articulatus, articulis duobus basalibus longiusculis, tribus ulti- 

 mis transversis ; cluva libera, distincte articulata. Oculi grosse 

 granulati. Frotlwrax insequalis, rotundatus, lobis ocularibus 

 prominulis. Scutelhcm triangulare. Elytra globosa, protho- 

 race valde latiora. Pedes breviusculi ; femora modice iucrassata ; 

 tibicB compressse, basi arcuatse, apice unco oblique armataj ; tarsi 

 normales, tmguiculi divergentes. Coxes antica3 basi contigua3, 

 faciebus interioribus pro receptione rostri oblique planatis. 

 Pectus breviusculum, canaliculatum, utrinque dente triangulari 

 armatum. Mesosternum integrum, declive. Metasternum bre- 

 vissimum. Abdomen segmento secundo duobus sequentibus 

 conjunctim breviore. 



The sole exponent of this genus resembles a small spider, and 

 is quite different from any other Boris known to me. It may be 

 placed with the two preceding genera and with Pliacelobarus and 



