42 Memoirs ot the Indian. Museum. [Vol. VII, 



Platy verres intermedius (Kaup). 

 Fig. V, 15, p. 34. 

 Verres intermedins, Kaup, 1871, p. 115. 



One specimen (with worn mandibles) from Omilteme, Guerrero, lent by the British 

 Museum. Length 42-5 mm. 



Platyverres intermedius is closely allied to Verres corticola. The labrum is, however, 

 somewhat more deeply excavate ; the clypeus is entirely hidden even at the angles ; the 

 frontal ridges are broadly arched and * T, e more or less confluent half way between the central 

 tubercle and the anterior margin of the head ; the anterior ends of the marginal grooves 

 of the prothorax are less deeply impressed ; the lateral areas of the metasternum, though 

 punctured and hairy, are narrow throughout ; the elytra are united and are more coarsely 

 punctured in the grooves. 



Genus PUBLIUS, Kaup, 187 1, p. 70. 

 ? Inch Procululus, Zang, 19050. 

 Type, Passalus crassus, Smith, 1852, p. 14. 



Publius crassus (Smith). 

 Fig. V, 2, p. 34. 

 Passalus crassus, Smith, 1852, p. 14. 



One specimen from Bogota, Columbia, 43-5 mm. long. 



The antennal lamellae are short, being equal to about two of the immediately preceding 

 joints in length. The labrum is broader behind than in front ; its anterior margin is lightly 

 concave, its sides are lightly convex. Both mandibles are bidentate distally ; the left one 

 has a broad bifid tooth between these teeth and the moveable tooth ; the right one has a 

 simple conical tooth in this position. The frontal ridges are obsolete ; the frontal tubercles 

 are broad and short and somewhat rounded ; the central tubercle has a slender but not 

 very long free apex, which is less depressed than that of Proculejus jaubicostis. The 

 pronotum is unpunctured, and its scars are indistinct ; its median groove does not nearly 

 reach the anterior margin. The scutellum bears a few large punctures near the middle 

 line in front. The mesothoracic episterna are extensively matt and unpunctured in the 

 posterior angles, being glossy and punctured elsewhere. The mesosternum is glossy, 

 except in the scars, which become very large and almost meet in the middle line in 

 front. The metasternum is glossy, unpunctured and hairless except beside the middle 

 coxae and in the linear lateral areas. The abdominal sterna are smooth. The grooves 

 on the elytra are very faintly punctured. 



Genus PROCULUS, Kaup, 18686, p. 8. 

 Inch Cyphoproculus, Kuwert, 1896. 

 Type, Passalus goryi, Melly. 1833, pi. Ivl 



