2. PRIONIDjE. 



S 1. PARANDRA. 



Parandra, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii. 28; R. A. v. 106. 



Attelabus, p., Degeer, Mem. 



Tenebrio, p., Fabr. 



Scarites, p., Fabr. 



Isocerus, Illig. Mag. i. 295. 



Gnathophorus, Kirby, Faun. Bor.-Amer. 166. 



1. Parandra glabra. B.M. 



Attelabus glaber, Degeer, Mem. iv. pi. 19. f. 14-16. 

 Scarites testaceus, Fabr. Syst. El. i. 123. 3. 

 Parandra glabra, Schosnh. Syn. Ins. i. 334. 



Gyllenh. in Schoznh. Syn. App. i. 145. 



St. F. Sf Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 3. 

 Gnathophorus glaber, Kirby, F.B.A. 166. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



2. Parandra mandibularis. B.M. 



Parandra mandibularis, Perty, Del. An. Art. 84. t. 17. f. 1. 



Parandra ferruginea, Sturm, Cat. (1826) 181. 

 Hab. Brazil; Columbia. 



3. Parandra lineolata. 



Parandra lineolata, Gory, Guer. Icon. R. A. pi. 42. f. 7- texte 



iii. 207. 

 Parandra Lherminieri, Dup. Dej. Cat. 341. 

 Hab. Guadaloupe. 



4. Parandra brunnea. B.M. 



Tenebrio brunneus, Fabr. Syst. El. i. 148. 



Parandra brunnea, Schoznh. Syn. Ins. i. 334. 



Isocerus bruuneus, Illig. Mag. i. 295. 



Var. Parandra kevis, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii. 28. t. 9. f. 7- 



St. Farg. Sf Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 3. 

 Tenebrio purpurascens, Herbst, Col. viii. t. 119. f. 2. 

 Hab. N. America; W. Indies (St. Domingo). 



5. Parandra punctata, n. s. B.M. 



P. ferrugineo-brunnea ; thorace angusto, postice subcoarctato, 

 elytris elongatis crebre-punctatis ; antennarum articulo primo 

 apice angulato. 



Head thickly punctured above the eyes, on the vertex nearly 

 smooth, the punctures being few and scattered. Thorax nar- 

 rower han the elytra, in front wider than long, the lateral mar- 



