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Elytra at base subequal in width to pronotum at basal third ; sides 

 slightly expanded posteriorly, conjointly broadly rounded (obtusely 

 angulate when viewed from above) at apices; surface rather densely 

 clothed posteriorly with short, recumbent, yellowish hairs, which are 

 sparser and inconspicuous on basal half, sparsely, rather finely, shal- 

 lowly punctate on basal half, coarsely, densely, deeply punctate on 

 apical half; apical declivity arcuately deflexed, the margins at sides 

 of declivity obsolete, but with one or two obsolete callosities on each 

 side, with sutural striae deeply depressed and punctured on anterior 

 part of declivity, the sutural margins strongly gibbose and broadly 

 expanded at middle of declivity, the sides of gibbosity perpendicular, 

 but the margins not tuberculate, lateral margins slightly thickened and 

 elevated at sutural angles. 



Abdomen beneath coarsely, densely punctate, sparsely clothed with 

 short, recumbent, yellowish- white hairs; last visible sternite emar- 

 ginate at apex, with obsolete lateral grooves. 



Male. — Not seen. 



Length 5 mm., width 1.6 mm. 



Type of locality. — Quinto de Sao Joao, near Funchal, Madeira 

 Islands ; type in the Hope Museum at Oxford. 



Distribution. — This species is recorded in the literature from Porto 

 Santo, Praia Formosa, and Quinta cle Sao Joao, all in the Madeira 

 Islands. One specimen was intercepted at Boston, December 7, 1925, 

 with tomato seeds from the Azores Islands. So far as known, it has 

 not become established in the United States. 



Hosts.— Nothing is recorded about the biology of this species except 

 that Bewicke collected several adults among old logs of wood in a 

 small shed or outhouse. 



Genus OCTODESMUS Lesne 



Octodesmus Lesne, 1901, Soc. Ent. de France Ann. (1900) 69: 479, 616-620; 1938, 

 in Junk (pub.), Coleopt. Cat, pt. 161, p. 61. 



Head deeply inserted in prothorax, not visible from above ; clypeus 

 strongly transverse, emarginate or lobed in front ; labrum transverse, 

 broadly rounded and densely ciliate with long, white hairs in front; 

 mandibles attenuate toward apices; eyes oval, globose, strongly pro- 

 jecting. Antenna 8-segmented ; first and second segments robust, first 

 elongate, twice as long as second, which is oval ; third to fifth segments 

 short, compact, transverse, united subequal in length to second; last 

 three segments forming a large, loose, compressed club, densely clothed 

 with short, recumbent yellow hairs, each with two round sensory 

 depressions on each surface, the sixth segment subtriangular, seventh 

 oval, and eighth elongate oval, narrower and longer than seventh. 

 Pronotum strongly convex, truncate at base and apex, dentate anteri- 

 orly, not transversely depressed behind anterior margin; sides not 

 margined. Scutellum small, transverse. Elytra strongly convex, with 

 distinct tubercles on anterior margin of apical declivity. Legs short, 

 subequal in length; tibiae strongly expanded toward apices, dentate 

 on exterior margins, each with a large, arcuate spine at apex ; posterior 

 tarsi as long as, or longer than tibiae, apical segment of each shorter 

 than preceding four segments united. Anterior coxae contiguous. 

 Middle coxae narrowly separated. Intercoxal process of abdomen 

 lamellate. Body elongate, cylindrical. 



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