OXYGES.— PKOSOCLITITS. 7 



OXYGES. 



Oxyges, Kaup, Monogr. der Passal. p. 69. 



Kaup refers the following two species to this genus. 



1. Oxyges lsevissimus. (Tab. I. figg. 7, la.) 



Proculejus lavissimus, Kaup, Harold's Col. Hefte, iv. p. 15. 

 Oxyges Itevissimus, Kaup, Monogr. der "Passal. p. 69 \ 



Hah. Guatemala ( Wagner 1 i Salle). 



2. Oxyges laBvior. 



Oxyges lavior, Kaup, Monogr. der Passal. p. 70 l . 

 Bah. ? Guatemala (Wagner 1 ). 



PEOSOCLITUS. 



Gen. Proculejo affinis, sed elytris relative longioribus humerisque magis rotundatis. Clypeus flexuosus absque 

 tuberculis ; irons valde inasqualis, medio longitudinaliter usque ad clypei sulcum sulcata ; cornu verticis 

 latum, basi utrinque tuberculo alseformi valido, apice liberum, ante apicem cum carinis frontalibus obtusis 

 confusum, his subrecte usque carinam oculorum extensis. Thorax convexus .; sulculo marginali punctato, 

 antice intus sat elongato vix dilatato ; fovea laterali lsevi. Elytra elongato-ovata, convexa, medio basi 

 prominentia, humeris obtusis, basi declive punctulato-pubescenti, lateribus glabris ; punctulato-sulcata, 

 interstitiis sequalibus sat latis. Tibiae 4 posteriores spina valida. 



Differs from all the genera of the section in the shape and position of the cephalic 

 prominences, and. from Proculejus, with which it best agrees and to which it is further 

 allied by the moderate length of the antennal leaflets, by the much greater relative 

 length of the elytra. 



The clypeus is distinct and separated from the front by a groove as in the allied 

 genera, but the groove is multiflexuous instead of straight, and, probably in consequence 

 of the transverse direction of the very obtuse frontal carinas, there is no distinct conical 

 tubercle at each end of the groove. The metasternum has a patch of coarse punctures 

 on each side near the apex, its sides have a very narrow punctured groove, and the base 

 on each side near the middle coxse is punctulate-pubescent. The upper carina of the 

 intermediate tibiae only has a fringe of hairs, as in Proculejus. 



1. Prosoclitus obesus. 



Convexus, politus ; labro (sat profunde emarginato), antennis, prothorace, episternis tibiisque posticis fulvo- 

 hirtis ; prosterno antice opaco, postice polito, convexo, acuminato ; metasterno medio ventreque politissimis ; 

 thorace subtiliter punctulato, sulco dorsali marginem anteriorem longe baud attingente ; elytris elongato- 

 ovatis, punctulato -sulcatis, interstitiis sat latis sequalibus. 



Long. 42 millim. ; thorax 11, elytra 22 millim. long. 



Hab. Mexico (Deyrolle, coll. Bates). 



