128 



Society of Prance ; to the Histoire Naturelle des 

 Animaux Articules, par Laporte de Castelneau ; 

 and also to Eschcholtz's Zoologischer Atlas. With 

 respect to the habits and localities of many of the 

 Melasomata, Monsieur Lacordaire has given us 

 several interesting observations in the Ann. Soc, 

 Ent. de France for 1837, vid. page 247. 



Fabrician Species of Tenebrio. 



Sp. 6. Serratus.— Now a Prioscelis Mihi, from 

 the Greek, Kpta and <™-e\o?. It will be seen at one 

 glance by referring to the details of Chiroscelis, 

 given among the figures, that Prioscelis differs with 

 the former genus in many points. The Baron De 

 Jean gives the name of Iphius to a species named 

 Serratus by Fabricius ; but as no characters are yet 

 published, and the name in his Catalogue, like many 

 others, are merely manuscript names, I cannot adopt 

 them. The following peculiarities will enable any 

 one to separate it from Chiroscelis. 



Prioscelis, Hope. 



Caput magnum antennis moniliformibus, arti- 

 culis quinque ultimis magnitudine increscentibus 

 et pubescentibus, ultimo elongato apice conico. 

 Thorax antice et postice latitudini aequalis, late- 

 ribus extrorsum convexis. Elytra sicut in Chiroscele. 

 Femora canaliculata bina antica incrassata, den- 

 ticulata mediis postice foveatis et subdenticulatis, 

 posticis fortiter serratis. Tibite antica incurvae 

 sparsim dentatae. Mediis fere rectis, postice in- 



