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Mr. C. J. Gahan on new 
The described specimen of E. venusta , Chevr., is a female, 
and not a male as stated by Clievrolat in his description. 
Elateropsis reticulata , sp. n. 
2 . Nigro-fusca, opaca ; capite dense punctato, tenuissime griseo- 
pnbescente ; prothorace fortiter rugoso-punctato, vitta obsoleta 
utrinque fulvo-pubescente ; scutello punctato ; elytris fortissime 
creberrimeque punctatis, castaneo-fuscis, versus latera et ad 
apicem rufo-castaneis, marginibus apicalibus distincte denticu- 
latis ; corpore subtus sparsim punctato ; episternis mesothoracis, 
plaga triangulari mesothoracis utrinque et maculis quatuor abdo- 
minis utrinque ful vo-pubescent ibus ; segmento ultimo abdominis 
apice leviter emarginato ; antennis dimidium elytrorum vix 
attingentibus, rufo-ferrugineis, versus apicem suf-fuscis, pedibus 
rufis, sparsim punctatis. 
Long. 17, lat. 6 mm. 
Hob . Cuba. In the collection of Mr. Alexander Fry. 
The prothorax is convex above, with a very feeble channel 
or depression along the middle of the disk ; on each side, in 
the unique specimen, there are traces of a fulvous pubescent 
vitta. The elytra are covered with a very strong, close, and 
reticulate punctuation. 
This species most nearly resembles E . 5-notata , Chevr., 
but differs by its brownish elytra, its somewhat reddish 
antennas, and reddish legs, by the triangular fulvous patch on 
each side of the metathorax, and finally by its punctuation. 
E. 5-notata , Chevr., has the antennas and legs black, the 
elytra almost entirely black. The prothorax is strongly and 
rather thickly, but not rugosely, punctured. The elytra in 
the type specimen are unfortunately much deformed, one 
being shorter than the other, and both being raised in places 
into large gall-like protuberances. Throughout their greater 
extent they are covered with intricate ridges. The body 
underneath is black, with here and there a faint greyish 
pubescence ; the mesothoracic episterna are covered with a 
thick whitish pubescence. 
The ( Prionus ) vittatus of Olivier, which the authors of the 
Munich Catalogue have placed in the genus Elateropsis , more 
probably belongs to the genus Derancistrus , Serv., and is 
possibly the male of D. elegans , Beauv. 
Hakmosternus, gen. nov. 
Head excavated in the middle in front ; the excavation 
continuous with a rather broad and shallow channel above. 
