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CAMPTODONTITS.— OXTDEEPANTJS. 31 



sulcis lateralibus angustis, punctatis, postice haud conjunctis ; elytris sequaliter punctato-sulcatis, inter- 

 stitiis 1° et 2° planis, caeteris convexis sed haud cariniformibus. 



Long. 4| lin. 



Hah. Panama {coll. Bates). 



DYSCHIEIUS. 



Dyschirius, Bonelli, Mem. Acad. Turin,, 181 3, p. 483; Putzeys, Revis. Gen. des Clivinides, p. 32 



(1867). 



A genus of almost universal distribution, but much more numerous in species in 

 temperate than in tropical latitudes, and met with as far north as Lapland in Europe 

 and Sitka in North America. It occurs in Australia and in many suboceanic islands, 

 but apparently not in New Zealand or in islands truly oceanic like St. Helena ; and 

 very few have been found in South America. More than 150 species have been 

 described, only one of which is recorded from the Mexican and Central-American 

 region. 



1. Dyschirius planiuscuhis. 



Dyschirius planius cuius, Putzeys, Hevis. Gen. des Clivinides, p. 50 \ 



Hab. Mexico (JRiehl 1 ). 



2. Dyschirius guatemalenus. 



Lsetius subaurato-seneus, antennis, partibus oris pedibusque testaceo-fulvis, femoribns anticis obscurioribus ; 

 sulcis front alibus latis profundis et sulculo utrinque angustiore juxta oculum ; tborace quadrato subglo- 

 buloso, marginibus lateralibus antice distinctis ; elytris usque ad apicem et margines striatis, striis apud 

 dimidium basale grosse punctatis. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



Hab. Guatemala, Paso Antonio (Champion). 



Similar in form to the common European JD. globosus, but the elytra narrower, 

 more oblong, and less convex. It differs from D. planiusculus by its much smaller 

 size, bright golden-brassy colour, and the striation of the elytra, which is sharply 

 marked to the apex and on the margins except over a narrow space along the posterior 

 part of the latter. 



OXYDKEPANUS. 



Oxydrepanus, Putzeys, Eevis. Gen. des Clivinides, p. 103 (1867). 



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Seven species of this genus are enumerated by M. Putzeys, all Tropical- American. 





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1. Oxydrepanus mexicanus. 



Oxydrepanus mexicanus, Putz. loc. cit. p. 106. 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Salle), Bobo (Hoge) ; Guatemala (Salle), San Geronimo 

 Torola, Paraiso, Paso Antonio (Champion). 































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