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mentum are the same as in Anchomenus. The species bears the name of Platynus 

 dominie ends, Mann., in the Salle collection ; bnt I cannot find that Mannerheim ever 

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Gen. Anchomeno affine ; differt metathoracis episternis brevibus, transversis, epimerisque brevissimis anguste 

 parallelogrammicis. Caput parvum ; oeuli magni, vix prominentes ; fovese frontales parum impressae. 

 Palpi subgraciles, articulis terminalibus versus apicem attenuatis. Mentum dente mediano simplici. 

 Thorax ovatus, postice omnino rotundatus; foveis basalibus obsoletis. Elytra ovata, versus humeros 

 angustata, ante apicem vix sinuata, margine basali utrinque valde arcuato, plica basali versus scutellum 

 obsoleta. Metatboracis episterna brevia, subquadrata ; epimera brevia, parallelogrammiea. Pedes graciles ; 

 tarsi subtus parce et longe setosi, articulo penultimo simplici ; antici S articulis l°-3 m angustis, 2° et 3° 

 ovatis. 



In general form the species of this genus nearest resemble Anchomenus variolatus ; 

 but the elytra are relatively shorter than in this or any other species of Anchomenus^ 

 and the facies is peculiar. The setiferous puncture, usually situated close to the hind 

 angle of the thorax, is, in this genus, placed on the lateral margins, some distance from 

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1. Elliptoleus vixstriatus. 



Anchomenus vixstriatus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 594 \ 



" Parvus, gracilis, fusco-seneus politissimus ; palpis, antennis basi pedibusque fulvo-testaceis ; thorace sub- 

 cordato-ovato, angulis rotundatis ; elytris ovatis, striis vix impressis, interstitiis paullulum convexis 

 2° bi- vel tripunctato ; metasterni episternis brevibus, latis, epimeris transversis. 



" Long. 2f lin. <$ $ » 





Hdb. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr) \ Las Vigas, Jalapa (Hege). 



2. Elliptoleus flavipes. (Tab. IV. fig. 21.) 



jonumflavipes, Dej. Sp. Gen. Col. v. p. 737 \ 



ngior et angustior, cupreo-fuscus nitidus, thoracis et elytrorum marginibus, labro, palpis, antennis et pedibus 

 melleo-flavis ; thorace ovato, postice minus angustato, marginibus (prsecipue versus basin) multo magis 

 reflexis ; elytris obsolete (versus apicem fortius) subpunctulato-striatis. 



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Hob. Mexico \ Las Vigas (Edge). 



Dejean's phrase " Cotes du corselet assez fortement rebordes," fits better the present 

 than the preceding species. It agrees better also in the striae being more distinct ; in 

 E. vixstriatus they are scarcely visible. In colours the two species are alike. 



3. Elliptoleus curtulus. 



Latior, thorace breviore et latiore, subrotundato, postice minime angustato, margine laterali et basali usque ad 

 pedunculum explanato-reflexo ; cupreo-fuscus, nitidus, marginibus angustissime rufescentibus ; elytris 

 obsolete striatis, striis versus apicem haud profundioribus ; antennis, palpis et pedibus fulvo-rufis. 



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