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the fifth and sixth not so closely as those preceding them. Legs yellow, rather short 
and stout. 
This is a very isolated species; the intermediate cox are contiguous for a small part 
of their length behind, and the mesosternal process between them is elongate and is 
raised along the middle; the space between the middle and hind coxe is very small. 
Only one individual, in very fragile condition, has been found. 
10. Homalota pectoralis. 
Minuta, fusca, parum nitida, dense subtilius punctulata, antennarum basi pedibusque testaceis; antennis 
brevibus, apicem versus fortiter incrassatis; prothorace fortiter transverso, elytris quam hic multo longi- 
oribus ; abdomine parallelo, crebrius (segmentis 5° et 6° sparsius) punctato. 
Long. 13 millim. 
Hab. GuateMaLa, Totonicapam 8500 to 10,500 feet (Champion). 
Antennee quite short, third joint short and small, only half as long as the second; 
fourth joint quite small, but not so long as broad; the following joints very short, the 
ninth and tenth very strongly transverse, the terminal joint stout and rounded. Head 
small. Prothorax strongly transverse, about twice as broad as long, very finely 
punctulate. Elytra very greatly longer than the thorax, very finely punctulate. Legs 
clear yellow. 
This is one of the smallest species; and its small size and short antenne, and other 
points, give it some approximation of facies to the species of the genus Oligota. Only 
a single specimen has been found. 
The middle coxe are rather less contiguous than in the ordinary forms of Homalota; 
and the metasternum is much produced between them; the mesosternal process is therefore 
not very elongate, although it very nearly, or perhaps quite, meets the metasternum. 
1¥. Homalota evanescens. 
Depressa, angustula, parallela, subtilissime punctulata, haud setulosa, fulvo-testacea, capite abdomineque ante 
apicem fuscis; antennis crassiusculis, brevibus, articulis penultimis fortiter transversis. 
Long. 13 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Guatemala city, San Gerdnimo (Champion). 
A very minute insect, similar to the European /. eailis, Er. The antenne are stout 
and very short; the third joint is quite small, almost triangular, not much more than 
half as long as the second ; fourth to tenth each very short, each a little broader than its 
predecessor; eleventh joint not acuminate, large in proportion to the others. Head 
subquadrate, almost invisibly punctulate. Thorax transverse, but little narrower than 
the elytra, straight at the sides, almost impunctate, without channel or impression. 
Elytra rather elongate, very finely punctate. Hind body parallel, extremely finely 
punctulate, fifth segment nearly black. 
The series of ten specimens referred by me to this species shows so much yariation 
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