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8. Hoplandria peltata. 
Ferruginea, capite thoraceque nigricantibus, antennis extrorsum fuscis, abdomine piceo; antennis brevibus ; 
prothorace transverso, parum crebre punctato, basi omnium fortius rotundata; elytris crebre punctatis ; 
abdomine nitidulo parum punctato. 
Long. 6 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Tehuacan (Hége). 
Antenne short, rather obscure red at the base, darker after the third joint, this and 
the second joint of about one length ; fourth joint small, about as long as broad; fifth 
and following joints rather strongly transverse, and similar to one another, the tenth 
not being broader than the sixth; terminal joint as long as the two preceding together. 
Thorax with the sides and base extremely rounded, the surface rather sparingly but 
not altogether finely punctate. LElytra along the suture not longer than the thorax in 
the middle, moderately closely and distinctly punctate. Hind body strongly acuminate 
behind, the dorsal plates shining and very sparingly punctate, but the apical segments 
less sparingly than the basal ones, there being a very distinct punctuation at the base 
of the sixth segment. | 
This, again, is a very Aleocharoid species, and has the basal joint of the hind tarsus a 
good deal longer than the second; but the front tarsi are evidently four-jointed, and I 
do not detect any supplementary joint at the apex of the palpi; the mesosternal 
process is much produced between the coxe, and the margin by which it is bordered 
remarkably distinct. I have seen only a single specimen. 
9. Hoplandria lugubris. 
Nigra, dense punctata, fere opaca, pedibus fusco-testaceis, tarsis dilutioribus ; antennis sat elongatis, ad apicem 
haud incrassatis ; abdomine apicem versus fortiter attenuato, dense (segmento 6° parcius) punctato. 
Long. 57 millim. 
Hab. Muxtco, Cordova (Sallé); Guatemaua, Cerro Zunil 4000 feet (Champion) ; 
Panama, Volan de Chiriqui 4000 to 600 feet (Champion). 
Antenne rather elongate and stout; third joint elongate, rather longer than second ; 
fourth joint as long as broad, a little narrower than the fifth; fifth to tenth similar to 
one another in width, but each just perceptibly shorter than its predecessor, so that the 
tenth is distinctly shorter than the fifth; eleventh joint elongate, longer than the two 
preceding together. Head rather narrow. Thorax transverse, the sides strongly rounded 
in front, less so behind, but the hind angles extremely obtuse, the surface finely and 
evenly, rather closely punctate, but little shining. Elytra a little longer than the 
thorax, closely and finely punctate, dull. Dorsal plates of the ventral segments closely 
punctate, the punctuation more sparing at the hind margin of each segment; and on 
the sixth segment there is but little punctuation. | 
The male has a scarcely perceptible tubercle on the hind margin of each wing-case 
