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mate than they are in G. gracilicornis. The female has a very short tooth at each side 
of the hind margin of the apical dorsal plate. 
One of M. Sallé’s specimens bears a label indicating that it was found in mushrooms, 
in September 1854. A very badly preserved individual found by Blancaneaux at Belize 
may possibly be a small specimen of G. salle. 
21. Gyrophena, occulta. 
Latiuscula, levigata, nitida, testacea, capite abdominisque cingulo fuscis ; antennis brevibus, apicem versus leviter 
incrassatis, articulo tertio brevi; oculis magnis. 
Long. 12 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, San Isidro 1600 feet (Champion). 
Antenne clear yellow; third joint short and slender; fourth joint small; fifth to 
tenth each rather strongly transverse. Thorax smooth and shining, with four extremely 
minute punctures on the middle. Elytra almost impunctate. 
This species is readily distinguished from the others with large eyes by its short 
antenne. ‘The external male characters are slight, the seventh ventral segment having 
a small piece cut out of the extremity. 
A series of eighteen specimens found at San Isidro by Mr. Champion shows very 
little variation ; and there are also single females from Vera Cruz in Mexico, Belize in 
British Honduras, and David in Panama, presenting minute differences, which a know- 
ledge of the males would probably show to be different species. 
BRACHIDA. 
Brachida, Mulsant et Rey, Hist. Nat. Col. Fr., Brévipennes, Aléochariens, Bolitoch. p. 4 (1871). 
This genus may perhaps prove to be of considerable extent; for although only 
recently established for a single European species, three others from Australia and 
two from South America have been added to it. At present it is not known to occur 
in North America. 
1. Brachida modesta. 
Ferruginea, antennis pedibusque testaceis, illis in medio nigricantibus, pube brevissima sat dense vestita; pro- 
thorace fortiter transverso, basi rotundata in medio subemarginata; elytris dense subtilissime punctu- 
latis. 
Long. 3? millim. 
Hab. Guatemaa, San Juan in Vera Paz, Senahu, Cubilguitz, and La Tinta (Cham- 
pion); Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Antenne rather short, slender at the base, distinctly thickened outwardly, the four 
or five basal joints pale yellow, the following nearly black ; terminal joint again yellow ; 
third joint slender, much shorter than the second; fourth slender and rather elongate ; 
fifth quite as long as broad, tenth hardly so long as broad; terminal joint short. Head 
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