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OLIGOTA. 
Oligota, Mannerheim, Brachel. p. 72 (1830) ; Erichson, Gen. et Sp. Staph. p. 179. 
Microcera, Mannerheim, loc. cit. 
This is a genus of wide distribution, containing about forty species of very minute 
Coleoptera. For the purposes of this work the genus is understood in the more 
extended sense given to it by Erichson, so that Microcera of Mannerheim and of Rey is 
included in it. 
1. Oligota centralis. 
Brevis, convexa, nigra, pedibus fuscis, anterioribus dilutioribus, antennis flavis; his brevibus crassis, clava 
majore; elytris abdomineque crebre punctatis. 
Long. § millim. 
Hab. GuateMata, near the city (Champion). 
Antenne clear yellow, short and stout, with the three terminal joints forming a stout 
definite club. Thorax nearly impunctate, rather shining. LElytra rather longer than 
the thorax, like the hind body closely punctate. 
So far as I can judge from a single specimen of this little atom, it is closely allied to 
the Chilian 0. pygmea, Sol., from which it is distinguished chiefly by its shorter and 
stouter antenne; the elytra are also a trifle shorter. 
2. Oligota levipennis. 
Lata, convexa, nigerrima, nitida, antennarum basi testacea; corpore sublevigato; antennis apicem versus 
crassioribus, articulo ultimo magno. 
Long. 13 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Capetillo (Champion). 
Antenne yellow at the base, becoming gradually dark about the middle, slender till 
the seventh joint is reached ; this only very slightly broader than the sixth, and the 
eighth and ninth each only slightly broader than its predecessor; tenth joint large and 
elongate, broader than the preceding joint and longer than the two preceding together. 
Palpi black. Head small. Thorax rather small, very black, shining and impunctate. 
Elytra longer than the thorax, shining black, with only a few indistinct punctures. 
Hind body obsoletely punctate ; hind margin of the sixth segment conspicuously white. 
Legs black. _ 
This is a very distinct species, comparatively broader than the European 0. graaarica, 
and with remarkably shining surface and comparatively small head. Only a single 
specimen has been found. 
3. Oligota polita. 
Minus lata et convexa, nigerrima, levigata, nitida, abdominis apice fusco-rufo; antennis rufo-obscuris, brevibus, 
articulis tribus ultimis abrupte majoribus. 
Long. circiter ? millim. 
Hab. GuateMaa, Senahu (Champion). 
