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base. Hind body dull, excessively finely and densely punctulate; distinctly broader 
from the base towards the extremity. Two examples. 
5. Trogophleus curtulus. 
Brevis, subdepressus, tenuissime punctulatus et pubescens, nitidus, nigricans ; antennis pedibusque testaceis, illis 
extrorsum magis obscuris; elytris fuscis, apicem versus rufescentibus; prothorace fortiter transverso, 
lateribus rotundatis, obsolete bi-impresso. 
Long. vix 2 millim. 
Hab. GuateMaa (Sallé), Torola 1000 feet (Champion); Panama, San Miguel in the 
Pearl Islands (Champion). 
Antenne short; third joint much smaller than the second, the penultimate joint 
rather strongly transverse. Head very broad and short, deeply bi-impressed. Thorax 
broad and very short; front margin and sides curvate, so that no anterior angles can be 
seen; the disc with two elongate but obsolete depressions. LElytra distinctly longer 
than the thorax, shining, feebly and not densely punctate. Hind body shining. 
This insect is allied to the Cuban 7. fulvipennis, Fauy., but is larger, has a somewhat 
different punctuation, and the thoracic impressions obsolete. 
6. Trogophleus nigrellus. 
Brevis, niger, nitidus, tenuissime punctulatus et pubescens; antennarum basi pedibusque fusco-testaceis 
prothorace fortiter transverso, fere inimpresso, vix perspicue punctulato. 
Long. vix 2 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, El Tumbador, Rio Naranjo, Cerro Zunil, San Joaquin (Champion). 
Antenne very short, much thicker externally ; penultimate joints strongly transverse. 
Head very short; eyes but little convex, well separated from the hind margin. Thorax 
strongly transverse ; sides rounded, much narrowed behind; front angles depressed and 
rounded ; surface almost even and impunctate, shining. Elytra broad and short, shining, 
feebly punctulate. 
This species is closely allied to 7. curtulus, but differs in numerous minor characters. 
We have received about a dozen examples. 
7. Trogophleus excellens. 
Brevis, niger, nitidus, tenuiter punctulatus ; antennis basi pedibusque testaceis; prothorax quam elytris 
multo angustiore, basin versus angustato, dorso bi-impresso. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Hab. Guatemaa, Rio Naranjo (Champion). 
Antenne rather short, not stout, the penultimate joints only slightly transverse. 
Head very short; eyes large, reaching nearly to the hind angles, Thorax small, 
much narrowed behind, shining, finely punctulate; with a well-marked depression, 
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