718 STAPHYLINIDA. 
5. Anceeus clavipes. 
Holotrochus clavipes, Sharp, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, p. 391°. 
Hab. Guatemata, El Tumbador (Champion).—Sovuta America, Amazons valley !. 
6. Anczeus rufescens. 
Lispinus rufescens, Lec. New Spec. N. Am. Col. p. 59 (1863)". 
Lispinus exiguus, Fauv. (nec Er.) Bull. Soc. Linn. Normand. ix. p. 59°; Notices ent. ii. p. 55°; 
ibid. vii. p. 16%. 
Holotrochus fauveli, Sharp, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, p. 392°. 
Anceus rufescens, Lec. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. vi. p. 249°. 
Hab. Norta America, Southern States!4®—Muxico, Teapa (Pilate?34, in coll. 
Chevrolat); Guatemata, San Joaquin, El Reposo, Pantaleon, Zapote (Champion).— 
Sovta America, Amazons valley °. 
If L. rufescens, Lec., be really L. exiguus, Fauv., there can be no doubt that it is an 
Anceus, as recently stated by Leconte: Fauvel, however 4, denies this. 
7. Anceus politus. 
Nitidus, rufo-testaceus, elytris versus apicem fuscis; prothorace basin versus fortiter sinuato, ad angulos 
posteriores profunde foveolato ; oculis prominulis. 
Long. 24 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, El Tumbador (Champion). 
Surface very shining. Mandibles short. Antenne rather slender at the base; ninth 
joint much broader than the eighth, strongly transverse. Head rather short, feebly 
bi-impressed in front. Thorax broader than long, finely canaliculate along the middle, 
very shining. Elytra much longer than the thorax. Five examples. 
LISPINUS. 
Lispinus, Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph. p. 828 (1840) ; Fauvel, Bull. Soc. Linn. Normand. ix. 
p. 44 (1865) ; Notices ent. i. p. 40. 
This genus is widely distributed in the warmer regions of the world, and comprises 
about sixty described species. 
1. Lispinus laticollis. 
Lispinus laticollis, Er. Gen. et Spec. Staph. p. 828°; Chevr. & Fauv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1868, 
p. 442°; Fauv. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normand. ix. p. 49°; Notices ent. 11. p. 45*. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to 4000 feet (Champion).—ANTILLES, 
Cuba ! 23 4, 
2. Lispinus quadripunctulus. 
Lispinus quadryunctulus, Fauv. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normand. ix. p. 49*; Notices ent. ii. p. 45°. 
