LISPINUS. 721 
10. Lispinus sculpturatus. 
Depressus, niger, fere opacus; antennarum basi pedibusque rufis; dense subtiliter strigulosus; prothorace 
fortiter punctato. 
Long. 33 millim. 
Hab. GtatTeMata, near the city, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
This insect is larger than L. fauveli, with the surface more coarsely strigose and there- 
fore more opaque, and it has also a coarse, rather scanty punctuation on the thorax; the 
head is rather long and narrow, and the eyes more distant from the front margin of the 
thorax ; the four impressions at the base of the thorax are more distinct than in the 
allied species, the two near the middle being especially less obsolete. Seven examples. 
11. Lispinus dejectus. 
Angustior, depressus, niger, opacus; antennarum basi pedibusque rufis; dense subtiliter strigulosus ; protho- 
race obsolete punctato. 
Long. 3 millim. 
Hab. GuatEMaLa, Purula, San Gerénimo, Zapote (Champion). 
This obscure little Lispinus has the minute sculpture of the surface more distinct 
than in any of the allied species, and is correlatively less shining; the minute sculpture 
is distinct even on the hind body, the form is very slender, and the thoracic punctuation 
is both fine and obsolete. These characters will enable the insect to be recognized 
from L. fauveli and L. sculpturatus, to each of which it is closely allied. We have 
received five examples, all unfortunately in bad condition. 
12. Lispinus flavipennis. 
Lispinus flavipennis, Fauv. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normand. ix. p. 58°; Notices ent. ii. p. 54. 
Lispinus tenellus (pars), Fauv. Notices ent. vil. p. 15°. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa (Pilate! ?, in coll. Chevrolat).—Souta America, Caracas ! 2. 
I cannot adopt Fauvel’s recently expressed opinion ? that this is merely a synonym 
of our L. fauveli (L. tenellus, Fauv., nec Er.). Although it is a fact that the species 
of this group of Lispinus are most closely allied and very difficult to distinguish by 
conspicuous characters, yet this latter remark is equally true of most of the other 
‘ Piestina,’ though experience shows the slight differences to be constant ; as an instance 
I may allude to Piestus. minutus and P. pygmeéus, which, though varying considerably 
and inhabiting frequently the same localities and distributed over a large part of the 
New World, remain distinct though extremely similar externally. 
13. Lispinus bicolor. 
Angustus, depressus, nigricans ; prothorace elytrisque rufis; antennis pedibusque testaceis; densius subtilius 
strigulosus, subnitidus ; prothorace crebre punctato. 
Long. 2} millim. 
Hab. British Honpvuras, Belize, R. Hondo (Blancaneaus) ; GuateMata, El Reposo, 
Cubilguitz (Champion). 
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