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antenne have the fifth joint strongly, the sixth slightly, elongate, the club rather stout; 
the thorax is subglobose, about as long as broad. From the corresponding sex of 
B. reichet the present insect is distinguished by its larger size; the more elongate head, 
without fovea in front ; and by the fifth joint of the antennz longer than the sixth. 
6. Bryaxis reichei. 
Bryazis reichet, Schauf. Nunq. Otios. ii. p. 264°. 
Hab. Guatemata! (Sallé), near the city, San Gerénimo (Champion).—SoutH AMERICA, 
Colombia 1. 
Schaufuss’s description applies to the male only ; the female has the antenne slender 
and simple, and with the fifth and sixth joints equal and a little elongate. The species 
is readily distinguished by the head being flat, and having a minute but quite definite 
fovea in front between the insertion of the antenne. 
7. Bryaxis sallwi. (Tab. I. fig. 13.) 
Piceo-rufa, elytris rufo-sanguineis, convexa, subtilissime pubescens; antennis maris articulis quinto sextoque 
incrassatis ; capite brevi trifoveolato, foveola frontali magna ; prothorace basi in media foveola punctiformi, 
utrinque foveola majore ; elytris stria discoidali abbreviata ; abdominis segmento basali sat elongato, quam 
secundum vix duplo longiore. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé) ; Guatemaa, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 5000 feet, Senahu 
(Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion). 
I have what I suppose to be the sexes of this species before me. The male has the 
third and fourth joints of the antenne small, the fifth large, swollen, and with its front 
margin polished and foveolate, the sixth joint also is enlarged though much smaller 
than the fifth, the seventh and eighth joints are of normal form, while the three 
terminal joints form an elongate club, gradually thicker from the base to near the apex. 
The front of the head is strongly elevated so as to give the appearance of a large fovea 
between the antenne ; the very fine elytral stria extends about half the length ; the 
hind margin of the wing-cases is only exceedingly minutely pubescent in the middle ; 
and scarcely any plica can be detected on the first dorsal segment. Beneath the meta- 
sternum is hollow in the middle, tuberculate-prominent on either side. 
Of this species we have unfortunately not received males and females from the 
same locality. ‘The former sex exhibits some slight variation in the structure of the 
antenne, possibly of a local character, but sufficient evidence has not been obtained as 
to this. ‘The female sex is represented by a good series from Senahu; these examples 
agree Closely with what I take to be the male of the same species, except in colour, 
and in the fifth and sixth joints of the antenne not being swollen though they are 
a little elongate, the fifth being the longer of the two. 
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