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L.c. 1:50 mm. Oval, rather broad, very shining; thorax smooth; elytra deeply 
L.c. 1mm. Broad, narrowed anteriorly, black, shining; antenne (the club 
punctured; legs and antenne rufous. . . .......~. punctipennis. 
excepted) and legs ferruginous . . . . . . oe 6 6) mexicana, 
L.c. 1 mm. Oblong, convex, shining, black with a metallic bluish tint; antenne 
(the club excepted), legs, and the last segments of the abdomen pitchy- 
testaceous. 2... wee ee ee ee ee gg yrinoides. 
1. Beocera major, sp. n. 
Ovalis, valde convexa, nitidissima, fere glabra, castanea, pronoto obscuriore; capite parvo; oculis modicis, haud 
prominentibus ; pronoto magno, antice rotundato, ad basin latissimo, impunctato, nitidissimo, lateribus 
valde rotundatis, leviter marginatis, margine basali haud sinuata, scutellum versus producta, angulis 
productis, acutis; elytris longis, quam caput atque pronotum duplo longioribus, vix latioribus, ad humeros 
latissimis, superficie sat ineequali, indistinctissime punctata, lateribus leviter marginatis, ovaliter rotundatis, 
apice integro, latissimo, rotundato; abdomine piceo, vix exserto; pedibus atque antennis sat brevibus, 
rufescentibus. Long. corp. 2 millim.; lat. 1°10 millim. 
Body oval, very convex, and very shining, nearly smooth, castaneous, with the thorax darker. Head small ; 
eyes moderate, not prominent; antenne rather short, rufescent. Z'horawx large, rounded in front, widest 
at the base, impunctate, very shining; sides much rounded, and slightly margined; basal margin not 
sinuated, produced towards the scutellum, with the angles produced and acute. Scutellum small, partly 
exposed. lytra long, twice longer but scarcely broader than the head and thorax, widest at the 
shoulders, with the surface rather uneven and very indistinctly punctured; sides ovally rounded and 
slightly margined; apex entire, very broad and rounded. Abdomen scarcely exposed, piceous. Legs 
rather short, rufescent. Underparts castaneous, with a row of deep punctures on the mesosternum, 
metasternum, and first ventral segment immediately below the coxal cavities. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége); Guatemaa, Zapote (Champion). 
Differs from the other Central-American species in its larger size, the thorax larger 
and much rounded in front, and also in general sculpture. 
B. major is probably an ally of B. mexicana, Reitt., but is twice the size of that 
insect. 
2. Beeocera erichsoni, sp. n. 
Ovalis, sat lata, valde convexa, nitidissima, profunde punctata, nigro-picea; capite magno ; oculis modicis, vix 
prominentibus ; pronoto modico, ad basin latissimo, profunde, haud confertim, punctato, interstitiis 
glabris, nitidis, lateribus marginatis et rotundatis, margine basali leviter rotundata, scutellum versus 
producta, angulis sat acutis; elytris modicis, quam caput atque pronotum parum latioribus, vix sesqui- 
longioribus, prope media latissimis, profunde haud confertim punctatis, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, lateribus 
marginatis, ovaliter rotundatis, epipleuris rufescentibus, apicibus latis, fere rectis, dilutioribus; abdomine 
parum exserto, apice lete rufo; pedibus sat brevibus, rufescentibus; antennis brevibus, rufescentibus, 
clavis obscurioribus. Long. corp. 1°75 millim. ; lat. 0-90 millim. 
Body oval, rather broad, very convex and very shining, deeply punctured, nigro-piceous. Head large; eyes 
moderate, scarcely prominent; antenne short, rufescent, with the club dusky. Thorax moderate, widest 
at the base, deeply but not closely punctured, the interstices smooth and shining; sides margined and 
rounded; basal margin faintly rounded, produced towards the scutellum, with the angles rather acute. 
Scutellum small, triangular, partly exposed. HJytra moderate, rather broader but scarcely one half longer 
than the head and thorax, widest near the middle; deeply, not closely, punctured, with the interstices 
smooth and shining; sides margined and ovally rounded; epipleura rufescent; extremities broad, nearly 
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