170 SCAPHIDIIDA. 
straight, pale. Abdomen not much exserted, piceous, with the apex bright rufous. Legs rather short, 
rufescent. Underparts piceous, with the apex of the venter bright rufous. 
Hab. Mexico, Pinos Altos in Chihuahua (Buchan-Hepburn). 
The deeply punctured upper surface separates this species from the North-American 
B. apicalis, Lec. 
3. Beocera punctipennis, sp. n. 
Ovalis, sat lata, valde convexa, nitidissima, pronoto glabro, elytris profunde punctatis, castanea; capite magno, 
lato; oculis magnis, prominentibus ; pronoto modico, ad basin latissimo, glabro, nitido, punctis exiguis 
remote et indistincte impresso, lateribus marginatis et rotundatis, margine basali haud sinuata, scutellum 
versus producta, angulis acutis; elytris quam caput atque pronotum sesqui-longioribus, parum latioribus, 
prope media Jatissimis, remote et profundissime punctatis, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, lateribus marginatis 
et ovaliter rotundatis, apicibus latis, rotundatis; abdomine minime exserto, rufo-castaneo ; pedibus modicis, 
rufis ; antennis robustis, rufis. Long. corp. 1°50 millim.; lat. 0°90 millim. 
Body oval, rather broad, very convex and very shining, with the thorax smooth and the elytra deeply punc- 
tured, castaneous. Head large and broad; eyes large and prominent; antennz robust, rufous. Thorax 
moderate, widest at the base, smooth and shining, remotely and very indistinctly marked with very 
minute punctures; sides margined and rounded; basal margin not sinuated, produced towards the 
scutellum, with the angles acute. Scutellum small, triangular, partly exposed. lytra one half longer 
and rather broader than the head and thorax, widest near the middle; remotely and very deeply punc- 
tured, with the interstices smooth and shining; sides margined and ovally rounded; extremities broad 
and rounded. Abdomen very little exserted, rufo-castaneous. Legs moderate, rufous. Underparts 
entirely rufo-castaneous. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson). 
Differs from £. erichsoni in its smooth and almost impunctate thorax and longer 
antenne ; and from B. major in its smaller size, punctured elytra, and longer antenne. 
4, Beocera mexicana. 
Beocera mexicana, Reitter, Verh. Ver. Briinn, xviii. p. 45 nota’. 
“Lata, antrorsum attenuata, nitida, glabra, nigra, antennis, clava excepta, pedibusque dilute ferrugineis ; 
elytris stria suturali, prope basin longe arcuata, subtilissima. Long. 1 millim.” 
Hab. Mexico (Bilimek +). 
5. Beocera gyrinoides, 
Beocera gyrinoides, Reitter, Verh. Ver. Briinn, xviii. p. 46 nota’. 
‘“‘Oblonga, convexa, nitidissima, glabra, nigra, chalybwo-nitens, antennis, clava fusca excepta, pedibus, abdo- 
minis segmentis ultimis piceo-testaceis, pygidio elytrisque apice parum dilutioribus; his stria suturali, 
prope basin longe arcuata, subtilissima. Long. 1 millim.” 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa!. 
SCAPHISOMA. 
Scaphisoma, Leach, Edinb. Encycl. ix. p. 89 (1812). 
Antenne 11-jointed—1 and 2 moderately large; 3very minute; 4,5, 6 very long and slender ; 7-11 more or less 
incrassated on the inner side, forming an elongate club. Mazillary palpi long and slender, 4-jointed— 
