PHELISTER. 193 
8. Phelister affinis. 
Phelister affinis, Lec. Proc. Ac. Phil. 1859, p. 311; Mars. Monogr. in Amn. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1861, 
pp. 174. 
Phelister solator, Mars. loc. cit. p. 164, t. 4. no. xv. fig. 8° [ =affinis (Lec.), Mars. Ann. Soc. Ent. 
Belg. xiii. p. 80]. 
Hab. Mexico! ?3, Cordova (Sailé); GuatemaLa, near the city, Capetillo, San Gerd- 
nimo (Champion). 
9. Phelister canalis, sp. n. 
Breviter ovalis, convexiusculus, tenuissime punctulatus, niger, nitidus; fronte parum impressa, punctata, stria 
elevata antice modice interrupta; pronoto stria marginali integra, lateribus punctato, ante scutellum 
foveolato; elytris 4 vel 5 punctis basalibus auctis striis parum crenatis, 1*-3™ integris, 4* dimidiata, 5* 
brevi, suturali ante medium abbreviata; propygidio sat grosse et parce punctato; pygidio parum dense 
punctulato; prosterno bisinuato, haud striato; mesosterno subsinuato, stria marginali integra, transversa 
_ arcuata, approximatis. Long. 23 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, La Tinta in Vera Paz (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales (Janson) ; 
Panama (coll. Lewis), Bugaba (Champion). 
This species resembles P. quadri-punctulus, Mars., and has the dorsal striz of the 
elytra similar; the chief differences lie in the prosternum having its whole length on 
the same plane, and in the mesosternal transverse stria being arcuate. One specimen, 
from La Tinta, has, however, two very rudimentary mesosternal striz, so that this 
character may not be constant. In P. guadri-punctulus the lobe of the prosternum is 
bent downwards. 
10. Phelister rouzeti. 
. Paromalus rouzeti, Fairm. Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1849, p. 421°. 
Phelister rouzeti, Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1858, p. 488, t. 14. fig. 20; Jacq.-Duv. Gen. 
Col. Europ. ii. p. 102, t. 30. fig. 148. 
Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato, Vera Cruz (Sallé), Tehuacan, Aguas Calientes city (Hége) ; 
GUATEMALA, near the city, Duefias, Zapote, San Joaquin, Cerro Zunil (Champion). 
This species is abundant in some parts of Mexico and Guatemala. It was originally 
recorded! as having been found in an ant’s nest near Paris, but this is no doubt an 
error; P. rouzeti cannot be regarded as European. 
Under sappy bark in the vicinity of the city of Guatemala, common (Champion). 
11. Phelister teapensis. 
Phelister teapensis, Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1853, p. 482, t. 14. fig. 14°. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa (Pilate'). 
P. teapensis is wanting in this collection. 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. II. Pt. 1, June 1888. 2 C* 
