210 HISTERIDZ. 
foveolato ; elytris striis integris, subhumerali brevi, humerali et 1* et 2° dorsalibus sulcatis, punctatis, 4°_6™ 
leviter impressis, interstitiis distincte punctulatis; propygidio pygidioque grosse punctatis; prosterno 
bistriato ; mesosterno marginato; tibiis anticis bidentatis. Long. 23 millim. 
Hab. Muxtco (coll. Schmidt), Tula in Hidalgo (Hage). 
Four examples. This species is of the same size and form as, and indeed closely 
resembles, C. consors, Lec.; but it may be at once recognized by the punctures on the 
interstices of the elytral strie. The punctuation of the thorax and the strie of the 
elytra gradually become fainter towards the middle of the dorsal region. The humeral 
and the first two strize are deeply sulcate. The interstitial line between the meta- 
and mesosternum is distinctly crenulate. 
4. Carcinops consors. 
Paromalus consors,. Lec. Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 164°. 
Carcinops consors, Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1855, p. 88, t. 8. no. xxii. fig. 1’. 
Hab. Nortu America, San Diego in California 1 2. Mexico, Campeche in Yucatan ?, 
Acapulco in Guerrero (Hége). 
This species is stated to occur in rotten masses of Opuntia. Numerous examples 
were captured at Acapulco by Herr Hoge. 
5. Carcinops gilensis. 
‘ Paromalus gilensis, Lec. Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 164°. 
Hab. Norta America, Gila River!.—British Honpuras, Belize (Blancaneaua); 
GUATEMALA, near the city (Champion). 
This species is one of the largest of the Central-American series, and may be known 
from C. consors by the absence of the humeral stria. There is a larger species (23 
millim.) closely allied to this, C. ovatula, Lewis, from S. Brazil, in which the elytral 
strie are more complete and the mesosternal plate wider and less sinuate; but the 
other characters are almost identical, especially as regards the frontal stria. These 
three species represent a distinct section of the genus. C. gilensis is recorded ! as having 
been found in rotten masses of Cereus giganteus. 
6. Carcinops merula. 
‘ Carcinops merula, Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1862, p. 10’, and 1861, t. 15. no. xxiv. 
fig. 8. 
Hab. Mexico (coll. Mniszech1), Guanajuato (Sallé). 
7. Carcinops lanista. 
Carcinops lanista, Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1862, p. 11", and 1861, t. 15. no. xxiv. 
fig. 10. 
Hab. Mexico}. 
This species is not represented in the collection now under examination. 
