EUCLASEA.—SAPRINUS. 221 
an ordinary Hister. The antennal fossa is round, and when viewed from the underside 
presents the whole of its orifice to the eye. The base of the propygidium has a fine 
marginal stria ; and the apices of the elytra being shortened at the sutural point, a third 
segment of the abdomen is partially exposed in the form of a transverse triangle with a 
somewhat acute apex. 
1. Euclasea godmani, sp. n. (Tab. VI. figg. 8, 9.) 
Orbicularis, convexa, castanea, nitida; fronte subtilissime punctulata, pone oculos rugosa, stria integra ; pronoto 
stria antice interrupta, basi linea punctorum distincta; elytris stria subhumerali integra, ceteris obsoletis ; 
propygidio subtilissime punctulato ; pygidio apice rugose bi-impresso ; prosterno striis tenuibus, anticis 
conjunctis ; mesosterno levi, antice acute producto, immarginato ; tibiis omnes compresse, anticis 7- vel 
8-denticulatis, mediis et posticis in medio angulatis. Long. 13 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Chiacam in Vera Paz (Champion). 
Unique. 
SAPRINUS. 
Saprinus, Erichson, in Klug’s Jahrb. der Ins. 1834, p. 172. 
Between 300 and 400 species of this genus have been catalogued. Many of its 
representatives are local, some very widely distributed, and a few almost cosmopolitan. 
All are found to possess a dorsal sculpture more or less similar, which necessitates the 
student to seek for discriminating characters in the structure or in the sculpture of the 
sternal plates. ‘The number of species of Saprinus (29) inhabiting Central America is 
comparatively small considering the extent of the area. 
1. Saprinus discoidalis. 
Saprinus discoidalis, Lec. Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 167"; Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
1855, p. 375, t. 16. fig. 18°. 
Hab. Norru America, Vallecitas in California !?.—Mmexico, Villa Lerdo in Durango 
(Hoge). 
One small example. 
2. Saprinus lugens. 
Saprinus lugens, Er. in Klug’s Jahrb. der Ins. 1834, p. 181*; Mars. Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
1855, p. 395, t. 16. fig. 347; Blackb. & Sharp, Sc. Trans. R. Dubl. Soc. iii. (ser. 2) p. 225°. 
Saprinus californicus, Mannerh. Bull. Mosc. 1848, il. p. 259°. 
Hister californicus, Eschsch. De}. Cat. 3rd. edit. p. 14:2. 
Saprinus lugubris, Er. in litt. 
Hister mexicanus, Chev. Dej. Cat. 1. c. 
Saprinus consimilis, Walk. Nat. Vancouv. ii. p. 319 (1866) ’. 
Hab. Nort America, Vancouver ®, Missouri 2, Oregon ?, New Mexico ?, California ? 4, 
