PARAPHL@US.—INOPEPLUS. dll 
the mandibles being comparatively short; they possess, however, a distinct basal 
protuberance beneath, and the feet appear to be formed as in the typical species of 
the genus. 
INOPEPLUS. 
Inopeplus, Smith, Cat. Col. Brit. Mus., Cucujide, i. p. 4 (1851). 
Ino, Laporte (nec Oken) et auct. 
This very peculiar genus has a few representatives in most of the tropical regions of the 
world. Our five species fall into three sections, distinguished by characters that leave 
little doubt they will ultimately form distinct genera. J. difossulatus differs by the 
broad distinct gula and the form of the submentum. In J. jugularis and I. concolor 
the gene are prolonged to form a floor to the point of insertion of the antenne ; in 
I. centralis and J. insularis they are simple. 
** Ino” was used two or three times in zoology before Laporte applied it in 1835 to 
the insects of this genus. 
1. Inopeplus bifossulatus. (Tab. XVI. fig. 11.) 
Ino bifossulata, Reitter, Col. Hefte, xv. p. 40 (1876) ’°. 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hoge); Guatemaa, near the city, Capetillo, 
Zapote, Cerro Zunil, Purula (Champion).—Cotompta, Medellin }. 
A figure of this very peculiar insect has not hitherto been published. 
2. Inopeplus insularis. 
Inopeplus insularis, Grouv. Notes Leyd. Mus. xx, p. 41°. 
Hab. Guatemata, El Reposo 800 feet (Champion).—ANTILLES, St. Vincent and 
Grenada !. 
I am unable to distinguish the two specimens received from Guatemala from a series 
from the West Indies (St. Vincent and Grenada), except by their brighter colour. As 
the West-Indian insect is variable in this respect, I think it highly probable that 
examples will be found to bridge over this slight distinction. 
3. Inopeplus centralis, sp. n. 
Sat angustus, depressus, nitidus ; capite prothoraceque fortiter punctatis ; piceus, elytris testaceis vage fusco 
pictis. 
Long. 33 millim. 
Hab. GuatEMALA, Capetillo (Champion). 
Antenne rather long. Head narrow, densely and coarsely punctate, with a deep 
longitudinal fovea on the middle; epistomal impression extending all across the front, 
not quite straight behind. Thorax very shining, coarsely but sparingly punctured. 
