LEMOPHLEUS. 529 
Hab. Mexico, Villa Lerdo in Durango, Tehuantepec (ége); British Honpuras, 
Belize (Blancaneaux); GuateMaLa, Cubilguitz, Zapote (Champion).—CoLomBiA (coll. 
Oberthiir). 
This insect is so very closely allied to ZL. recticollis that I should have had no 
hesitation in treating it as a slight variety thereof had we not received a good series in 
which there are no doubtful forms. JL. iteratus is a little smaller than JZ. recticollis 
and also paler in colour, narrower, and with finer punctuation; it has the antenne 
considerably thinner. We have figured the antenne of several specimens to show the 
curious difference in the development of the basal joint. 
Forty-seven specimens, mostly from Zapote. From Cubilguitz there is oaly one 
female, from Villa Lerdo one female, from Tehuantepec a pair, from Belize a very 
feebly developed male and a female. 
As stated under L. recticollis, M. René Oberthiir has sent me a specimen of the 
female of this species labelled by Reitter as being his ZL. recticollis. This specimen 
bears a locality-ticket, on which is written Araqui or some similar name. M. Oberthiir’s 
collection also contains two female examples from Colombia. 
As this insect and allied species have been referred to JMicrobrontes, Reitter, it is 
well to state that they do not belong to that genus. ficrobrontes was established for 
a Japanese insect, said to have the hind feet five-jointed in the male sex. Our species 
has these tarsi not more than four-jointed, possibly only three-jointed. ‘The elongation 
of the basal joint of the antenne was given as a second distinction of Microbrontes ; 
but in the forms from our region that have been referred to the genus this elongation 
occurs only as an exceptional character in highly developed males. In this group of 
Lemophlei it is very difficult to distinguish any structure that convinces one that the 
tarsi are on any of the feet more than four-jointed. 
36. Lemophleus addendus, s.n. (Tab. XVI. fig. 24, head, thorax, and 
antenne of 3.) 
Oblongus, angustus, deplanatus, tenuissime pubescens, testaceus ; capite thoraceque crebrius punctatis ; elytris 
subtiliter sex-striatis. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Mas, antenne articulo primo plus minusve elongato, interdum valde elongato, sinuato, apicem versus 
incrassato, apice in processu curvato producto. 
Hab. GuatemaLa, Zapote, Capetillo, Balheu (Champion). 
In this species the punctuation of the head and thorax is more developed, especially 
towards the sides, it being more scanty along the middle. ‘This is almost all there is 
to distinguish LZ. addendus from L. iteratus, except that it isa little smaller. Eighteen 
specimens. 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. II. Pt. 1, August 1899. 3 Y* 
