TOMARUS. 589 
Antenne small; club rather short, black. Head small, not much more than half 
as broad as the elytra. ‘Thorax much narrower than the elytra, slightly curved at 
the sides and a little narrowed behind, finely but very distinctly punctured; basal 
impressions small and transverse. Elytra rather narrow, testaceous, each with a large, 
blackish, lateral spot not quite reaching the suture, also more or less distinctly infuscate 
about the scutellum and on the declivous portion about the suture; the basal portion 
sparingly punctate. Front of metasternal process deeply bi-impressed, and with two 
lateral foveee on each side, close to the coxal margin. 
Though resembling 7. dedilis in the elytral pattern, this species is readily 
distinguished by the different colour of the antenne and the narrower thorax. Six 
specimens. 
5. Tomarus pictipennis, sp. n. 
Testaceus, elytris fuscis, testaceo-pictis, antennis nigricantibus, basi dilutiore, thorace fusco-rufo; tenuiter 
pubescens, parce punctatus, sat nitidus ; prothorace parvo, fortiter transverso. 
Long. 14 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Motzorongo (Flohr), Teapa (H. H. Smith, Sallé) ; Nicaragua, Chontales 
(Janson). 
In this species the dark marks of the elytra have a much greater extension than in 
T. lateralis; they meet at the suture, leave a pale large humeral mark, and also a 
flammulate band behind the middle and the apex itself pale. The thorax is a little 
broader than in 7. lateralis, but otherwise the two are almost identical. Hight 
specimens. I refer to this species a smaller example (from Teapa) with the thorax and 
basal parts of the antenne clear red. 
6. Tomarus atomarius, sp. n. 
Ovalis, testaceus, nitidus, haud pubescens, fere impunctatus; elytris utrinque macula fusca. 
Long. 12 millim. 
Hab. Guatema.a, San Gerdnimo, Guatemala city (Champion); Nicaraeua, Chontales 
(Janson). 
One of the smallest species of the genus, very like an At¢omaria in form, readily 
distinguished by the shining almost impunctate surface. ‘Thorax strongly transverse, 
a little narrower than the elytra, slightly narrowed behind, punctuation fine and 
indistinct, basal. foveee very definite. Elytra polished and shining, with a vague 
dark mark placed on each so as to form an interrupted band almost across the middle. 
Club of antenna much shorter than in the allied species, concolorous. Three 
specimens. | 
A specimen from Teapa (Sal/é) may perhaps belong to an allied species, as it is 
slightly larger and has the thorax a little broader. 
