TOMARUS. 69d 
This is the largest of the group of species with six sternal fovee. It is very similar 
to T. discoideus, but is readily distinguished by the denser and finer punctuation and 
the differently coloured antenne. ‘The three specimens obtained are in an extremely 
fragile condition. 
11. Tomarus latipennis, sp. n. 
Latus, testaceus, elytris fusco-quadrimaculatis ; subtiliter punctatus: prothorace fortiter transverso, elytris 
angustiore, basin versus parum angustato. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Hab. Guatema.a, Capetillo (Champion). 
Antenne short, clear yellow. Head extremely finely punctured. Thorax much 
narrower than the elytra, about twice as broad as long, a little rounded at the sides 
and only slightly narrowed behind; finely and evenly punctured ; basal impressions 
definite. Elytra very broad, very finely punctured and pubescent, a black spot on the 
middle of each and a second smaller one behind it. The six metasternal fovee very 
definite. One specimen. 
Distinguished by numerous points from 7. confertus and not at all likely to be 
confounded with any other species of the genus. 
12. Tomarus abjectus, sp. n. 
Testaceus, fere impunctatus, brevissime pubescens ; capite, thorace antennisque ante apicem nigris; elytris 
fascia lata pone basin fusca. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
We have received a series of about twenty examples of this species, but they are 
in such a bad state of preservation that I have had great difficulty in ascertaining the 
characters. The antenne are moderately long; the club is elongate and slender, 
the last two joints yellow, the three or four preceding joints black. The thorax is 
strongly transverse, black, with the base paler; it is distinctly narrowed behind, but 
the sides are not curved; there is no punctuation, and only a very fine pubescence 
on it. The elytra are narrower in proportion to their length than they are in any of 
the allied species and there is no trace of a sutural stria; they are pale yellow, with 
a broad but indefinite dark band behind the base, extending forwards about the 
scutellum so as to leave the shoulders broadly pale; the shoulders are a little pro- 
‘minent: there is very little punctuation except some rather indefinite punctures on the 
dark mark: the pubescence is fine and depressed, with some fine, erect, longer setze. 
The metasternum is deeply impressed in the middle in front, immediatly behind the 
suture with the mesosternum, but there are no fovee on it. 
