EMPOCRYPTUS.—CCELOCRYPTUS. 593 
EMPOCRYPTUS, gen. nov. 
Corpus ovale, breve, convexum, pubescens. Pedes debiles, tarsi articulo 3° parum lobato. Thorax transversus, 
haud impressus, lateribus multisinuatis. 
The small Cryptophagid for which this genus is proposed connects the Telmato- 
philine with the Cryptophagine, the third joint of the foot being only very slightly 
prolonged beneath. Its facies is that of a convex Atomaria, with pubescence and 
antenne more like those of Cryptophaqus. The head is small; the antennal club is 
very abrupt and broad. ‘The sides of the thorax have numerous slight sinuations, 
forming about six feeble lobes on each side. The middle coxe are rather widely 
separated ; the suture between them straight, without any trace of a raised margin. 
The hind coxe are also rather widely separated. The tarsi are quite slender, moderately 
long; the fourth joint though small is distinct. The anterior acetabula are not closed 
behind. 
1. Empocryptus ovalis, sp.n. (Tab. XVIII. fig. 13.) 
Breviter ovalis, convexus, testaceo-ferrugineus, antennarum clava obscura ; elytris pube brevi vestitis, subtiliter 
seriatim punctatis, versus apicem impunctatis. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Hab. GuaTEMALA, Capetillo (Champion). 
Antenne short, joints 4-8 small, club very abrupt, joints 9 and 10 being very 
broad and short, terminal joint slightly smaller than the tenth and usually a little paler. 
Head small. Thorax strongly transverse, rather narrower in front than behind; hind 
angles rectangular, sharply marked. Elytra with a fine, rather dense, nearly erect 
pubescence, and with distant series of very fine punctures, which entirely disappear on 
the apical portion. Ventral segments densely, extremely finely, punctured. Epipleure 
broad. Nine specimens. 
CGiLOCRYPTUS, gen. nov. 
Acetabula anteriora occlusa. Tarsi articulis 3° et 4° subtus lobatis, articulo 5° elongato. Coxe posteriores 
latius distantes ; abdominis processus intercoxalis latus, subtruncatus. 
On the upperside this genus most resembles Loberus, but may be distinguished from 
it by the longer legs, and by the thorax being much narrower than the elytra and narrowed 
behind. Owing to the anterior acetabula being broadly closed behind, the genus 
cannot be placed near Loverus, but must find its position near Cryptophilus, Reitter, 
which, notwithstanding its Cryptophagus-like facies, is placed by Dr. Ganglbauer in 
the Biphylline. With Cryptophilus the present genus appears to have very little real 
affinity. 
The tarsi are 5-jointed ; on the hind foot the first joint is longer than the next, the 
fourth joint is extremely small and can only with difficulty be detected; the third joint 
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