596 CRYPTOPHAGIDE. 
CRYPTOPHAGUS. 
Cryptophagus, Herbst, Kafer, iv. p. 172 (1792). 
This genus is represented by a large number of species in the Mediterranean region, 
and by a much smaller number in North America. Although two specimens referable 
to it are extant in our collections, I doubt whether they are natives of the Central- 
American region, as these insects are carried about to a considerable extent in 
straw, &c. 
1. Cryptophagus ——? 
Hab. Mexico, Mexico city (Forrer); Guaremata, Zapote (Champion). 
The two specimens are probably not of one species, but owing to their condition 
they cannot be determined with any certainty. The Mexican example has the 
appearance of having been found dead, and the Guatemalan exponent is rather 
immature. Possibly one or both were carried to the localities in which they were 
found. 
PSEUDHENOTICUS, gen. nov. 
Prothorace margine laterali integro, leviter unduloso; tarsis articulis 1°-3™ brevibus, subtus vix lobatis, 
articulo 4° parvo. 
This genus is distinguished from both Cryptophagus and Henoticus by the peculiar 
form of the thorax, and by the tarsi making a decided approximation to the Telmato- 
philine structure, joints 1-3 being markedly different from the fourth and fifth. 
I believe that the hind feet are 5-jointed in both sexes. . 
1. Pseudhenoticus parallelus, sp. n. (Tab. XVIII. fig. 15.) 
Oblongus, ferrugineus, pedibus testaceis, thoracis medio antennisque (basi excepta) nigricantibus; pube subtili 
erecta vestitus ; elytris subtiliter seriatim punctatis. 
Long. 23 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Cerro Zunil (Champion). 
Var. Thorace concolore, antennis extrorsum fuscescentibus. 
Hab. Panama, Pefia Blanca (Champion). 
Antenne stout, rather short, with very large and abrupt d-jointed club; joints 
4-8 differing but little from one another, each scarcely so long as broad. Head with 
a small fovea on the vertex, immediately in front of the edge of the thorax. Thorax 
almost as broad as the elytra, very slightly narrowed in front, hind angles only slightly 
obtuse ; the lateral margin much raised, and in outline irregular, being waved, the 
front two irregularities of outline being more distinct than the others ; finely punctate, 
without basal impressions. Elytra rather long and narrow, without a sutural stria, 
