610 CRYPTOPHAGIDZ. 
from all the preceding and many of the following species, and the last joint of the 
labial palpus is remarkably large. The emargination of the front tibia is scarcely 
perceptible. ‘Two specimens. 
12. Gonicelus mediocris, sp. n. 
Anguste ovalis, posterius attenuatus, sat convexus, pube brevi dense vestitus, piceus ; antennis pedibusque 
dilutioribus ; prothorace ad latera punctis majoribus seriatis, ante scutellum profunde impresso ; elytris 
seriebus punctorum minus grossis. 
Long. 5} millim. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Eyes projecting but little laterally. Thorax rather long, the anterior angles not very 
prominent, the posterior angles rectangular ; the anterior marginal line not interrupted ; 
the coarse punctuation at the sides consists of very numerous but not very large 
punctures and is somewhat indistinctly divided by longitudinal smooth spaces; the disc 
is rather finely punctate, and there is a broad depression in front of the scutellum. 
The flanks of the prothorax are almost destitute of sculpture. 
The shorter pubescence readily distinguishes this species from many others; this, in 
conjunction with the extremely fine sculpture of the flanks of the prothorax, separates 
it from most of the allied forms. ‘There is a very slight emargination of the inner edge 
of the front tibia below the knee. One specimen, probably a female. 
13. Gonicelus parnoides, sp. n. (Tab. XVIII. figg. 23, ¢ ; 23a, front 
tibia and tarsus, ¢ .) 
Ovalis, posterius attenuatus, sat convexus, pube brevi dense vestitus, piceus ; antennis pedibusque rufis ; 
prothorace ad latera punctis majoribus seriatis ; elytris seriebus punctorum minus grossis. 
Long. 53-6 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sal/é). 
This species is similar to G. mediocris in many respects, but it has the prosternal 
process more bent and the channel on the metasternum remarkably deep. On the 
upperside, the best characters for distinguishing the two are the broader head and 
more prominent eyes, and the less deep impression in front of the scutellum of 
G. parnoides; it has also the anterior marginal line of the thorax indistinct in the 
middle. The antenne are long. Thorax with the anterior angles little prolonged, the 
posterior angles acute; the longitudinal spaces dividing the punctate lateral area are 
very strongly developed; the disc is but little punctate. The male is rather larger and 
broader in front than the female; the head is more coarsely punctate, and has the 
middle of the front part more raised. The front tibia have in the male a large deep 
excavation below the knee, while in the female they have a smaller one and are not so 
nearly simple as in the female of G. mediocris. One male, two females. 
