APSECTUS. 669 
Shining black, densely clothed with long erect hair of a dark, though not black, 
colour, The terminal joint of the antenna of the male is both long and stout; it is 
not black, though it and the other two joints of the club are a little infuscate. When 
the hairs are removed the punctuation of the elytra is seen to consist of distant and 
fine, but definite, punctures. The tibie and tarsi are yellow, the femora infuscate. 
Seven specimens. 
2. Apsectus centralis, sp. n. 
Ovalis, sat convexus, niger, fusco-setosus, antennis pedibusque testaceis, nitidus, parce subtiliter punctatus. 
Long. 2 millim, 
Hab, Guatemaa (Sallé), Guatemala city (Champion). 
In this species the terminal joint of the male antenna is very elongate, more than 
twice as long as broad; in the female it is only about half as long, and is oval, rather 
than oblong, in form. We have received only three specimens, and they are in bad 
condition. The insect is distinctly larger than C. hystrix, and has the last joint of the 
male antenna considerably longer. 
8. Apsectus obscurus, sp. n. 
Breviter ovalis, sat convexus, niger, minus longe setosus, subtilissime punctatus, sat nitidus; antennis 
pedibusque testaceis, illarum clava nigra. 
Long. 2} millim. 
Hab, Mexico, Toxpam (Sal/é). 
We have only one female of this species, but it is clearly different from A. centralis, 
the setosity being shorter and much less erect; the shape is broader and the surface 
less polished. The punctures on the elytra can scarcely be distinguished. 
4, Apsectus minutus, sp. n. 
Brevissime ovalis, parum convexus, niger, dense sat longe fusco-setosus, subtilissime punctatus; antennis 
pedibusque testaceis. 
Long. 1 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo 4600 feet (H. H. Smith). 
This is much smaller than any other known Apsectus, and compared with A. hystrix 
has the sete shorter. The club of the antenna of the male is broader in proportion to 
its width, and is oval, rather than oblong, in form, its width being greater in proportion 
to its length than it is in any of the other species of the genus. ‘The punctures of the 
elytra are so extremely minute that they are not distinguishable when the setosity is 
not rubbed off. One specimen. 
