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a slight concavity near the base of the clypeus, interocular carina entire, angulate at the middle, clypeus 

 very narrow at the base, but not carinate ; thorax about as long as wide at the base, sides feebly arcuately 

 narrowed to the front, disc very closely punctate, surface clothed with cinereous pubescence, leaving a 

 large transversely oval space bare ; elytra vaguely striate, intervals feebly convex, closely punctate, some- 

 what rough at the base, surface in great part with nearly black pubescence, with cinereous pubescence 

 narrowly along the base, extending along the suture and sides to the middle, joining a narrow transverse 

 band, a small space at the apex cinereous ; beneath piceous-black, feebly shining, closely punctate, 

 abdomen cinereo-pubescent : legs piceous, tarsi paler. 

 Length 5*5 millim. 



Hal. Nicakagua, Chontales {Belt). 



This species should be placed near D. bellus, from which it differs strikingly in 

 ornamentation. 



9. Dromaeolus tripartitus. (Tab. X. fig. 12.) 



Oblong, moderately convex, piceous-black, feebly shining, clothed in great part with cinereous pubescence : 

 antennae piceous ; head densely, subrugosely punctate, a slight depression at the base of the clypeus, 

 interocular carina entire, angulate in front, clypeus very narrow at the base and there carinate ; thorax 

 very nearly as long as wide at the base, sides posteriorly straight but convergent, near the front angles 

 arcuate, disc moderately convex, an oblique impression each side of the middle of the base, very closely 

 punctate, surface cinereo-pubescent but with a large triangular space, with the base in front, less pubes- 

 cent ; elytra vaguely striate, intervals not convex, closely punctate, rugulose near the base, basal third 

 cinereo-pubescent (its posterior edge bisinuate), apical third similarly pubescent (its anterior edge bisinuate), 

 the intermediate space formed of two oval spots broadly united at the suture, clothed with nearly black 

 pubescence ; body beneath piceous, shining, moderately closely punctate, cinereo-pubescent ; legs piceous, 

 tarsi somewhat paler. 



Length 4 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, Volcan de Atitlan above 2500 feet, Zapote {Champion). 



This species is related to D. bellus and I), ornatulus, but with quite a different design 

 from either. 



10. Dromaeolus dilutipes. 



Dromceolus dilutipes, de Bonv. Mon. p. 207 \ 



Hab. Mexico, Toxpam \ Cordova {Salle), Teapa in Tabasco {H. H. Smith) ; Panama, 

 Bugaba {Champion). 



This species is readily known from the others in our fauna by its parallel form, 

 rather roughly sculptured surface, pale antennae and legs, entire interocular ridge, and 

 carinate clypeus. The pale antennae noted by de Bonvouloir is not a constant character. 



11. Dromaeolus pusio. 



Oblong, piceous-black, shining, thorax and the base of the elytra sparsely cinereo-pubescent ; antennae pale 

 ferruginous, the second joint shorter than the fourth, the third longer : head closely and rather coarsely 

 punctate, interocular carina entire, clypeus extremely narrow at the base and forming a carina ; thorax 

 broader than long, gradually narrowed to the apex, the sides more arcuate in the female, disc convex, 

 moderately coarsely, not densely punctate, at hind angles slightly depressed ; elytra without trace of stria? 

 except a faint sutural one, surface confusedly punctate, rather closely and roughly near the base, more 



