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of 3. Prothorax broader than long, convex, narrowing from about the basal third, the sides a little 

 rounded anteriorly and parallel behind in the female, slightly sinuate behind in the male; the hind 



« angles moderately produced, acute, slightly divergent in the male, obsoletely carinate above ; the surface 

 densely finely punctate, the punctures more scattered upon the basal declivity. Scutellum sparsely punc- 

 tured. Elytra moderately long, subparallel to about the middle and narrowing thence to the apex ; deeply 

 punctate-striate, the interstices convex, flatter on the disc, sparsely punctured, transversely rugulose 

 towards the base. Beneath thickly punctured ; prosternal sutures deeply excavate in front ; mesosternum 

 declivous ; posterior eivxal plates obliquely narrowing outwards. 



Length 6f-7|, breadth lf-2 millim. ( <J $ .) 



Hab. Guatemala, Cubilguitz in Vera Paz (Champion). 



Two males and one female. Closely allied to A. glis, Cand. (=catulus, Cand.), but 

 narrower, and also differing from it in the much more finely punctured head and thorax, 

 the punctures on the latter more scattered on the basal declivity (in A. glis the thorax 

 is coarsely and uniformly punctured all over). The male resembles a small Hetero- 

 crepidius (croceipes, Germ.), but it has the apical joint of the maxillary palpi more 

 triangular. 



4. Anoplischius mus. 



Anoplischius mus, Cand. Monogr. Elat. ii. p. 56 \ 



" Fuscus, dense cinereo-pubescens ; fronte convexa, punctata ; antennis obscure ferrugineis, articulo tertio 

 quarto breviore ; prothorace transverso, a basi angustato, subtiliter hand dense punctato ; elytris medio 

 subdilatatis, apice attenuatis, punctato-substriatis ; abdomine apice rufescente; pedibus testaceis.— 

 Long. 6, lat. If millim." 



Hab. Mexico (Klingelhoffer 1 ). 



This small species is not represented in our collection. It has the thorax more 

 sparsely punctured than in A. parvulus. 



5. Anoplischius teapensis. 



Moderately elongate, shining ; piceous, the suture and under surface paler, the legs fusco-testaceous ; above 

 and beneath thickly clothed with long yellowish-cinereous hairs. Head rather convex, densely rugosely 

 punctured, obsoletely canaliculate in the middle, the frontal carina moderately prominent, rounded 

 anteriorly ; antennae elongate, extending to about the basal third of the elytra, feebly serrate, joint 3 

 stouter than, and twice the length of, 2, 4 nearly twice as long as 3. Prothorax rather convex, broader 

 than long, the sides slightly rounded and converging from about the basal third, parallel behind ; the 

 hind angles moderately produced, parallel, finely carinate above ; the surface densely, rather coarsely 

 punctate, canaliculate behind. Scutellum thickly punctured. Elytra moderately long, parallel to about 

 the middle and narrowing thence to the apex ; finely and rather deeply punctate-striate ; the interstices 

 feebly convex, somewhat closely punctured. Beneath thickly punctured ; prosternal sutures deeply 

 excavate in front, approximate behind ; mesosternum declivous, the sides not raised ; posterior coxal 

 plates feebly subangularly widened opposite the point of insertion of the femora. 



Length 85, breadth 2| millim. ( c? •) 



Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (Hoge). 



One male specimen. This species is allied to A. glis, Cand. (=eatulus i Cand.), but 

 is larger and more robust, and has the third joint of the antennae nearly as wide as, 

 though much shorter than, the fourth. A. mus, Cand., is an allied form. 



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