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6. Anoplischius chalcopterus. (Tab. XIII. fig. 23, s .) 



Elongate, narrow, moderately convex, very shining ; above pitchy-black, the hind angles of the prothorax 

 usually ferruginous, the elytra varying in colour from ferruginous with a translucent aeneous lustre to 

 aeneous or green ; the antennae ferruginous, the two basal joints piceous ; the legs pitchy-brown ; the 

 under surface and epipleurae ferruginous, the prothorax sometimes piceous ; above and beneath somewhat 

 sparsely clothed with long greyish-brown hairs. Head rather sparsely punctured, deeply triangularly 

 excavate in the middle in front in the male, shallowly so in the female, and with an exceedingly prominent 

 frontal carina, which is rounded anteriorly, the eyes large and smooth ; antennae extending to beyond the 

 middle of the elytra in the male, not half the length of the body in the female, rather slender, joints 3 and 

 4 subequal. Prothorax trapezoidal, broader than long, flattened on the disc, slightly compressed at the 

 sides before the middle ; the hind angles narrow, greatly produced, and divergent, sharply carinate 

 above ; the surface very finely, sparsely punctate. Scutellum with a few scattered punctures. Elytra 

 fully four and one-quarter times the length of the prothorax, rapidly narrowing from about the middle 

 in the male, more parallel in the female ; finely striate-punctate, the punctures widely separated ; the 

 interstices flat, sparsely, very finely punctate. Beneath finely and very sparsely punctured ; prosternal 

 sutures rather widely separated throughout, not excavate in front ; mesosternum declivous ; posterior 

 coxal plates feebly subangularly widened opposite the point of insertion of the femora, and becoming 

 very narrow outwards. Legs very elongate ; tarsi with joint 2 feebly, and 3 strongly, lamellate 

 beneath. 



Length 9|-15, breadth 2|-3| millim. ( tf $ .) 



Hab. Guatemala, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 5000 feet {Champion). 



Twelve males and one female. This species differs from all others of the genus yet 

 described in its metallic-green or aeneous elytra. In general shape it approaches 

 A. longipennis and A. conicicollis, Cand. The antennae are very elongate in the male. 

 The insect is unknown to Dr. Candeze. 



7. Anoplischius semiseneus. 



Elongate, narrow, moderately convex, very shining ; the head piceous, the prothorax piceo-ferruginous, the 

 elytra greenish-aeneous, the antennae, the two basal joints excepted, epipleurae, and under surface ferrugi- 

 nous, the legs fusco-ferruginous ; above and beneath rather sparsely clothed with long fulvo-cinereous 

 hairs. Head closely, rather coarsely punctate, transversely depressed in front, the frontal carina promi- 

 nent, the eyes large and smooth : antennae as in A. chalcopterus. Prothorax nearly as long as broad, 

 convex, subcorneal, the sides sinuate before and behind the middle ; the hind angles strongly produced, 

 moderately divergent, sharply carinate above ; the surface closely, rather coarsely punctate. Scutellum 

 sparsely punctured. Elytra three and one-half times the length of the prothorax, narrowing from the 

 middle ; moderately finely striate-punctate, the punctures somewhat closely placed ; the interstices flat, 

 sparsely, finely punctate. Beneath thickly, rather coarsely punctate; prosternal sutures not excavate 

 in front. 



Length 9^, breadth 2| millim. ( tf .) 



Hab. Guatemala {Salle). 



One specimen. Closely allied to A. chalcopterus, and differing as follows : — The 

 head in the male transversely depressed in front, the frontal carina less prominent; 

 the thorax more convex, less widened posteriorly, the sides distinctly sinuate behind, 

 the hind angles less divergent, the surface more coarsely and more closely punctate ; 

 the elytra not so finely striate-punctate ; the under surface more coarsely and not so 

 sparsely punctured. 



