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Three specimens. This species is very like A. variabilis ; but it may be known from 

 that insect by the smaller and distinctly granulated eyes, the shorter antennae in both 

 sexes, the convex elytral interstices, the coarser and closer puncturing of the thorax, 

 and the transversely depressed front. The antenna? are finely ciliate along their inner 

 edge in both sexes, but more distinctly in the male. 



14. Anoplischius lucidus. (Tab. XIV. fig. 5, $ .) 



Elongate, rather broad, moderately convex, very shining ; the head and prothorax pitchy-black, the elytra 

 obscure castaneons, the legs and under surface in great part piceous, the antennae reddish-brown ; above 

 and beneath sparsely clothed with long fulvo-cinereous hairs. Head feebly convex, densely, rather 

 coarsely punctured, the frontal carina very prominent, truncate anteriorly, the eyes large and smooth ; 

 antennae slender, about twice the length of the prothorax, feebly serrate, joints 3 and 4 subequal in 

 length. Prothorax transverse, trapezoidal, feebly convex ; the hind angles considerably produced, narrow, 

 feebly carinate above, thickly punctured ; the surface finely, rather sparsely punctate, obsoletely canali- 

 culate behind. Scutellum thickly punctured. Elytra four and one-half times as long as the prothorax, 

 parallel to near the middle and narrowing thence to the apex, the apices conjointly rounded ; finely and 

 lightly punctate-striate, the punctures somewhat widely separated ; the interstices almost flat on the basal 

 portion of the disc, becoming slightly convex towards the sides and apex, sparsely, finely punctate, the 

 punctures similar to those of the striae. Beneath finely, rather sparsely punctate ; prosternal sutures 

 feebly excavate in front ; mesosternum declivous, the sides not raised. Anterior and intermediate tarsi 

 with joints 1-3, and the hind tarsi with joints 2 and 3, lamellate beneath. 



Length 15J, breadth 4^ millim. ( $ .) 



Hah. Guatemala, Sinanja in Vera Paz (Champion). 



One specimen. Allied to A. longipennis, Cand., but differing from that insect in its 

 shorter antenna?, less elongate elytra, more prominent frontal carina, &c. Larger and 

 much more elongate than A. variabilis, the prosternal sutures not deeply excavate in 

 front. 



15. Anoplischius maculicollis. (Tab. XIV. fig. 3, s .) 



Moderately elongate, narrow ( <$ ), rather broad ( $ ), the head, prothorax, and under surface shining, the 

 elytra subopaque ; black ; the prothorax orange-yellow, with the apical margin, the hind angles, a 

 triangular patch at the centre of the basal margin, and a large patch on the middle of the disc, extending 

 to the base and apex, black ; above and beneath thickly clothed with long hairs, which partake of the 

 ground-colour ; the legs and antennae black, thickly pilose. Head densely, rugosely punctured, broadly 

 concave in front, the frontal carina very prominent, rounded anteriorly ; antennae extending to the middle 

 of the elytra in the male, much shorter in the female, the joints from the third dilated and serrate, 

 gradually decreasing in width and increasing in length in the male, 3-10 subequal in length in the female. 

 Prothorax broader than long, trapezoidal, rounded at the sides in front in the female ; the hind angles 

 divergent, strongly produced, finely carinate above ; the surface rather finely, moderately closely punctate, 

 deeply canaliculate behind. Scutellum thickly punctured. Elytra ( c? ) nearly four, ( $ ) three and one-half 

 times as long as the prothorax, in the male narrowing from the base, in the female subparallel and wider 

 at the middle than at the base ; finely, rather deeply punctate-striate, the sutural stria deeply impressed ; 

 the interstices flat on the disc, feebly convex at the apex, minutely shagreened and shallowly punctured. 

 Beneath thickly punctured ; prosternal sutures feebly excavate in front, equidistant ; mesosternum 

 declivous, the sides not raised. 



Length, <S 8, $ 10 millim. ; breadth, 3 2, $ 2f millim. 



Hah. Mexico, Omilteme 8000 feet, and Chilpancingo 4600 feet, both in Guerrero 

 (H. H. Smith). 



