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rapidly narrowed from the base ; the shoulders are excavate for the reception of the 

 hind angles of the thorax, these latter being very sharply carinate. The eyes are large 

 and smooth. 



22. Anoplischius foveifrons. (Tab. XIV. fig. 6, s .) 



Moderately elongate, rather depressed, shining, testaceous, above and beneath somewhat thickly clothed with 

 long fulvous hairs. Head rather convex, coarsely, closely punctate, transversely depressed in the middle 

 between the eyes, the frontal carina prominent, rounded anteriorly ; antennae moderately stout, feebly 

 serrate, extending to about the basal fourth of the elytra in the male, shorter in the female, the third and 

 following joints with indications of a smooth median line, 3 and 4 equal in length. Prothorax strongly 

 transverse, the sides very feebly sinuate or subparallel behind and rounded anteriorly ; the bind angles 

 subparallel, considerably produced, sharply carinate above; the surface closely, rather coarsely punctate, 

 canaliculate behind. Scutellum almost smooth. Elytra moderately long, subparallel to near the middle 

 and narrowing thence to the apex, the humeri excavate for the reception of the hind angles of the pro- 

 thorax, the apices conjointly rounded ; finely striate-punctate, the punctures widely separated from each 

 other (in one specimen not coarser than those of the interstices towards the suture) ; the interstices flat, 

 sparsely, finely punctate. Beneath thickly punctured ; prosternal sutures deeply excavate in front ; 

 mesosternum declivous, the sides not raised. 



Length 10±-11|, breadth 2f-3 millim. ( <$ $ .) 



Hob. Mexico {coll. Janson) ; Panama, Obispo (Salvin). 



Two examples— a male from Panama and a female from Mexico. This insect 

 resembles A. transversus, Cand., from Colombia, but differs from the type (?) of that 

 insect in having the head transversely depressed between the eyes, the thorax more 

 closely and more coarsely punctured, and the elytra more distinctly seriate-punctate. 

 In the Panama specimen ( 6 ) the punctures of the striae are confused with those of the 

 interstices towards the suture ; in the Mexican example ( $ ) the punctures of the inner 

 striae are coarser, larger than those of the interstices. The Panama specimen is 

 figured. 



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23. Anoplischius pallidas. 



Moderately elongate, narrow, rather depressed, shining, testaceous or brownish-testaceous, thickly clothed with 

 long fulvous hairs. Head moderately convex, coarsely, closely punctate, the frontal carina prominent, 

 rounded anteriorly ; antennae rather stout, feebly serrate, in the male extending to the basal third of 

 the elytra, shorter in the female, the third and following joints obsoletely carinate along the middle, 

 3 and 4 equal in length. Prothorax slightly broader than long, the sides almost straight, gradually con- 

 verging from the base, feebly rounded in front ; the hind angles divergent, strongly produced, very sharply 

 carinate above ; the surface sparsely, coarsely punctate, obsoletely canaliculate behind. Scutellum 

 sparsely punctured. Elytra three times the length of the prothorax, narrowing from about the basal third, 

 the apices narrow and conjointly rounded ; finely and shallowly punctate-striate, the punctures becoming 

 coarser at the sides and rather widely separated ; the interstices almost flat, sparsely punctured. Beneath 

 thickly punctured ; prosternal sutures deeply excavate in front; mesosternum declivous, the sides not 

 raised ; posterior coxal plates feebly subangularly widened opposite the point of insertion of the femora. 



Length 8|-10|, breadth 2|-2f millim. ( 6 $ •) 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



Seven specimens, four of which are males. Allied to A. transversics and A. fovei- 



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