120 MALACODERMATA. 
5. Attalus caraboides. 
Oblongus, testaceus, supra nigro-eneus, pectore abdominisque lateribus piceis; trochanteribus distantibus, 
intermediis dentiformibus; antennis pedibusque ferrugineis, femoribus posticis supra infuscatis. Long. 
23 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Panajachel (Champion). 
Mouth testaceous; antennee rusty red, basal joint spotted with dark above. Thorax 
subquadrate, nearly as wide as the base of elytra, entirely brassy black above, with faint 
indication of punctures, especially towards the sides, which are a little foveolate. The 
elytra are nearly black, finely and obsoletely punctate, not much widened posteriorly. 
The trochanters are remarkable, the middle pair being produced into a sort of tooth, 
and the anterior and posterior pairs standing out more from the femora than usual; the 
hind pair are pitchy ; the other two, with the whole of the cox, are red. The produced 
second anterior tarsal joint is very long and easily observable. 
This is the only insect of this whole family in which I have noticed the character of 
the trochanters above alluded to; it is, however, the same in each of the two speci- 
mens. It may indicate a separate genus, or may be only an unusual sexual distinction, 
the specimens appearing to be males by the front tarsi. 
6. Attalus nigritulus. 
Niger, nitidus; ore, capite subtus pedibusque anticis basi interdum piceis. Long. 24 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sailé), Jalapa (Hoge). 
This species is black entirely, excepting the mouth and underside of the head (and 
in some specimens the base of the front femora), which are pitchy red. The elytra are 
depressed and widened behind, and, with the thorax, are not punctured. The sides of 
the thorax are much depressed, giving its disk a cylindrical appearance, 
EBAUS. 
Ebeus, Erichson, Entomographien, p. 113. 
The insects comprised in this genus are very closely allied to the Anthocomi. I have 
found no American species with the elytra having appendicles. The three species here 
recorded are small, short, and much widened behind, with distinct punctuation. The 
Ebei proper inhabit Europe and the countries bordering the Mediterranean, from which 
district about thirty have been described. The Hyphebwi of Kiesenwetter, to which he 
has attributed a species from Japan, are more like Attali. Two species from the latter 
country are referred by him to Ede@us. The North-American species, four in number, 
are now separated under the name Pseudebeus, Horn. 
