222 MALACODERMATA. 
might be confounded. Two of the specimens from Orizaba have black heads and 
thoraces and red-brown elytra; but very little dependence can be placed on colour in 
this family. 
5. Cis bilimeki. 
Bilimeki, Reitter, Mittheil. d. Minch. ent. Ver. 1878, p. 33°. 
‘Oblongus, niger, opacus, equaliter confertissime punctulatus, setulis brevissimis subaureis dense tectus ; 
thorace coleopterorum latitudine, subtransverso, lateribus leviter rotundato, angulis anticis obtuse rectis, 
posticis fere rotundatis; elytris latitudine haud duplo longioribus ; antennis pedibusque testaceis.” Long. 
2:2 millim. 
“ Mas. Clypeus apice, prothoracis margine antico erecte laminatis, lamina capitis lata parum, prothoracis sat 
angusta fortiter in medio emarginata.” 
Hab. Mexico ! (Bilimek). 
Unknown to me. Herr Reitter remarks :—“Scheint selten zu sein.” 
6. Cis pilosus. 
Ovatus, testaceus, supra dense flavo-pilosus, elytris obsolete subseriatim punctatis, pilo seriatim disposito. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, Calderas (Champion). 
Head with the mandibles rather prominent, clypeus a little elevated on each side. 
Prothorax of the male with the front margin a little produced and elevated in a lamina, 
but only very slightly so, nearly smooth, transverse. Scutellum broadly triangular. 
Elytra conspicuously pubescent, the upright pile in lines. 
Six specimens, immature, or at least not fully coloured, taken at Calderas. 
7. Cis creberrimus. 
Cis creberrimus, Mellié, Mon. p. 357, t. 4. fig. 5. 
Hab. Norta America, United States, New Orleans.—Mexico (coll. Gorham ex 
Saunders); GuatemMata, Zapote, El Reposo (Champion). 
A single specimen from each of the localities doubtfully assigned to this little species. 
It is an elongate thickly punctured insect, with erect setose hairs and quite yellow legs 
and antenne ; the latter are clearly ten-jointed in the Guatemala specimens. 
8. Cis puberulus. 
Cis puberulus, Mellié, Mon. p. 538. 
Hab. Mexico (coll. Gorham ex Saunders).— West LnviEs, Island of St. Thomas. 
