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the elytra without any neous tinge. The head and thorax are quite smooth, and the 
elytra only very obsoletely impressed. The last six joints of the antenne, the claw 
joint of the tarsi, and the hind femora, are pitchy; the front and middle femora slightly 
pitchy at their bases. The hind tibiz are a little bent, and beyond the insertion of the 
tarsi are produced into a mucro nearly equal in length to the first joint of the tarsus 
(Tab. XIII. fig. 3a). This is a character I have not seen in any species c of Melyride 
before. Three specimens were obtained. 
2 (x). Attalus subfasciatus. (Tab. XIII. fig. 2.) 
Niger, nitidissimus ; prothoracis margine postico, elytrorum fascia antemediana, ad suturam interrupta, ad 
marginem dilatata, tibiisque anticis et intermediis, flavis; antennis articulis sex basalibus tarsisque piceis.. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Northern Sonora (Morrison). 
One of the smallest species of the genus, hardly punctured anywhere, the elytra not 
_ much widened behind; the head wider than the thorax; the latter transverse, largely 
rounded behind, truncate in front. In general appearance resembling A. caraboides, 
the colour black, with a faint brassy tinge. In one specimen, in addition to the fascia, 
the elytra become pitchy red towards the apex. 
A few specimens sent by the late Mr. Morrison, and labelled « Attalus, Sp. n.’ 
7, Attalus celestinus. 
Niger ; elytris chalybeis, nigro-pilosellis ; prothoracis margine postico utrinque macula minuta, trochanteribus. 
antennisque basi subtus, flavis. Long. 23-3 millim. ¢ @. 
Hab. Muxtco, Northern Sonora (Morrison). 
This little species must, to some extent, resemble Anthocomus flavilabris, Say, but is 
evidently distinct, and moreover is an Attalus, one specimen having the front tarsi 
when viewed from above four-jointed. The hind margins of the thorax are very 
indistinctly yellow on each side. The antenne are faintly serrate in the male, the 
first four joints yellowish beneath and externally. The head is black, excepting the 
labrum. The legs are black, with the exception of the trochanters and the underside 
of the femora, which are yellow, in an undefined manner, in the front and middle 
pairs. Two specimens are all I have found among the insects received from the late 
Mr. Morrison. | 
8. Attalus carinatus. (Tab. XIII. fig. 4, ¢.) 
Leete rufus vel sanguineus ; antennarum articulis sex vel septem ultimis, femoribus extrorsum, tibiis tarsisque, 
nigris; elytris basi nigris, carina acuta, in callo humerali exorta, ante apicem desinente, munitis. Long. 
34-4 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to 6000 feet (Champion). 
Head and thorax very smooth and shining, without impressions, the latter orbiculate, 
