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7. Emmenastus solitarius. 
Winged, oblong ovate, convex, reddish brown, shining. Head coarsely and rather closely punctured; pro- 
thorax transverse, convex, rounded at the sides, widest just before the base, scarcely narrowed behind, 
hind angles subrectangular, narrowed in front to the rather sharp front angles, anterior margin feebly 
emarginate and sinuate on each side near the angles just behind the eyes, base bisinuate, coarsely closely 
and subequally punctured, the punctures a little confluent at the sides; elytra a little wider than the 
thorax at the base, convex, with rows of coarsish punctures distinct to the apex, the interstices coarsely 
punctured, the rows of punctures a little indistinct towards the suture, distinct at the sides; mandibles 
toothed above; intercoxal process pointed in front. 
Long. 73 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Tepanistlahuaca (Saé/é). 
One example. This species may be known by its rather coarse uniform punctuation. 
The punctures of the interstices of the elytra but little finer than those of the strie. 
8. Emmenastus belti. 
Winged, oblong ovate, dark reddish brown or black, shining. Head with the anterior margin closely, the 
vertex sparingly and coarsely punctured; prothorax transverse, a little longer than in the allied species, 
convex, rounded at the sides, widest just before the base, a little narrowed behind, the hind angles rect- 
angular, narrowed and rounded in front to the slightly pointed front angles, anterior margin feebly 
emarginate and sinuate on each side near the angles just behind the eyes, base strongly bisinuate and with a. 
short oblique feeble impression on each side near the middle, unequally punctured, the sides rather coarsely 
and confluently, the disc sparingly and finely; elytra a little wider than the thorax at the base, some- 
what rounded at the sides, with rows of fine punctures, the interstices finely and sparingly punctured; legs 
and antennw red; mandibles toothed above; intercoxal process pointed in front. 
Length 7-8 millim. 
Hab. Nicaracua, Granada, Chinandega (Sallé), Chontales (Be/¢). 
Allied to E. variabilis, but shorter, the thorax a little less transverse, and more 
unequally punctured &c. 
9. Emmenastus rotundicollis. 
Winged, oblong ovate, reddish brown, shining. Head coarsely and closely punctured; prothorax broad, trans- 
verse, convex, strongly rounded at the sides, widest a little before the base, slightly narrowed behind to 
the obtuse hind angles, narrowed in front to the subacute front angles, anterior margin on each side feebly 
emarginate and sinuate near the angles just behind the eyes, base bisinuate and feebly impressed trans- 
versely on each side near the middle, closely coarsely and almost equally punctured, the punctures a 
little confluent at the sides; elytra the width of the thorax at the base, with rows of rather coarse 
punctures (somewhat indistinct towards the suture) distinct to the apex, the interstices with scattered fine 
punctures; legs and antennx red; intercoxal process pointed in front; mandibles toothed above. 
Length 73 millim. 
Hab. Mexico (coll. F. Bates). 
One example. This species is labelled Hylocurus dermestoides, Chev.; £. variabilis 
also bears the same name in the Sallé collection. E. rotundicollis may be known from 
all the species here recorded by the strongly rounded sides (especially behind) of its 
comparatively broad thorax. 
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