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8. Asida forreri. (Tab. III. fig. 3.) 
Broad, depressed, dull black, with scattered: brown scaly hairs. Prothorax transverse, rugulose, closely and rather 
coarsely punctured, with a few, small, indistinct, smooth elevations, lateral margins thin and expanded, 
wider behind than in front, rounded at the sides, narrowed and sinuate behind before the outwardly 
directed subacute hind angles, narrowed and very feebly sinuate in front, the anterior angles produced and 
prominent, base bisinuate; elytra broad, flattened, broader than the thorax at the base, a little widened 
to about the middle, somewhat abruptly narrowed behind, and the apex a little produced, shoulders raised 
and the angles obtuse, with an acute distinct marginal ridge obsolete before the apex, and three irregular 
rows of large shallow impressions, the impressions separated one from another by transverse wrinkles and 
some indistinct longitudinal elevations; outer apical angle of anterior tibise with a sharp tooth, femora 
and tibie coarsely punctured. Beneath smooth, with a few exceedingly fine punctures or scratches. 
Length 13 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Ventanas (Forrer). 
One example. Allied to the North-American Asida opaca and A. mancipata, Horn’ 
9. Asida foveolata. 
Pelecyphorus foveolatus, Sol. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1836, p. 472°. 
Pelecyphorus porcatus, De}. in litt. 
Hab. Mexico! (coll. F. Bates), Capulalpam, Yolos, Peras (Sallé), Jalapa, Oaxaca 
(Hoge). 
10. Asida tristis. 
Broad, short, slightly depressed, black, scarcely shining. Prothorax transverse, very coarsely and closely 
punctured, rugulose, rounded at the sides, a little narrowed and sinuate behind before the not very 
prominent hind angles, base bisinuate, with an indistinct (sometimes obsolete) smooth central line; 
elytra short, dilated, rounded at the sides, widest about the middle, a little broader at the base than the 
thorax, humeral angles rounded, with three fine dorsal ridges (the outer not reaching the base) obsolete 
behind, the suture a little raised, and a sharp well-defined marginal ridge, the interstices finely and 
irregularly wrinkled transversely and with scattered fine punctures; outer apical angle of anterior tibie 
with a short tooth; legs short, femora and tibie coarsely rugulose. Beneath with scattered rather coarse 
punctures, the ventral segments smoother with scattered punctures and indistinct longitudinal scratches. 
Length 12-14 millim. 
Hab. Mexico (coll. F. Bates), San Antonio de Arriba (Sad/é), Las Vigas (Sallé, Hoge). 
Labelled Asida (Pelecyphorus) tristis in the Sallé collection, the name I have adopted. 
Sent in some numbers by Hoge. 
11. Asida suturalis. (Tab. III. fig. 4.) 
Oblong oval, rather convex, black, sometimes with an seneous tinge, with scattered light-brown scale-like 
hairs, slightly shining. Head slightly impressed in front; prothorax coarsely and closely punctured, 
rugulose, scarcely broader than long, slightly rounded at the sides, narrowed and feebly sinuate before 
the base, the hind angles straight much produced and overlapping the elytra, a little narrowed towards tho 
front, the anterior angles prominent, with a smooth raised central line and two or three indistinct smooth 
irregular elevations on each side, base bisinuate ; elytra slightly rounded at the sides, widest about the 
middle, but little narrowed towards the base, the base broader than the thorax, humeral angles raised 
and almost rounded, with two (rarely three) indistinct interrupted flattened dorsal ridges (often obsolete) 
and a sharp marginal ridge almost reaching the apex, the interstices with scattered shallow feeble longi- 
