138 HETEROMERA. 
and sparingly punctured; elytra finely and regularly punctate-striate, the strie more distinct towards the 
suture, the interstices punctured like the prothorax. 
Length 4 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége). 
One example. Larger, broader, and smoother than C. ovatus, the elytra finely 
punctate-striate, the interstices almost smooth; allied undescribed forms are known 
from South America. 
3. Crypticus aterrimus. 
Crypticus aterrimus, De}. Cat. 3rd edit. p. 215°. 
Regularly ovate, convex, opaque, dull black. Head exceedingly finely and sparingly punctured; prothorax 
transverse, rounded at the sides, narrowing from the base, the surface (and that of the elytra also) 
apparently impunctate (if viewed with a strong lens, some minute scattered punctures are visible), dull 
and opaque ; elytra the width of the prothorax at the base, rounded at the sides, narrowing from the base ; 
legs piceous, the knees and tarsi sometimes reddish testaceous; antenne piceous. 
Length 4 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Mexico, without locality (Hége) ; British Honpuras, R. Hondo (Blancaneauz) ; 
GuaremaLa, La Tinta in the Polochic valley (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chi- 
riqui (Champion).—Gutana, Cayenne } (coll. '. Bates). 
A perfectly ovate, small, and convex species; the upper surface dull and opaque; 
the prothorax in the female rather narrower in front, the general outline in consequence 
more elliptic than in the male. 
4, Crypticus maculatus. (Tab..VII. fig. 1.) 
Ovate, reddish brown or black, with a slight eneous tinge, shining. Head closely and finely, the prothorax 
rather more sparingly and finely, punctured ; elytra punctured like the prothorax, with indistinct traces of 
obsolete striz, and maculated with testaceous—a broad oblique band starting from the shoulder and 
extending about halfway towards the suture (not reaching beyond the middle), and a broad curved band 
at the apex (this starting transversely from the margin turns abruptly before reaching the suture, and 
extends almost parallel with it to the apex); the antenne at the base and the legs testaceous, sometimes 
slightiy darker. 
Length 3-33 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Guatemata, Yzabal (Sallé); Nicaracua, Granada (Saldé), Chontales (Janson). 
Four examples. A specimen from Yzabal is figured. 
Group PHRENAPATIDES. 
This group contains Phrenapates, Delognatha, and a new genus described here, 
and probably also Pycnochilus, Waterh., from Madagascar. Delognatha has not yet 
been received from our country; one or two species, however, are known from 
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