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5. Paratenetus punctatus. 
Paratenetus punctatus, Spin. Essai monogr. Clér. ii. p. 118, t. 44. figg. 5, 5 d-d*; Horn, Rev. Ten. 
of Am. north of Mexico, p. 8373” (nec Motsch.). 
Hab. Norto America, Middle and Eastern States 2—-MeExico, Jalapa (Hoge) ; 
British Honpvuras, R. Sarstoon (Blancaneauz). 
The six Central-American examples before me agree so closely with Spinola’s 
description and figures, and with an individual from the United States in Mr. F. Bates’s 
collection, that I have little doubt they should be referred to this species. In the male of 
our insect the tibiee are more swollen than in the female, the anterior and posterior pairs 
very slightly, the intermediate ones distinctly, curved ; the anterior tibize armed (as usual) 
with a sharp tooth in the middle beneath, the intermediate pair very finely serrate 
beneath, and with the inner apical angles slightly produced. The club of the antenne 
is distinctly piceous. In one or two of our specimens the thorax is more coarsely 
crenulate at the sides, and the anterior angles more prominent than in others; but I 
look upon these as varieties only. 
Motschoulsky’s P. punctatus (ef. Bull. Mosc. xli. pt. 2, p. 192) is probably another 
species, as already noted by Dr. Horn (op. cié. p. 374). 
6. Paratenetus corticarioides. 
Moderately convex, reddish-testaceous or reddish-brown, rather thickly clothed with short decumbent hair. 
Head coarsely and very closely punctured, transversely impressed in front; antenne rather short, the 
club (as in P. punctatus) not very stout (the two lower joints transverse) and closely punctured, reddish- 
testaceous, the club (except at the extreme apex) and sometimes the two preceding joints, piceous ; pro- 
thorax transverse, widest a little before the middle, the sides narrowing a little and slightly rounded 
anteriorly, the lateral margins prominent and finely crenulated, the posterior angles more or less acute, 
the anterior angles very obtuse and almost rounded, the surface coarsely and very closely punctured ; 
elytra rather long, coarsely punctured, the punctures closely placed on the disc, confluent towards the 
sides; legs light ferruginous. 
Length 44-4? millim. (2.) 
Hab. Mexico, Juquila (Sallé); Guaremata, San Gerdnimo (Champion). 
Three female examples. Allied to P. punctatus, but much larger, the sides of the 
thorax not nearly so coarsely crenulate and more distinctly margined, the surface 
(possibly abraded) clothed with shorter hair; the antenne are coloured and the club 
(though rather stouter) is formed as in that species. 
7. Paratenetus obovatus. 
Closely resembling P. corticarioides and differing as follows :—antenne rather shorter, the club similarly formed 
and coloured ; the prothorax less narrowed anteriorly, the sides straighter and finely crenulate ; the elytra 
shorter, widening from the base to considerably beyond the middle, broadly rounded at the apex ; the legs 
shorter. 
Length 33-3? millim. (@.) 
Hab. Brivisn Honpuras, Belize (Blancaneauz). 
Three examples. This species will be known from P. corticarioides by the compara- 
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