STRONGYLIUM. 345 
thorax armed with a very small tubercular prominence about the middle. Maklin’s 
description was probably taken from a female example. 
N ° ° e ° ° 
C. Form narrower, oblong ovate, elongate ovate, or cylindrical ; eyes variable in size ; 
upper surface variable. 
Elytra long and convex, with widely scattered rounded or oblong fovee, testaceous, 
spotted with black; eyes large; upper surface shining, smooth. 
5. Strongylium sallei. (Tab. XIV. fig. 23, 2.) 
Strongylium sallei, Makl. Monogr. p. 149; Act. Soc. Fenn. viii. part 1, p. 257, t. 2. f.17°. 
Strongylium femorale, Chevr. in litt. 
Hab. Mexico}, Orizaba (Sallé); Guatemata, San Juan in Vera Paz (Champion) ; 
Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). 
The two Mexican examples before me have the basal half of the femora red; two 
others from Guatemala and Nicaragua have the legs entirely black. 
Miklin’s figure being a very poor one, we give another from an example from 
Orizaba. 
Elytra short, very coarsely foveolate-striate to the middle and thence to the apex deeply 
sulcate; prothorax rugosely punctured ; eyes small; upper surface dull blackish- 
bronze. 
6. Strongylium semistriatum. (Tab. XV. fig. 1, ¢.) 
Strongylium semistriatum, Makl. Monogr. p. 143; Act. Soc. Fenn. viii. part 1, p. 251°. 
Hab. Mxxico!, Cordova (Sal/é). 
Elytra moderately long, with rows of oblong fovee or coarse punctures in their basal 
half and thence to the apex sulcate; eyes small; upper surface dull blackish- 
bronze. 
7. Strongylium funestum. 
Strongylium funestum, Mikl. Monogr. p. 187; Act. Soc. Fenn. viii. part 1, p. 295°. 
Hab. Mexico! (Sallé, ex coll. Sturm). 
A single example of this species is contained in the Salle collection. 
8, Strongylium punctifrons. 
Strongylium punctifrons, Makl. Monogr. p. 188; Act. Soc. Fenn. viii. part 1, p. 296". 
Hab. Mexico}, Cordova, Playa Vicente, Chiapas (Sallé); British Honpuras (Llan- 
caneaua). 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. 1V. Pt. 1, December 1887. 2YY 
