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504 SUPPLEMENT. 
One pair. This species is allied to 7. socia, but is less elongate and much more 
shining; the thorax is more dilated at the sides before the middle, sinuate in front, 
and constricted behind; the antenne are very much shorter; the elytral strie are 
deeply impressed at the apex, the interstices convex towards the sides and apex. The 
basal ventral segments in the male are not more densely punctured and pubescent in 
the middle as in some of the allied forms. 
Tarpela subparallela (p. 300). 
To the locality Mexico, add :—Rancho Alvarez in San Luis Potosi (Flohr). 
One male specimen, agreeing with the type. 
24(a). Tarpela foveolata. 
3g. Elongate, subparallel, moderately convex, brownish-piceous, feebly shining, glabrous. Head densely, 
coarsely punctured between the eyes, more finely so in front, the antennary orbits somewhat dilated ; 
antenne ferruginous, rather slender, elongate, the third joint exceedingly long; prothorax moderately 
convex, subquadrate, very little broader than long, feebly margined, widest at one-third from the apex, 
the sides a little rounded anteriorly, and gradually converging from the middle to the base, the base and 
apex (viewed from above) truncate, the anterior angles obtuse, the hind angles subrectangular, the surface 
very densely and rather coarsely punctured, the basal fove distinct; elytra a little wider than, and about 
two and a half times as long as, the prothorax, subparallel to beyond the middle, with regular rows of 
very coarse, deep, oblong, closely placed punctures, which become shallower at the apex, the bottom of 
each of these punctures with a minute patch of silvery scales, the interstices narrow (scarcely wider than 
the punctures), feebly costate towards the sides, flatter on the disc, and with some exceedingly minute 
scattered punctures, the humeri obtuse but distinct; beneath obscure reddish-brown, shining, coarsely, 
closely punctured, the punctures on the flanks of the prothorax longitudinally confluent; epipleure 
abbreviated before the apex; prosternum abruptly declivous behind ; legs elongate, pitchy-brown, closely 
- punctured; anterior tarsi very feebly dilated. 
Length 10, breadth 4 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Tampico (Flohr). 
One specimen. Nearest allied to T. subparallela, but with the thorax wider in front 
and more densely punctured, the antenne (¢ ) longer and more slender, with unusually 
elongate third joint; the elytra with regular series of very deep, large, oblong, closely 
placed impressions, at the bottom of each of which is a minute patch of silvery scales, 
the interstices narrow. ‘The third joint of the antenne is exceedingly elongate. 
Tarpela cupreo-viridis (p. 302). 
To the localities given, add :—Temax in North Yucatan (Gaumer). 
81 (a). Tarpela 2 
Hab. Mexico, Dos Arroyos in Guerrero (H. H. Smith). 
A single specimen of a very distinct species allied to 7. subvittata, too mutilated for 
description. 
