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5. Anthicus punctatissimus. 
Elongate, ferruginous, subopaque ; the elytra shining, fulvo-testaceous, each with an indeterminate transverse or 
oblong brownish median patch (not reaching the lateral margin and distant from the suture), the apex in 
one example darker; the upper surface very finely pubescent. Head not very convex, as long as broad, 
rounded at the sides behind, very densely and minutely punctured, the eyes small, finely granulated, and not 
prominent ; antenne slender, entirely testaceous ; prothorax longer than broad, a little narrower than the 
head, rounded at the sides before and strongly constricted behind the middle, the anterior portion trans- 
versely convex, the posterior portion cylindrical, the flanks deeply excavated, the base finely margined, 
the surface sculptured like that of the head; elytra moderately long, somewhat rounded at the sides about 
the middle, subparallel and narrower anteriorly, with a deep post-basal depression and convex beyond this, 
the basilar portion gibbous on either side of the suture, the humeri rather prominent, the surface densely 
and minutely punctured throughout ; legs entirely testaceous ; fifth ventral segment deeply triangularly 
depressed in the middle behind and the apex truneate, and the posterior tibie slightly sinuate, in 
the male. , 
Length 25 millim. (<¢.) 
Hab. MExico, near the city (Hége). 
Two male examples, both abraded. The densely and minutely punctured elytra 
distinguishes this species at once from A. dromedarius. The depression on the fifth 
ventral segment is deeper and narrower than in the same sex of that insect, and the 
head is more finely and more densely punctured. The elytral markings are indistinct ; 
they show a tendency to assume the pattern of A. dromedarius. 
A mutilated specimen from Chilpancingo probably belongs to the same species. 
6. Anthicus septemnotatus. (Tab. X. figg. 5; 5a, profile.) 
Elongate, piceous or piceo-ferruginous, subopaque; the elytra shining, piceous or piceous-brown, with a rather 
large spot on either side of the scutellum at the base, an oblique angulated stripe below the shoulders 
(variable in size—sometimes extending to the suture and continued along it to the basal spot, sometimes 
reduced to a lateral spot), a broad oblique stripe considerably beyond the middle (sometimes confluent with 
the opposite one at the suture, sometimes not reaching it), and a common apical patch, flavo- or fulvo- — 
testaceous ; the upper surface clothed with short, widely scattered, erect hairs. Head large, broader than 
long, a little dilated at the sides behind, finely rugulose, dull, the eyes large, coarsely granulated, and 
rather prominent ; antenne testaceous, the apical three joints more or less infuscate ; prothorax longer than 
broad, narrower than the head, rounded at the sides before and strongly constricted behind the middle, the 
anterior portion transversely convex, the posterior portion cylindrical, the flanks deeply excavated, the 
base obsoletely margined, the surface finely rugulose; elytra moderately long, parallel in front, a little 
dilated at the middle, with a deep post-basal depression and somewhat convex beyond this, the basilar 
portion gibbous on either side of the suture, the humeri rather prominent, the surface sparsely, finely, and 
confusedly punctured (the punctuation denser in the post-basal depression and finer at the apex); legs 
rather stout, the apical half of the femora and the base of the tibie more or less infuscate; fifth ventral 
segment triangularly depressed in the middle behind, and the apex truncate, in the male. 
Length 23-3 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith); Guatemaua, El Tumbador, Volcan 
de Atitlan, Zapote (Champion). 
Seven examples. The shining and sparsely punctured elytra distinguishes this insect 
at a glance from A. guinguemaculatus and its allies; the more elongate shape, larger 
size, and very distinct elytral punctuation separate it from A. dromedarius. 
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