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25. Lechriops nitidiusculus, sp. n. 
Subrhomboidal, shining, black or piceous, the antenna, apical margin of the elytra, tibie, and tarsi more or 
less ferruginous ; the vestiture rather long and fine: the head with a narrow ochreous line around the 
eyes; the prothorax mottled with fulvous and white, except on the two bare spaces on the disc; the 
elytra variegated with fulvous, white, and black, the white scales condensed into a small spot at the 
middle of the suture, another at its apex, and another on the eighth interstice, the suture with an oblong 
blackish patch below the base and another towards the apex; the under surface and legs white, with 
fulvous scales intermixed, the posterior femora with a broad dark patch towards the apex. Eyes large, 
subcontiguous. Rostrum rugulose and carinate at the base. Joint 2 of the funiculus longer than 1. 
Prothorax short, narrowing from the base; densely punctate and finely carinate. Elytra rather broad, 
subcordate, blunt at the tip; deeply punctate-striate, the interstices rugulose, shining, broader than the 
strie. Rostral canal deep. 
Var.? The fulvous scales few in number; the prothorax with six spots or three irregular vitize white; the 
elytra mottled with black and white, the white scales clustered into two short streaks on the suture, a 
spot on the eighth interstice and various interrupted undulate fasciee. 
Length 23-3, breadth 14-12 millim. 
Hab. Muxtco (Mus. Dresden), Toxpam, San Andres Tuxtla, Juquila (Sallé), Atoyac 
(H. H. Smith); Guatemata, Chiacam and Senahu in Vera Paz (Champion). 
Ten specimens, all but two from Mexico. Larger, broader, and more shining than 
L. infimus, the prothorax subconical. The var.?, represented by four examples from 
Juquila, approaches L. alboguttatus, but has less definite elytral markings. 
26. Lechriops oculatus. 
Cryptorhynchus oculatus, Say, Journ. Acad. Phil. iii. p. 8308"; Complete Writings, i. p. 172°. 
Piazurus oculatus, Lec. Proc. Am. Phil. Soe. xv. p. 260°. 
Lechriops oculatus, Heller, Abhandl. Mus. Dresd. no. 11, p. 65 4. 
Gelus oculatus, Casey, Ann. N. York Acad. Sci. ix. p, 668°. 
Lechriops discors, Faust, in litt.° 
Subovate, dull, black or piceous, the antenne, apical margin of the elytra, and tarsi ferruginous : the vestiture 
rather coarse and close, fulyous and white, intermixed with black on the elytra, that on the prothorax 
condensed into a v-shaped or triangular mark at the base, a spot in the centre in front, and two irregular 
spots or a stripe on each side, the elytra with a sharply-defined white spot at the middle of the suture, 
preceded by a black patch and sometimes extending to the second stria, and usually a minute white dot 
on the eighth interstice; the under surface and legs clothed with fulvous (or rosy-red) and white scales 
(the former sometimes predominating), the posterior femora with a dark patch towards the apex. Eyes 
large, subcontiguous. Rostrum rugulose and finely carinate at the base. Joint 2 of the funiculus longer 
than1. Prothorax transverse, somewhat rounded at the sides, constricted and narrowed in front ; densely 
punctate and finely carinate. Elytra much wider than the prothorax, subcordate, blunt at the tip ; 
deeply punctate-striate, the interstices a little broader than the stric, rugose. Rostral canal deep. 
Length 23-3, breadth 11-12 millim. 
Hab. Nort America, Canada, Southern and Western States ?.—Mxxico (Mus. 
Dresden), Toxpam (Sallé), Motzorongo (Flohr), Cerro de Plumas (Hoge), Atoyac, 
Cuernavaca, Chilpancingo (Z. Z. Smith); GUATEMALA, Capetillo, San Gerénimo 
(Champion). 
Apparently a common insect in Mexico. Central-American specimens differ from 
