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—in this latter sex the prorostrum is very slender; the insertion of the antenne is similar 
in the two sexes, the point being, however, just perceptibly nearer to the head in the 
female. The thorax is broad, greatly rounded, and the sides, narrowed in front, 
contracted behind, of a highly polished golden colour. Elytra with two impunctate 
stria next the suture, at the extreme base with the commencements of two other striz 
which soon become series of distant obsolete punctures; the sculpture at the extre- 
mity becomes much deeper, so that there are eight grooves with more or less convex 
intervals; the apices are sinuate-truncate, the outer angle very slightly prominent: the 
yellow marks are placed, three of them on the third interstice, two near the outer 
margin behind the shoulder, and three or four behind the middle, disposed so as to 
form the rudiments of a fascia. Both sexes have serially arranged foveoles on the 
underside of the head and metarostrum. The male has the base of the abdomen 
impressed, and the first segment studded in the middle with fine punctures, from each 
of which rises a delicate, curved, erect seta. 
Six specimens. 
This species is apparently much subject to the attacks of a parasitic Acarid, the 
individuals of which attach themselves in great masses to the femora. 
2. Abrentodes breviceps, sp. n. 
9. Niger, capite thoraceque aureo-eneis, politis; elytris flavo-lineatis, ad suturam tristriatis, externe seriatim 
minus fortiter punctatis. 
Long. 16 millim. 
Hab. Guatema.a, Panima in Vera Paz (Champion). 
This species, in sculpture, is very like a Rhaphirhynchus, but in respect of the structure 
of the head, which is broad and short, it comes somewhat near to Hpisphales. We 
have received, unfortunately, only a single example. The antenne are rather short— 
41 millim. long; the metarostrum is deeply impressed; the head is short and broad, 
with the eyes convex, deeply constricted behind, the middle of the vertex in front of 
the constriction slightly foveolate. Thorax brassy, highly polished, with a minute and 
distant punctuation. Elytra next the suture with three moderately broad striz, which 
are almost completely impunctate, outside this with four series of rather fine punctures, 
which behind become grooves ; apical angles quite rounded ; third interstice with an 
elongate mark on the middle, and a short one behind, fourth with one at the base 
extending one-third of the length, seventh with a very short one behind the middle, 
ninth with a longer one behind the shoulder. Under surface brassy-black, polished. 
3. Abrentodes pusillus, sp. n. 
Piceus, capite thoraceque enescentibus, politis; elytris ad suturam quadri-striatis, externe in medio seriatim 
punctatis, flavo-lineatis, angulo externo apicali obtuso. 
Long. 73-93 millim. 
Hab. Guaremata, Purula and Sinanja in Vera Paz, Cerro Zunil (Champion). 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. IV. Pt. 6, August 1895. HH 
