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fitth with several small tubercles on the declivity, the second not smooth. Underside black or piceous, 
pubescent, middle segments of the abdomen strongly punctured. 
Hab. Guatemaa, Quiché Mountains (Champion). 
Five specimens of this, the largest species as yet in the genus, were obtained. 
2. Hylocurus simplex, sp. n. 
Fem. Cylindrica, subglabra, picea ; prothorace posterius granulato; elytris punctato-striatis, striis posterius 
haud profundioribus, punctis minus dilatatis ; declivitate convexa, obsolete lineato-punctata, interstitiis 1°, 
3°, 5° subelevatis tuberculatis, 2°, 4° planis, levibus. 
Long. 2°6 millim. 
Female. Cylindric, moderately shining, piceous-brown. Front subconvex above, impressed over the mouth and 
thinly ciliate, with no elevated median line. Prothorax similar to that of H. costellatus (@), the granules 
a little finer towards the base. Scutellum large, rounded, punctate. LHlytraa little shorter in proportion, 
the sides more gradually rounded at the apex, which is less oblique and mucronate; surface with 
moderately strong punctured strie, finer than in H. costellatus, the punctures not larger or deeper towards 
the apex; interstices narrow, convex, uniform before the declivity, with occasional punctures, and a few 
small piliferous tubercles at the summit of the apical flexure ; declivity shining, with non-impressed rows 
of obsolete punctures, the sutural and third interstices elevated and finely tuberculate, the latter with 
four tubercles, the second and fourth flat and smooth, outer interstices tuberculate. Underside and legs 
piceous. 
Hab. Guatemata, El Tumbador (Champion). 
The one example I have seen might be mistaken at first sight for Z. cancellatus, @ , 
but the uniform striation of the elytra and the absence of evident punctures on the 
declivity will separate it. 
3. Hylocurus egenus, sp. n. 
Fem. Oblongo-cylindrica, sat nitida, ferruginea; prothoracis disco posterius subtiliter granulato; elytris 
puuctato-striatis, punctis versus apicem dilatatis, interstitiis ante declivitatem tuberculatis; declivitate 
striato-punctata, interstitio 2° impresso, 3° elevato trituberculato. 
Long. 2 millim. 
Female. Similar to H. simplex, but twice as small, bright ferruginous, less elongate. Prothorax less narrowed 
anteriorly, more obtusely rounded at the apex, its margin crenate, granulation of the posterior half closer 
and finer. Elytra more obtusely pointed behind, the mucro shorter, the striae with fewer, relatively 
coarser punctures, more dilated and quadrate posteriorly, interstices less convex, transversely rugulose ; 
declivity striato-punctate, the sutural margins more raised, tuberculate, the second interstice impressed, 
the third with three tubercles stronger than those of H. simplex, the scattered apical bristles stouter and 
more conspicuous. 
Hab. Mexico, Motzorongo in Vera Cruz (Flohr). 
One example. In the trituberculate third interstice this insect approaches H. discifer, 
Kichh., from Venezuela. But as that insect was described from a male example, no 
comparison is possible from the description alone, and I have not seen the type. 
4. Hylocurus elegans. 
Hylocurus elegans, Eichh. Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1871, p. 134’; Rat. Tom. p. 2997, 
flab. Mexico, Teapa!. 
