HEPTAETHKUM. — HIMATI UM. 



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not visible. Elytra broader than the prothorax, widened to the middle and rapidly narrowed thence to 

 the apex, transversely gibbous before the abrupt apical declivity, the humeri angular ; with rows of 

 closely packed, extremely coarse, subtransverse punctures, the interstices very narrow, raised, irregularly 

 uniseriate-punctate. Beneath coarsely punctate. Anterior coxae separated by a little less than their 

 own width. 



Length 2J-2|-, breadth |-1 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, Totonicapam 8500-10,500 feet (Champion). 



Six specimens, probably from beneath pine-bark. 



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2, Heptarthrum costatipenne, sp. n. (Tab. I. figg. 24, 24 a.) 



Moderately convex, oblong, shining, fusco-castaneous, the legs and antennae ferruginous. Rostrum finely and 

 somewhat closely punctate, the punctures becoming coarse and crowded at the base, the antennae inserted 

 at a little beyond the middle. Prothorax longer than broad, subcorneal, rounded at the sides posteriorly, 

 densely, coarsely punctate. Scutellum minute, transverse. Elytra slightly wider than the prothorax, 

 oblong-oval, the humeri distinct ; with rows of closely packed, coarse, subtransverse punctures, the 

 interstices very narrow, raised, and obsoletely uniseriate-punctate. 



Length 2^, breadth £ millim. ( d ?) 



Hob. Mexico, Toxpam {Salle). 



One specimen. Smaller, narrower, and more shining than H. g ib hip enne, the rostrum 

 rugosely punctate at the base, the short scutellum just visible, the elytra not widened 

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3. Heptarthrum cordillerse, sp. n. (Tab. I. fig. 25.) 



Oblong-ovate, narrow, shining, black, the antennae, tarsi, base of the femora, and coxae ferruginous. Eostrum 

 very sparsely, finely punctate, the punctures becoming coarser and closer towards the base, the antennas 

 inserted at the middle. Prothorax long, gradually narrowing from near the base, constricted in front ; 

 closely, coarsely punctate, with indications of a smooth median line. Scutellum just visible. Elytra 

 scarcely wider than the prothorax, attenuate at the apex, the humeri distinct ; with rows of coarse, 

 closely placed, subtransverse punctures, the interstices very narrow, feebly raised, and faintly uniseriate- 

 punctate. Beneath coarsely punctate. Anterior coxae separated by nearly their own width. 



Length lf-2, breadth ^-f millim. 



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Hab. Guatemala, Totonicapam 8500-10,500 feet (Champion). 



Six specimens, found with H. gibbipenne. Smaller, narrower, and more shining 

 than H. costatipenne, the elytra sub parallel at the base and with the interstices less 



raised, &c. 



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HIMATIUM. 





Himatium, Wollaston, Trans. Ent. Soc, Lond. 1873, pp. 436, 461, 542, 607 ; Leconte and Horn, 



Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xv. p. 426 (1876) ; Casey, Ann. N. York Acad. Sci. vi. p. 690. 



The type of this genus is H. pubescens, Woll., from Malabar, and three others from 

 N. America and one from S. Africa have since been recorded, one at least of these 



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