78 LONGICORNIA. 
2. Tragidion carinatum. 
Tragidion carinatum, Thomson, Class. Long. p. 204. 
Hab. Mexico. 
PHCENICUS. 
Phenicus, Lacordaire, Gen. Col. ix. p. 174. 
The following is the only recorded species :— 
1. Phenicus sanguinipennis. 
Phenicus sanguinipennis, Lacordaire, loc. cit. nota ; Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1872, p. 161}. 
Hab. Centrau Americal, 
Male and female found among the logwood cargo of a ship in Stettin harbour. 
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METALEPTUS. 
Metaleptus, Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1872, p. 192. 
Five species of this genus have been described, all from Mexico and Central 
America except one, which I have not seen, and which is stated to be from Brazil. 
1. Metaleptus angulatus. (1. marginellus, Tab. VI. fig. 8.) 
Purpuricenus (?) angulatus, Chevrolat, Col. du Mexique, 4° fasc. 1834’. 
Metaleptus marginellus, Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1872, p. 192’. 
Hab. Mexico!; Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, Janson)?. 
Although not perfectly agreeing with Chevrolat’s description, especially with regard 
to the “trois nervures longitudinales non entiéres” of the elytra, I have no doubt my 
M. marginellus is the same species as his P. angulatus. There is no difference worthy 
of note between Chontales and Mexican specimens which I have compared ; and the 
surface of the elytra, although apparently very smooth and velvety, shows in certain 
lights traces of faint longitudinal raised lines, which may be the “nervures ” described 
by the French author. | 
2. Metaleptus binoculus. (Tab. VI. fig. 7.) 
Metaleptus binoculus, Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1872, p. 198, nota. 
Var. Fulvo-ochraceus, macula utrinque elongato-quadrata nigra. 
Hab. Muxico; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson). 
Since describing this species from a single Mexican specimen, I have seen three 
others from Chontales, and all are females. As, on the other hand, all the MZ. angulatus 
(marginellus) I have had an opportunity of examining, five in number, are males, it is 
very possible they are the sexes of one and the same species. J. binoculus, besides 
