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clypeus longitudinally strigose ; antennae rather long, extending further than the base of the thorax ; the 

 latter with the anterior portion much deflexed at the sides, upperside very finely and closely punctured ; 

 elytra distinctly depressed below the base, much stronger punctured than the thorax ; the interstices near 

 the sides slightly wrinkled and longitudinally costate ; legs fulvous. 



Bab. Guatemala, Aceituno {Champion). 



Only a single specimen from Guatemala is before me ; but there is no doubt that, 

 though closely allied to S. cejphalotes, it belongs to a different species. The thorax 

 when viewed from above looks much narrowed in front, owing to the deflexed sides ; 

 the punctuation of the elytra is' also much stronger and somewhat rugulose, a 

 character which distinguishes the present species from both the preceding ones ; the 

 antenna? are longer ; and, lastly, the head is flat and subrugose, instead of convex and 

 remotely punctured. 



4. Spintherophyta guatemalensis. 



Ovate, convex, short, aeneous; head strongly strigose and punctured; thorax and elytra strongly and closely 

 punctured, the latter subcostate near the sides ; apex of tibiae and the tarsi fulvous. 



Length U-2 lines. 



Head longitudinally strigose at the vertex; clypeus closely punctured, not separated from the face; antennae 

 extending further than the base of the thorax, black, the first five joints fulvous ; thorax very transverse, 

 scarcely narrowed in front, sides rounded, surface very closely and rather strongly punctured; scutellum 

 smooth; elytra very convex, obsoletely transversely depressed below the base, very closely and strongly 

 punctured ; the interstices near the lateral margin costate towards the apex and partly transversely 

 wrinkled ; legs aeneous, apex of tibiae and the tarsi fulvous. 



Var. Legs entirely fulvous. 



Hob. Guatemala, San Geronimo {Champion) ; Costa Eica {van Patten). 



Again closely allied to the preceding species, but no doubt distinct. From S. lesueuri 

 it is separated by the sculpture of the head, and the much stronger punctuation of the 

 thorax and the elytra, as well as the lateral costse of the latter, and by the distinctly 

 longer antenna?, while the transverse shape of the thorax and different head, as well 

 as the colour of legs and antenna?, distinguish the present species from S. hybrida. 

 Numerous specimens were obtained by Mr. Champion at San Geronimo, amongst 

 which is only one specimen of the variety. The female has the eyes not quite so widely 

 separated, and the mandibles much less strongly developed. The length of the antenna? 

 will make this species at once known from S. lesueuri, in which these organs do not 

 extend beyond the base of the thorax. 



AGBALUS. 



Agbalus, Chapuis, Gen. Col. x. p. 242. 



The partly or entirely pubescent upperside, short, robust antennae, in connexion with 

 the flat truncate prosternum, are the principal characters upon which this genus was 

 formed by Chapuis upon a single species; since then six more have been described by 



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