80 EEOTYLID^. 



2. Crotchia angustula. 



Angustata, senea, nitida; capite et prothorace minute parcius punctatis, hoc quadrato, angulis anticis sub- 

 callosis et parum prominulis vel reflexis; elytris fortius punctato-striatis ; antennis pedibusque nigris, 

 illis basi piceis. Long, h-7 millim. c? $ . 



Mas tarsis antieis latis, villosiB ; abdominis segmentis tribus intermediis puncto duplici setigero munitis. 



Femina tarsis anticis articulo basali parvo. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba {Champion). 



With the same general structure as C. proximo, this species differs from it in being 

 much smaller and narrower; and in the striae of the elytra having fewer, but much 

 deeper and larger, punctures. The tarsi also differ more in the sexes. The antennae 

 are more or less picescent, excepting the club. The body beneath in both this and the 

 preceding species is wholly black and shining, the apical ventral segment alone being 

 somewhat pubescent ; the ventral segments are vaguely impressed on the sides, but the 

 setigerous spot in the males is placed a little on each side of the middle. About a 

 dozen examples were secured by Mr. Champion. 



3. Crotchia versepacis. 



C. parallels (Fowler) affinis; elongata, angusta, picea, nitida; capite prothoraceque parcius sat distincte 

 punctatis, hoc quadrato, basi leviter sinuato; elytris fortius punctato-striatis; metasterno punctato; 

 antennis clava nigra. Long. 5 millim. $ . 



Hab. Guatemala, El Jicaro in Vera Paz (Champion). 



This insect is so very nearly allied to a species in my collection, from the Amazons, 

 described by Mr. Fowler as C. parallela, that I have some hesitation in treating it as 

 distinct. Unfortunately there is only a single female specimen ; but having cleaned 

 and carefully compared the types of both, I am able to state that C. verwpacis differs 

 in having the metasternum distinctly and sparingly punctate, the head and thorax 

 rather less thickly punctured, and the elytra have the punctures larger. I do not at 

 present detect any other points by which I can distinguish C. vercepacis from the female 

 of C. parallela. It is about the size of a small C. angustula, but is even narrower and 

 more parallel than that species. 



4. Crotchia curvipes. 



Picea vel nigro-aenea, nitida; capite parcius sat fortiter, prothorace parce subtiliter, punctatis, hoc sub- 



quadrato ; elytris leviter punctato-striatis ; antennis rufo-piceis, clava nigra. Long. 6 millim. $ $ . 

 Mas abdominis segmentis intermediis puncto duplici setigero munitis ; tibiis intermediis curvatis. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



The male characters of this species will distinguish it at once from C. hondurana ; it 

 is also larger than that insect, which it otherwise resembles in the punctuation. The 

 front angles of the thorax are a little more decidedly callous and turned outwards ; the 

 base of the thorax has a few large scattered punctures in the depressed portion, the 

 punctiform basal sulcus deep and evident; and the legs are more robust and more 

 evidently punctured. 



