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Oblong, entirely ferruginous, the elytra darker than the head and thorax, and more 

 strongly and irregularly punctured. The antennae are short, the two basal joints stout 

 and the second not much shorter, but smaller than the first ; the four or five apical 

 joints form a gradually thickened club. The thorax is wider than long and has the 

 sides nearly straight ; all the margins are finely bordered, and the sides converge 

 towards the front ; the basal lobe is not very pronounced. The scutellum is minute, 

 scarcely visible. The punctures on the elytra are not at all serial (in the European 

 species there are larger punctures forming substriate rows), but are confluent (often in 

 transverse rows). The coxal fossae are complete, and somewhat V-shaped ; the external 

 side of the marginal line is fainter than the internal side, and is reflexed at its outer 

 termination. 



Only two specimens have been seen by me from Mexico; but there is a similar, 

 possibly identical, insect among the undetermined Coccinellidse of the Crotch collection, 

 from Tucuman and also from Chili (Germain). 



biol. cente.-amer., Coleopt, Vol. VIL, February 1899. 2 M* 



