﻿4 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.67 
  

  

  OULOGLENE 
  BARBERI, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Form 
  elongate, 
  slender, 
  cylindrical. 
  Color 
  uniform 
  testaceous. 
  

   Integuments 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  subimpunctate, 
  a 
  few 
  setiferous 
  

   punctures 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  above 
  and 
  beneath. 
  

   Head 
  large, 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  the 
  thorax 
  at 
  apex, 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long. 
  An- 
  

   tennae 
  reaching 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  thorax; 
  second 
  joint 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  next 
  three 
  and 
  much 
  thicker, 
  third 
  joint 
  slightly 
  elongate, 
  fourth, 
  

   fifth, 
  and 
  sixth 
  small, 
  subglobular, 
  seventh 
  to 
  tenth 
  increasing 
  in 
  

   size, 
  about 
  one-third 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  last 
  joint 
  conical, 
  about 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  two. 
  Thorax 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long, 
  widest 
  at 
  the 
  

   apical 
  margin 
  ; 
  sides 
  gradually 
  narrowed 
  to 
  behind 
  the 
  middle, 
  thence 
  

   strongly 
  rounded 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  posterior 
  angles 
  not 
  distinct, 
  anterior 
  

   angles 
  subrectangular, 
  scarcely 
  rounded; 
  side-margins 
  very 
  fine; 
  a 
  

   distinct, 
  rounded 
  impression 
  either 
  side 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Elytra 
  con- 
  

   jointly 
  one-half 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  four-fifths 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  : 
  

   sides 
  parallel, 
  suture 
  margined 
  and 
  impressed, 
  surface 
  with 
  indis- 
  

   tinct 
  impressions. 
  Abdomen 
  gradually 
  wider 
  to 
  the 
  fifth 
  segment 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  distinctly 
  the 
  widest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  body. 
  Length 
  2 
  mm., 
  

   width 
  4 
  mm. 
  One 
  specimen. 
  

  

  Type-locality. 
  — 
  Cacao, 
  Trece 
  Aguas, 
  Alta 
  V. 
  Paz, 
  Guatemala, 
  

   April 
  18, 
  1906. 
  (Schwarz 
  and 
  Barber, 
  collectors). 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Oat. 
  No. 
  26349, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  ORYSSOMMA, 
  hew 
  genus 
  

  

  Genotype. 
  — 
  Oryssomma 
  schicarzi, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Maxillary 
  palpi 
  4-jointed, 
  first 
  joint 
  small, 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  large, 
  

   equal 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  not 
  elongate, 
  fourth 
  much 
  longer 
  but 
  scarcely 
  

   larger, 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  preceding 
  joints 
  together, 
  acuminate 
  at 
  

   apex. 
  

  

  Labial 
  palpi 
  3-jointed, 
  basal 
  joints 
  short, 
  terminal 
  joint 
  much 
  

   longer, 
  joints 
  not 
  differing 
  much 
  in 
  thickness. 
  

  

  Ligula 
  broad 
  and 
  truncate 
  at 
  apex. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  broadly 
  truncate 
  and 
  submarginally 
  exca- 
  

   vate. 
  Mandibles 
  prominent. 
  Eyes 
  small, 
  feebly 
  convex. 
  Labrum 
  

   broadly 
  and 
  distinctly 
  emarginate, 
  with 
  long, 
  coarse 
  bristles 
  scat- 
  

   tered 
  over 
  the 
  disk. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  geniculate, 
  rather 
  short, 
  gradually 
  incrassate 
  distally; 
  

   first 
  joint 
  longer 
  and 
  thicker, 
  straight, 
  not 
  clavate, 
  second 
  joint 
  

   elongate, 
  longer 
  but 
  not 
  much 
  thicker 
  than 
  the 
  following. 
  

  

  Pro- 
  and 
  mesosterna 
  long. 
  All 
  the 
  coxae 
  contiguous. 
  Meso- 
  

   stemum 
  and 
  first 
  ventral 
  segment 
  with 
  median 
  carinae. 
  

  

  Thorax 
  and 
  elytra 
  acutely 
  margined. 
  Scutellum 
  present. 
  

  

  Tibiae 
  not 
  dilated, 
  with 
  few 
  spines. 
  Tarsi 
  3-jointed, 
  last 
  joint 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  preceding 
  together. 
  Basal 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   tarsi 
  elongate, 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  second. 
  

  

  