384 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol. in 



Tampico, July 12, E. A. Schwarz (USNM). 4 males, 1 female, Cordova, Salle 

 (BMNH). 2 females, Tuxtla, Salle (BMNH). 1 female. Temax, northern Yu- 

 catan, Gaumer (BMNH). 1 male, 1 female, Jalapa, Hoge (BMNH). 



Guatem;ila: 5 males, 1 female, Zapote, G. C. Champion (BMNH). 1 m.ale, 

 2 females, Zapote, G. C. Champion (MCZ). 1 female, Zapote. G. C. Champion 

 (USNM). 1 male, Capetillo, G. C. Champion (BMNH). 1 male, Guatemala 

 City, G. C. Champion (BMNH). 



Nicaragua: 1 male, 1 female, Ometepe (Wickham collection, USNM). 1 fe- 

 male, Ometepe (Sharp collection, BMNH). 



Neomida ferruginea (LeConte) 



Plate 6 (Fig. 60) 



Evophis ferruginea LeConte, 1866, p. 128.— Bates, 1873b, p. 234. 

 Evoplus ferrugineus (LeConte). — Horn, 1870, p. 366. 

 OplocepJiula castanea Motschoulsky, 1873, p. 467. 

 Arrhenoplita ferruginea (LeConte). — Champion, 1886, p. 176. 



Description.- — Elongate oval, very strongly convex, light reddish 

 brown to dark chestnut, shining. Head of male with 2 elongate, 

 stout, laterally compressed, caudally arcuate horns between and in 

 contact with eyes; clypeus rectangular, convex, with 2 short, obtuse 

 tubercles on outer edges; eyes feebly emarginate anteriorly, a very 

 pronounced, broad, deep concavity immediately behind each, dorsal 

 portions small, narrow, widely separated, ventral portions large and 

 convex; genae broadly flattened, slightly raised and reflected above 

 antenna! insertions; mouthparts and antennae uniformly yellowish 

 brown, maxillary palpi narrowly elongate oval; mandibles strongly 

 angulate near base dorsally, projecting beyond lateral margins of 

 apex of epistoma and base of labrum; entire head surface finely and 

 sparsely punctured; head of female lacking both frontal horns and 

 epistomal tubercles but with a feeble elevation at inner margins 

 of eyes and, at most, a feeble suggestion of postocular pits; entire 

 anterior margin of head evenly arcuate from eye to eye; head surface 

 coarsely and densely punctured, punctures becoming confluent be- 

 tween eyes; otherwise as in male. In both sexes, pronotum about 

 1.5 times as broad as long, sides strongly and evenly rounded, widest 

 just behind middle, finely margined, bead sharply reflected, anterior 

 margin truncate or slightly arcuate medially, basal margin feebly 

 bisinuate, all angles broadly and obtusely rounded, surface coarsely 

 and densely punctured, especially on lateral areas. Elytra with sides 

 straight and parallel, narrowly and sinuately margined, bead sharply 

 reflected; striae distinctly impressed, coarsely, deeply, and closely 

 punctured, intervals convex, finely and rather densely punctulate; 

 ventral surface of pronotum thick, convex, rather coarsely and densely 

 punctured except for large, smooth, convex area extending outward 

 from coxae; otherwise ventral surface generally coarsely and moder- 



