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resemblance which they bear to the seeils of plants, a resemblance much augmented 

 by their habit of remaining for a long time without motion. This fact in a great 

 measure accounts for the paucity of individuals by which many of the species are 

 represented in collections. A notable instance of this occurred in Mr. Champion's 

 Central American collections, which contained only six Orthoperi, but these six on 

 examination jiroved to belong to four very distinct species. All the species of 

 Orthoperus, and probably many other Corylophidce, seem to be extremely local, and 

 when one has been discovered, others should be immediately searched for and 

 captured ; this is often an easy task, but, if neglected at the time, the opportunity 

 of obtaining specimens may never again recur. 



SPEC IE RUM EPITOMA. 



L. c. 1-25 mm. — Eotunde ovalis, valde convexus, modice puuctatus, 



postice baud attenuatus, ater, pad. atque ant. ferrugineis . . punctulatus. 

 L. c. 1 mm. — Rotunda ovalis, postice attenuatus, valde convexus, totixs 



alutaceus, ater, ped. atque ant. piceis ..... Kluki. 



L. c. 0'87 mm. — Ovalis, distincte punctatus, baud alutaceus, niger, 



ped. atque ant. rufo-testacais ....... pnnctatus. 



L. c. 0'87 mm. — Ovalis, alutaceus, indistincte punctatus, niger, ped. 



atque ant. flavescentibus brunnipes. 



L. c. 1'12 mm. — Late ovalis, castaneus, elytris confertim et distincte 



punctatis. ped. atque ant. ferrugineis ..... punctatulus. 



L. c. 1 mm. — Ovalis, castaneus, impuuctatus, ped. atque ant. longis, 



liete flavis corticalis. 



L. c. 0-87 mm. — Ovalis, castaneus, alutaceus, fere impunctatus, ped. 



atque ant. Iffite flavis ........ atomus. 



L. c. 0'87 mm. — Ovalis, niger, sat profuude punctatus, pilis indutus, 



ped. flavescentibus, ant. ferrugineis ...... ovalis. 



L. c. 0'87 mm. — Late ovalis, sat depressus, nitidus, nigro-piceus, ped. 



atque ant. parvis, flavis ........ Columbianus. 



L. c. 0-75 mm. — Ovatus, castaneus, punctis latis, leviter impressis in 



elytris notatus, ped. atque ant. laste flavis ..... Borrei. 

 L. c. 0'75 mm. — Rotundatus, sat depressus, maturus ater, immaturus 



castaneus, alutaceus, vix nitidus, elytris punctatis, ped. brevibus, 



flavis, ant. flavis, clava nigrescent! ...... mundus. 



L. c. 0'63 mm. — Subovalis, sat depressus, alutaceus, ater, ped. prfelongis, 



piceis, ant. flavis, clava fusca ....... gracilipes. 



L. c. 0'63 mm. — Late ovalis, convexus, ater, pilis brevibus indutus, ped. 



atque ant. nigro-piceis ........ nigricans. 



L. c. 1-63 mm. — Ovatus, valde convexus, fere glaber, rufo-castaneus, 



ped. atque ant. ferrugineis ....... ovatus. 



L. c. 0'68 mm. — Ovalis, castaneus, alutaceus, ped. atque ant. longis, 



lane flavis coriaceus. 



L. c. 0-63 mm. — Oblongo-ovalis, nitidus, fere glaber, ater, ped. piceis, 



ant. pallide flavis ......... glaber. 



L. c. 0-63 mm. — Ovalis, nitidus, distincte punctatus, ater, ped. atque 



ant. laete flavis sequalis. 



L. c. 0'50 mm. — Ovatus, valde convexus, castaneus, elytris punctatis, 



ped. atque ant. flavis ..... ... atomarius. 



L. c. 0'50mm. — Ovatus, valde convexus, ater, impunctatus, ped. nigris, 



ant. piceis perpusillus. 



L. e. 1 mm. — Late ovalis, convexus, totus castaneus, sat profunde 



punctatus, pronoto parvo, ped. brevibus atque ant. Iffite flavis . Japonicus. 

 L. c. 0-70 mm. — Late ovalis, convexus, nitidus, castaneus, distincte et 



regulariter punctatus, pronoto parvo, elytris magnis, ped. atque 



ant. flavis cribratus. 



