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Pterycodes Salvinii. 



/'. Salvinii, Matthews, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 1-21, 1884; Biol. Cent.-Ainer. 



Col. ii. pt. i. p. 132, 1888. 



L.c. ?,-",■, lin.=0"87 — 1 mm. — Subovatus, valde convexus, nitidus, enstaneua, 

 pi lis In t\ issimis aureia parce vest it us: capite prominenti, magno, lato; oculis magnis, 

 sat prominentibus ; pronoto niodico, capita paulum latiori hand longiori, prope 

 medium latissimo, basim versus constricto, punctis magnis foveolatis, interstitiisque 

 alutaceis ornato, lateribus antice rotundatis, postice constrictis, latissime margi- 

 natis, margins basali leviter Binuata, angulis acutis, prominentibus ; elytris ovatis, 

 translucidi . alia Bubtus visis, capite atque pronoto parum longioribus, vix latioribuB, 

 prope media latissimis, punctis asperatis, profundis, remotis, ordinibus curvatis 

 dispositis, interstitiia leviter alutaceis, ornatis, lateribus leviter rotundatis et leviter 

 marginatis, apicibus latis valde rotundatis; abdomine conico Begmentis tribus 

 apertis, duobua altimis flavis; pedibus atque antennis longia, gracilibus, lrete flavis. 



Body Bubovate, very convex and shining, castaneous, sparingly covered with very 



short golden hair. 

 Ih'i'l prominent, large and broad, produced in front, alutaceous and shining, 



mouth yellow; eyes large and rather prominent; antenna? very long and 



slender, bright yellow. 

 Thorax moderate, rather broader but not longer than the head, widest near the 



middle and constricted near the base, regularly marked with deep and rather 



remote foveolate punctures, with the interstices alutaceous. Bides rounded in 



front and constricted behind, very broadly margined, basal margin slightly 



sinuated, with the angles acute and prominent. 

 Scutellum moderate, triangular, marked with remote foveolate punctures. 

 Elytra ovate, transparent, rather longer but Bcareely broader than the head and 



thorax, widest near the middle, marked with deep asperate punctures in curved 



rows, with the interstices alutaceous, -ides slightly rounded and slightly 



margined, extremities broad and much rounded. 

 Aliilomrii conical, rather acute, with three segments exposed, the last two yellow. 

 Legs long ami slender, bright yellow. 

 Under purls castaneous, with the mouth, coxa', and apical segment of the venter 



bright yellow. 

 Habitat, Central America. This pretty insect was found on Cerro Zunil, in 



Guatemala, by Mr. Champion. 



Gkn. V.— DIMORPHELLA. Pl. XI. 



Dimorphella, Matthews, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (!, iii. 1889, p. 190. 



Corpus suhovatum, valde convexum 



Ciput prominens, antice sat productum; parte gulari sat longa, convexa; oculi 



prominentes. 

 Antenna (PI. XL, fig. 7) longse, graciles, 11-articulatae ; 1 magno, robusto; 



2 primo fere pariter magno, ovato, apice truncato; 3-8 fere linearibus, 



sibiipsis paribus; 9 octavo parum longiori, leviter incrassato, ampullasformi ; 



10 nono et longiori et crassiori, ampullseformi ; 1 1 deeimo pariter longo, parum 



crassiori, anguste ovato; tribus ultimis clavam tenuem, elongatam forman- 



tibus, 7 11 setis verticillatis instructis. 

 Palpi maxillares (PI. XI., fig. 5, s) sat robusti, t-articulati ; 1 longo, gracili; 



2 i poo, pyriformi; 3 permagno, ovato, apice truncato ; I sat brevi, aciculari. 



Valpi luhialrx <I'l. XL, tig. 6, m) perbreves, 8-articulati, omnibus fere paribus, 



trans*, i rse Bubquadratia, apicali setis nonnullis, en otis, longissimis, ad apicem 



externe instructo. 



