66 Mr. G. C. Champion’s Notes on 
to be 4-jointed in the male, but I am unable to make out 
the additional joint in any of the species before me. 
The generic name Aglyptus is preoccupied in Hymeno- 
ptera (Forster, 1856) and a new one is therefore required. 
*Aglyptonotus majusculus, n. sp. 
Broad ovate, convex, shining, piceous or castaneous, the antennae 
infuscate, the two basal joints and the tip of the apical one, and 
the front of the head, mouth-parts, and legs, rufotestaceous, the 
under surface ferruginous, with the metasternum more or less 
infuscate. Head, thorax, and elytra (when viewed under the 
microscope) with excessively minute, widely scattered, punctures ; 
antennae long and slender, with joints 7 and 9-11 thickened, 8 
much smaller, about as broad as long, a little shorter than 6, 10 
subquadrate, 11 acuminate-ovate. Beneath faintly alutaceous, the 
ventral segments 2-5 distinctly punctured and pubescent across 
the middle, the long curved line on the first segment very conspicuous 
and reaching the outer margin at about one-third from the apex, 
the metasternum obliquely hollowed on each side to receive the 
posterior femora when drawn forwards. Tarsi 3-, 3-, 3-jointed in 
both sexes, the basal joint of the anterior and intermediate pairs 
distinctly thickened in ¢. 
Length (excl. head) 2, breadth 13-13 mm. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Mexico, Omilteme, 8,000 feet, and Chilpancingo, 
4,600 feet, both in Guerrero (A. H. Smith). 
Numerous examples, mostly in imperfect condition. 
Larger broader than A. hormi, Matth., the antennae 
more elongate and with a longer and more acuminate 
apical joint; the basal joint of the anterior and inter- 
mediate tarsi distinctly thickened in male. The elytra 
are without a sutural stria. 
*Aglyptonotus melas, n. sp. 
Short ovate, convex, shining, black, the margins of the thorax, 
the basal half of the antennae, and the legs testaceous, the under 
surface piceous. Head, thorax, and elytra with excessively minute, 
widely scattered punctures; antennae with joints 7 and 9-11 
thickened, 8 small, 9 and 10 transversely subquadrate, 11 ovate. 
Beneath faintly alutaceous. ‘Tarsi 3-, 3-, 3-jointed. 
Length (excl. head) 14, breadth 1 mm. 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hége); GUATEMALA, Cerro Zunil 
(Champion). 
