various Central American Coleoptera. 107 
Hab. Brazit, Rio de Janeiro (coll. Fry, in Mus. Brit.). 
One specimen, probably somewhat immature, the head 
and antennae being of a darker and more ferruginous colour 
than the rest of the body. Recognisable by its depressed 
form and shining, pubescent surface; the attenuate, 
regularly punctate-striate elytra; the transversely sub- 
quadrate, evenly punctured thorax; the moderately large 
eyes; and the comparatively short legs. The smoother 
head and thorax, the less thickened antennae and legs, 
and the pubescent surface distinguish H. brevipes from 
H. bates. | 
[Hapalips ngriceps. 
Hapalips nigriceps, Reitt., Verh. Ver. Briinn, Abhandl. xv, 
p. 126. 
The only locality given for this insect is “ Brazil.” 
In Fry’s collection there are three specimens apparently 
belonging to it, from 8S. Paulo (Campinas) and Rio de 
Janeiro. | 
*Hapalips mtidulus, n. sp. 
Elongate, rather convex, narrowing posteriorly, shining, varying 
in colour from piceous with the margins of the prothorax and the 
elytral humeri rufescent to entirely ferruginous or testaceous, the 
eyes black ; finely pubescent. Head short, triangular, much narrower 
than the thorax, closely punctate, obsoletely bifoveate, the oblique 
line on each side of the epistoma distinct, the eyes moderately 
large ; antennae extending to a little beyond the base of the thorax, 
joints 3-8 rather slender, gradually decreasing in length, the club 
abrupt. Thorax transverse, still shorter in the 9, the sides rounded, 
sharply margined, and obsoletely crenulate, the base bisinuate 
and obsoletely margined, the anterior angles obtuse and not in line 
with the apical margin; closely, finely punctate, except along a 
narrow median space, shallowly bifoveate at the base. Elytra 
about as wide as the thorax narrowing from about the middle; 
finely punctate-striate, the interstices flat, finely seriate-punctate. 
Beneath sparsely, very finely punctate. Tibiae rather narrow, 
gradually widened outwards. 
Length 33-42 mm. 
Hab. Mexico, Cerro de Palmas (Hége); GUATEMALA, 
near the city (Salvin, Champion), Capetillo, Dueijias, 
Zapote (Champion). 
Found in abundance in Guatemala; a single immature 
example only from Mexico. This species may be known 
