various Central American Coleoptera. 133 
Elytral vestiture rather sparse, in great 
part black, the whitish pubescence con- 
densed into sharply-defined markings. 
The whitish pubescence condensed into 
a broad W-shaped median fascia and 
other markings; antennae ferrugin- 
eee ee Se Shoe eT, fds Wl serepld Te Spy 
The whitish pubescence condensed into 
a submarginal line and a common 
transverse mark on disc; antennae 
placket 2) ee SO Bier ono a lbistolata, Gorhe 
Elytral vestiture rather sparse, in great part 
plumbeous, the black pubescence con- 
densed into two common transverse 
patches ate Pa ae oe 
Elytra truncate at apex, the vestiture 
mottled. 
Elytra with several large tufts of fulvous 
and black setae on disc : body elongate mexicana, Pic. 
Elytra with three small oblong tufts of black 
decumbent setae on third interstice 
and a common pallid subapical fascia truncata, n. sp. 
Thorax toothed at the sides; elytra truncate 
at apex; vestiture mottled. . . . . armata,n. sp. 
plumbea, Gorh. 
Trichodesma vmperator. 
Anobium wmperator, Cast., Silb. Rev. iv, p. 58 (1836). 
“ Granuleux, brun, couvert d’un duvet blanc; corselet avec une 
strie longitudinale et présentant au milieu une forte élévation de 
couleur jaune; élytres couverts de gros points enfoncés bruns 
avec quelques lignes longitudinales; sur la base un trait sinueux au 
milieu et une large bande transversale en arriére formée d’un duvet 
blanc; dessous du corps noir et velu, ainsi que les pattes; antennes 
rougedtres. Long. 3, larg. 1} lig.” 
Hab. Mexico. 
This species cannot be identified from the Mexican 
material before me. 
*Trichodesma tricristata, n. sp. 
Oblong, broad, black, the antennae and tarsi, and the margins 
of the dorsal abdominal segments, rufo-ferruginous; variegated 
with a dense clothing of decumbent pale brown, whitish, and 
