150 Mr. G. C. Champion’s Notes on 
strie. Long. 15 mm. Mexique: Teapa (coll. Pic). Trés 
distincte par sa petite taille jointe 4 sa forte ponctuation. 
Eupactus ovulum. 
Lioolius ovulum, Gorh., Biol. Centr.-Am., Coleopt. iu, 2, 
p. 205 (1883) (part.). 
9. Ovate, convex, moderately shining, castaneous, the antennae, 
legs and abdomen rufo-testaceous; glabrous above. Head, 
thorax, and elytra closely, minutely punctate, the interspaces on 
the thorax closely alutaceous, those on the elytra more shining, the 
elytra without trace of striae or marginal depression; eyes rather 
small; antennae with joint 3 triangular, rather stout, 4-8 very 
small, transverse, the club moderately long, the apical two joints 
united barely as long as 9; thorax rapidly and obliquely narrowing 
from the base. 
Length 1%, breadth 1 mm. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson). 
Four specimens were doubtfully referred to E. ovulum 
by Gorham, belonging to three perfectly good species. 
The above description is taken from the example selected 
by him as the type. . ovulum is closely related to £. 
striatus and EH. exiguus, differing from both in the non- 
striate, extremely finely punctate elytra, the castaneous 
colour of the body, etc. 
*Hupactus comatus, n. sp. 
Lioolius ovulum, Gorh., Biol. Centr.-Am., Coleopt. ili, 2, 
p. 205 (1883) (part.). 
Ovate, convex, shining, rufo-castaneous, the antennae rufo- 
testaceous; thickly clothed with long yellow pubescence. Head, 
thorax, and elytra densely impressed with very small flat-bottomed 
punctures intermixed with excessively minute ones, the elytra 
without trace of striae or marginal groove; head distinctly carinate 
on the vertex; eyes extremely large in g, much smaller in 9; 
antennal club elongate and very broad in 3, narrower in 9, the apical 
two joints united as long as 9; thorax (as seen from above) rapidly 
and obliquely narrowed from the base. Beneath densely, minutely 
punctate; metasternum deeply notched in front, the notch extending 
as far back as the posterior margin of the middle coxae. 
Length 12-14, breadth 74-1 mm. (¢ .) 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson). 
