various Central American Coleoptera. 163 
LORELUS. 
Lorelus, Sharp, Ent. Monthly Mag. xii, p. 76 (1876). 
The typical species of this genus were obtained in New 
Zealand, an Antillean form, L. brevicornis, Ch., having 
subsequently been added by myself (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 
1896, p. 14). Seven other tropical American representatives 
are now known to me; two of these, L. rugifrons and L. 
trapeziderus, approach Lorelopsis (type L. pilosus, Ch., 
from St. Vincent, Antilles), but they have a less developed 
penultimate tarsal joint. L. priscus has been found on 
tree ferns; L. brevicornis in rotten cacao-husks and stems 
of Cissus. It is probable that some of them are carried 
about in commercial products. The American forms may 
be tabulated thus :— 
Thorax subquadrate, a little narrowed pos- 
teriorly ; elytra parallel. 
Thorax sharply margined laterally; body 
glabrous above. 
Posterior tibiaeof Jbowed . . . . . curvipes, n. sp. 
Posterior tibiae of 3 simple - « «+ ‘  Curnticolis, n. sp. 
Thorax more finely margined laterally. 
Species larger; body glabrous above. 
Body somewhat depressed. 
Eyes smaller; thoracic punctuation 
coarser ; elytra more elongate. [brevicornis, Ch.] 
Eyes larger; thoracic punctuation 
finer; elytra shorter . . . breviusculus,n. sp. 
Body more convex . . . - . . angustulus, n. sp. 
Species very small, narrow; body 
pubescent above ais exilis, n. sp. 
Thorax trapezoidal, much narrowed behind; 
elytra widened posteriorly; body pilose 
above. 
Head rugosely punctate ; antennae stouter ; 
penultimate tarsal joint small, es 
loked : : rugifrons, n. sp. 
Head closely aaraetee ditenane mee so 
stout, with more abrupt club; pen- 
ultimate tarsal joint larger, lobed . . trapeziderus, n. sp. 
*Lorelus curvipes, n. sp. (Plate IV, fig. 10, 3.) 
Moderately elongate, rather convex, shining, glabrous; nigro- 
piceous, the elytra fusco-castaneous, the antennae, palpi, legs, and 
