various Central American Coleoptera. 165 
at first confused by me with that species; but differing from 
it in the less convex, duller, and more finely punctured 
thorax, the less convex elytra, and the simple posterior 
tibiae of the male. The thorax is more sharply margined 
at the sides than in L. brevicornis. The legs are shorter 
than in the New Zealand L. priscus, crassicornis, and 
pubescens. In the Fry collection at the British Museum 
there are two specimens that apparently belong to L. 
curticollis—one labelled ‘‘ Pacific, N. Cal.” (? = New 
Caledonia), and the other (wholly rufo-testaceous in colour) 
*“* Brazil, Parana.” 
*Lorelus breviusculus, n. sp. 
Moderately elongate, shining, glabrous, uniformly ferruginous ; 
the upper surface closely, confusedly punctate, the punctures on 
the head and thorax rather fine, those on the elytra much coarser. 
Head rather convex, without definite groove in front; eyes large, 
transverse, somewhat prominent; antennae reaching the base of the 
thorax, joints 6-8 transverse, 8-11 much broader and _ stouter, 
together forming an abrupt club. Thorax rather convex, strongly 
transverse, narrowing posteriorly, narrowly margined at the sides 
and also distinctly margined at the base, the hind angles rectangular. 
Elytra comparatively short, a little wider than the thorax, sub- 
parallel in their basal half. Legs short. 
Length 24 mm. (? 9.) 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Twospecimens. Closely related to L. curticollis, uniformly 
ferruginous in colour, the eyes larger, the thorax more 
finely punctate, the elytra less elongate, the surface a little 
more shining. 
*Lorelus angustulus, n. sp. 
Elongate, narrow, rather convex, shining, glabrous, varying in 
colour from obscure castaneous with the humeri rufescent to entirely 
ferruginous; the upper surface closely punctate, the punctures on 
the elytra very coarse and confusedly arranged, those on the head 
and thorax finer. Head truncate and margined in front; antennae 
reaching to a little beyond the humeri, rather stout, the last three 
joints abruptly widened; eyes rather small. Thorax subquadrate, 
a little narrower at the base than at the apex, the sides finely margined 
and obsoletely crenulate, the hind angles sharp, the anterior angles 
obtuse, the base finely margined. Elytra elongate, much wider 
