and Central American Telephorinae. 27 



trisinuate. Elytra broader than the pruthorax, parallel, distinctly 

 costate. Inner claw of anterior tarsi cleft at tip and triangularly 

 dilated at base, and outer claws of the other tarsi cleft, in (^. 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Toxpam and Jalapa in Vera 

 Cruz, Durango. 



Redescribed from the immature fragmentary types 

 ((^ $), and from a female from Durango from the Fry 

 collection. Pic's specimens of D. schneideri were from 

 Jalapa. The present species is allied to D. marginatum 

 and D. incisum, having similarly formed tarsal claws, etc., 

 in the male. 



8. Discodon geniculatum, n. sp. 



(J. Moderately elongate, narrow, shining, finely pubescent; the 

 head, palpi, base of antennae, prothorax, scutellum, femora and 

 tibiae (except at their respective apices) testaceous ; the elytra 

 and under surface fuscous, the sutural and outer margins of the 

 former and the outer margins of the latter whitish. Head dull, 

 densely, finely punctate ; eyes rather small, prominent ; antennae 

 slender, about reaching the middle of the elytra. Prothorax 

 slightly broader than long, subquadrate, the margins narrowly 

 reflexed, plicate and interrupted at the middle by a long angular 

 excision (appearing angularly dilated anteriorly), the hind angles 

 inconspicuous. Elytra rather long, parallel, finely sculptured. 

 Inner claw of anterior tarsi cleft at tip and with a sharp angular 

 tooth at base, the outer claw of the other tarsi cleft at tip. 



Length (excl. head) 4, breadth \\ mm. 



Hah. Mexico, Chilpancingo in Guerrero (Hoge). 



One male. This species is not very closely related to any 

 of the others here enumerated. It has one of the tarsal 

 claws of each foot distinctly cleft at the tip, as in the male 

 of D. coarciatum, simplex, melanaspis, etc. The pallid head, 

 prothorax, femora (the knees excepted), and tibiae, how- 

 ever, separate D. geniculatum from D. melanaspis and its 

 allies, and the comparatively smooth, differently coloured 

 elytra, etc., from D. coarciatum. 



9. Discodon cinereum. 



Discodon cinereum, Gorh., Biol. Centr.-Am., Coleopt. iii, 

 2, p. 286 (part.) ; Pic, Melanges exot.-entom., fasc. ii, 

 p. 15 (1912). 



