and Central American Telephorinae. 79 



the other tarsi feebly, lobed in (J. Anterior tarsi rather broad in 

 both sexes. 



cj. Eighth ventral segment oblong, rounded and notched in the 

 middle at the tip, carinate ; ninth segment produced at the apex, 

 an extremely elongate, slender flagellum and a stout curved hook 

 projecting from the internal sac (fig. 31). 



Hab. Guatemala {Mus. Brit.), San Geronimo, Duenas, 

 Capetillo, Quiche Mts. 



The specimens seen of this species, including a pair 

 still " in copula " from San Geronimo and two females 

 acquired by the British Museum in 1855, are all from 

 Guatemala, those from Chiriqui added by Gorham in his 

 " Supplement " belonging to species with the tarsal claws 

 of the males differently formed, etc. The two males 

 dissected have the genital armature very different from 

 that of Discodon chiriquense and the other species confused 

 by Gorham under P. photinoides. 



9. Polemius flaccidus. 



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

 2, p. 88; Pic, Melanges exot.-entom., fasc. ii, p. 14 

 (1912). 



Elongate, narrow, moderately shining, finely pubescent ; piceous, 

 the sides of the head in front, the base of the mandibles, the basal 

 joint of the antennae externally, the prothorax (a spot on the disc 

 or an anteriorly evanescent median vitta excepted), the sutural 

 and outer margins of the elytra, and the legs in great part, 

 stramineous or testaceous. Eyes very large and prominent in (J, 

 small in $. Antennae moderately long, rather slender, shorter in 

 $. Prothorax (cj) subquadrate, the margins with a narrow, deep, 

 transverse notch at about the middle, the hind angles sharp ; (?) 

 broader and more transverse, narrowing from near the base, con- 

 stricted at the middle (the margins thus appearing strongly sinuate), 

 the hind angles obtuse. Elytra long, subparallel, broader than the 

 prothorax in $ and of about the same width in cj. Inner claw of 

 anterior tarsi somewhat broadly, and outer claw of the other tarsi 

 feebly, lobed in ^J. 



cJ. Eighth ventral segment narrowing outwards, emarginate 

 in the middle at the apex, the tip of the flagellum exposed. 



Hab. Guatemala, Alta Vera Paz. 



Gorham was in some doubt as to the identification of the 

 sexes of this species. It has been redescribed from two 



