and Central American Malachiidae and Melyridae. 61 



20. Attains scabripennis, n. sp. 



Anthocomus, n. sp., Gorh., Biol. Centr.-Am., Coleopt. iii, 

 2, p. 318. 



$. Moderately elongate, the head and prothorax shining, the 

 elytra opaque ; black, the sides of the head before the eyes, the basal 

 joints of the antennae externally, the base of the prothorax rather 

 broadly, the mesosternum, and trochanters rufo-testaceous ; the 

 elytra fusco-violaceous, with a sutural stripe — starting from a little 

 below the base, widened anteriorly, and at the apex dilated into a 

 broad patch, — and the outer limb narrowly, testaceous; finely 

 cinereo -pubescent. Head transverse, closely, very minutely punc- 

 tulate, the eyes not very prominent; antennae short, joints 7-10 

 transverse. Prothorax convex, broader than long, much roimded 

 at the sides, closely, very minutely pimctulate. Elytra broader than 

 the prothorax, much widened posteriorly, rugulose and densely, 

 very finely punctate. Legs comparatively short and rather stout. 



Length 2| mm. 



Hah. Guatemala, Tocoy in Baja Vera Paz (Champion). 



One specimen, found in November, 1879. Recognisable 

 by the opaque, very densely punctate, peculiarly marked 

 elytra, the broadly rufescent base of the prothorax, the 

 short antennae, and the rather stout legs. Gorham com- 

 pares this insect with Attains verberatus, from Panama, 

 which has somewhat similarly coloured elytra, at least in 

 the form ((^) selected by him as the type. 



21. Attains verberatus. 



Attains verberatns, Gorh., Biol. Centr.-Am., Coleopt. iii, 

 2, p. 318. 



(J. Anterior tarsi with the prolonged upper portion of joint 2 

 stout, about reaching the apex of 3. 



Hab. Panama, Pena Blanca. 



Gorham described the two sexes of this species. The 

 elytra are somewhat variable in colour, the narrow ante- 

 median fascia being reduced to a small lateral patch in 

 the male. The antennae are rather elongate in both sexes. 



22. Attains albomarginatus, n. sp. 



Rather short, shining ; black, the four basal joints of the antennae, 

 the front of the head (the pallid space extending angularly upwards 



