and Central American Malachiidae and Melyridae. 63 



24. Attains cinctus. 

 Anthocomus cinctus, Lee, Proc. Ac. Phil. 1852, p. 166. 

 Attains cinctus, Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv, p. 126, and 



Proc. CaUf. Acad. Sci. (2) iv, p. 329; Gorh., Biol. 



Centr.-Am., Coleopt. iii, 2, p. 318. 



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

 stout, reaching the apex of 3. 



Hab. Southern United States; Lower California; 

 N. Mexico, Sonora. 



This small species has the basal margin of the prothorax, 

 and the sutural, apical, and lateral margins of the elytra 

 (the sutural margin more broadly so towards the middle), 

 flavo-testaceous, the front of the head in the male similarly 

 coloured in the middle and at the sides, and the rest 

 of the upper surface black. The head is very broad in 

 the male, a httle narrower in the female. The pubescence 

 is fine. 



25. Attains viridivittatus, n. sp. (Plate II, fig. 13, (^.) 



Moderately elongate, shining; black, the front of the head (the 

 pallid coloration extending triangularly upwards in the middle to 

 between the eyes), the basal joints of the antennae, the prothorax 

 (an elongate triangular patch on the anterior portion of the disc 

 excepted), and legs (the base of the anterior femora excepted) rufo- 

 testaceous ; the elytra each with a very broad, mesially constricted, 

 green stripe extending down the disc to near the apex, these markings 

 coalescent at the base, the suture, outer margins and apex rufo- 

 testaceous; sparsely pubescent, and also set with intermixed long 

 semi-erect hairs. Head short, broad, closely, minutely punctate, 

 foveate between the eyes, and feebly bi-impressed in front ; antennae 

 long, serrate, joints 4-10 longer than broad, 11 elongate. Prothorax 

 ample, broader than long, closely, minutely punctate. Elytra 

 broader than the prothorax, widened posteriorly; rugulose, closely, 

 finely punctate. 



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

 about reaching the apex of 3. 



Length ly'V mm. ((J.) 



Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo in Guerrero, 4,600 ft. {H. H. 

 Smith). 



One male only of this handsome little insect was captured. 

 It approaches A. cinctus, Lee, and bears a considerable 



