and Central American Malachiidae and Melyridae. 65 



28. Attains anthobioides. 



Attains anthobioides, Gorh., Biol. Centr.-Am., Coleopt. 

 iii, 2, p. 119. 



cJ. Anterior tarsi with the prolonged upper portion of joint 2 

 stout, reaching the apex of 3 ; antennal joints 4-10 about as broad 

 as long. 



Hab. Guatemala. 



A small form, with the front of the head broadly, the 

 antennae, the margins of the prothorax, the elytra, and 

 legs testaceous; the head and prothorax transverse, 

 shining; the elytra dull, feebly punctate; the upper 

 surface set with bristly, dark, scattered hairs ; the antennae 

 short. Four females and two males seen. 



29. Attains subfasciatus. 



Attains subfasciatus, Gorh., Biol. Centr.-Am., Coleopt. 

 iii, 2, p. 320, t. 13. fig. 2 {nee Fall, 1897 *). 



Hab. Mexico, Northern Sonora. 



The five specimens seen of this species are all of the 

 female sex, A small, rather convex, very shining form ; 

 nigro-piceous in colour, with the basal margin of the 

 prothorax, and a common, interrupted, outwardly-dilated, 

 ante-median fascia on the elytra, testaceous; the femora 

 and posterior tibiae more or less infuscate and the rest of 

 the legs testaceous; the pubescence (? abraded) only just 

 traceable. 



30. Attains megalops, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, narrow, shining; black, the mouth-parts, 

 the reflexed basal and outer margins of the prothorax, a large 

 triangular patch on the outer half of the elytra before the middle, 

 and the apex of the latter, the under surface of the head and pro- 

 thorax, the abdomen in part, and the trochanters and legs, 

 testaceous, the antennae infuscate, with joints 1-5 more or less 

 testaceous; sparsely, finely pubescent, with intermixed longer 

 hairs. Head short, including the very large eyes broader than 

 the prothorax, sparsely, minutely punctulate; anteimae slender, 

 moderately long. Prothorax large, transverse, convex, minutely 

 punctulate. Elytra rather elongate, scarcely broader than the 



* The name falli is here substituted for the Calif ornian A. 

 subfasciatus, Fall (Canad. Entom. xxix, p. 243). 



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