80 Mr. G. C. Champion's Revision of the Mexican 



1, Pseudattalus minimus. (Plate II, figs. 16, 16a, 6, ^.) 



Anthocomus minimus, Er., Entomographien, p. 113. 

 Ebaeus minimus, Gorh., Biol. Ceutr.-Am., Coleopt. iii, 2, 

 p. 121 (part.). 



Very shining, nigro-violaceous, the mouth-parts, antennae, and 

 legs testaceous, the apices of the antennae and the bases of the 

 femora sometimes more or less inf uscate ; the entire upper surface 

 sparsely, minutely punctulate, sparsely pubescent. Head broad, 

 short, the eyes large and prominent, a little smaller in $ ; antennae 

 long and with joints 4r-9 elongate in ^, shorter in $. Prothorax 

 transverse, convex, about as wide as the head with the eyes. Elytra 

 short, inflated posteriorly, subalutaceous. Legs slender; inter- 

 mediate and posterior tibiae with two or more minute short pallid 

 setae at the apex, the posterior pair bowed in both sexes. 



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

 extending over the base of 3; intermediate tibiae (fig. 166), with a 

 matted, spiniform, tuft of long blackish setae at the inner apical 

 angle reaching about as far as the apex of the first tarsal joint. 



Length lf-l| mm. (cj?.) 



Hah. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Tole (Champion) ; 

 Colombia. 



A CO- type ((^) of A. minimus is before me, but I am 

 unable to examine its intermediate tibiae, owing to the 

 way the insect is mounted. Five males and three females 

 from Chiriqui are contained in the " Biologia " collection, 

 and the description is therefore taken from them. There 

 can be no doubt, however, that these examples belong 

 to the same species. 



2. Pseudattalus armatus, n. sp. (Plate II, fig. 17, $, 



posterior tibia.) 



Ebaeus seminulum, Gorh., Biol. Centr.-Am., Coleopt. iii, 



2, p. 121 {nee Erichson). 

 Ebaeus minimus, Gorh., loc. cit. (part.). 



$. Shining, black, the elytra sometimes with a faint bluish 

 lustre, the antennae and legs testaceous, the outer joints of the 

 former, the femora to near the tip, and the posterior tibiae in part, 

 infuscate ; sparsely cinereo-pubescent. Head short, broad, sparsely, 

 obsoletely punctate, bi-impressed in front, the eyes moderately 

 prominent; antennae short. Prothorax convex, transverse, very 

 sparsely, obsoletely punctate. Elytra short, inflated posteriorly, 

 subalutaceous, somewhat closely pimctulate. Legs slender; 



