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convex; there is a distinct sinuate carina on each side in the depressed 
area, which does not quite reach the base nor anterior margin, finely 
and sparsely punctate on the disk, with large, round, shallow punc- 
tures in the depressed areas, rather densely clothed with long, recum- 
bent, pale-yellow hairs, with two small spots of denser pubescence 
at the base, close to the scutellum; intervals obsoletely granulated. 
Scutellum nearly smooth, broadly triangular, anterior marginrounded. 
Elytra as wide as pronotum at base; humeral angles obtusely angu- 
lated; sides nearly parallel to the middle (feebly sinuate at the basal 
fourth), then obliquely attenuate to the tips, which are conjointly 
broadly rounded, with the lateral margins entire; humeri moderately 
prominent. Each elytron with a broad, shallow depression at the 
base, and a similar shallow one behind the humerus between the lat- 
eral carina and lateral margin, and with a distinct lateral carina, 
which is strongly sinuate at the humerus and extending from the 
humeral angle to near the apex; surface very uneven on the basal 
half, becoming smoother posteriorly, with a fine line of pale-yellow 
hairs extending from the base to the middle, sparsely clothed with 
long, recumbent, pale-yellow pubescence, but not forming any dis- 
tinct markings, there are two obsolete spots of erect fulvous hairs 
on the apical fourth, close to the suture, sparsely and rather finely 
punctate, the punctures coarser toward the base; intervals finely 
and densely granulated. Abdomen beneath rather densely punctate, 
the punctures large, shallow, open on the one side, and from each 
puncture arises a rather long, recumbent, cinereous hair; intervals 
finely and densely granulated; last segment broadly rounded at the 
apex, with the margin very finely dentate. 
Length, 2.9 mm.; width, 1.4 mm. 
Type locality.—Trece Aguas, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala. 
Type.—Cat. No. 25115, U.S.N.M. 
Described from a unique male collected by E. A. Schwarz and 
H. S. Barber May 4, 1906. 
BRACHYS DISTINCTUS Waterhouse. 
Brachys distinctus WarrrnHouse, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 
1889, pp. 132-133. 
This species was described from San Isidro, Guatemala, and the 
type, which is in the British Museum, has not been examined. The 
species has been placed in the key solely upon the characters given 
in the original description. | 
BRACHYS LAETUS Waterhouse. 
Brachys laetus WaterHouse, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 
1889, p. 134. 
This species was described from specimens collected at Bugaba 
and Volean de Chiriqui, Panama. The type is in the British Museum 
