320 Mr. H. W. Bates on Geodephagoiis Coleoptera. 



intus ramnlos duos emittentc, primum brcvem, secundum oLliquum, 

 subrectura versus sutaram extensum,luuu]a apieali et gutta antico- 

 diseoidali albis ; laliro albo antiee medio paullulum producto 

 deuticulato, utrinque siuuato, augulis subrectis ; palpis rufo- 

 testaceis, articulis ■ apicali1)us cupreo-seneis ; capite toto valde 

 strigoso, inter oculos paullo concavo ; thorace parvo, lateribus 

 medio rotundatis nee angulatis, disco utrinque couvexo, longo 

 incumbenti-piloso, striguloso : elytris ina^qualibus, baud profunda 

 punctatis, signaturis albis, albo-fusco marginatis ; corpora subtus 

 nitido, cyaneo, pectoris lateribus igneo-cupreis parce pilosis ; pedi- 

 bus cupreis. 

 Long. 3|-4i lin. S $ . 



Hah. Mexico, Ciudad, Duraiigo [Forrer). 



Tliis curious little species is not closely allied to any 

 Cicindela known to me. It seems to approach nearest C. semi- 

 clrcularis. 



Caralms Forreri. 



Elongatus, niger, subnitidus, capite Itcvi, epistomate utriuque fovea 

 profunda, labi'o medio excavato ; thorace lazvi, lateribus fere 

 tequaliter arcuatis, margine explauato fortiter reflexo, angulis 

 posticis longe productis apice obtusis ; elytris elongato-ovatis 

 obsoletissime striato-punctulatis jiuuctisque majoribus triplici 

 serie ; abdominis segraentis 3 apicalibus basi transversim sulcatis. 



Long. 10| lin. $ . 



Hah, Mexico, CiudacI, Durango [Forrer). 



Of the elongate and narrow form of C. Agassizti and C. 

 fa^JatHSj tut the thorax quite different from eitlier of those 

 species, being smooth, broadly margined, and approaching in 

 sliape that of C srjlvosus. 



Cychrus [ScajJiinofus) mexicanus. 



Oblougus, niger, subviridi-tinctus ; thorace cordato- quadrate, margine 

 antico ut in C. eJevato emarginato utriuque rotundato, postice 

 luulto magis angustato, angulis posticis longe productis acutis, 

 margine laterali minus quam in C. eltvato cxplanato-reflexo; 

 elytris anguste obloiigo-ovatis, humcris obtuse rotundatis valde 

 explanato-reflexis, dorso punctato-striatis ; abdominis scgmcntis 

 3 tcrminalibus basi transversim sulcatis ; metasterno et abdomiue 

 impunctatis ; epipleuris rugoso-puuctatis. 



Long. 9| lin. c^ $ . 



Hal). Milpas, Durango, Mexico, alt. 5900 feet {Forrer). 



Of much narrower and less ovate ibrm than C. elevatus or 

 any other species of the genus, resembling at first sight a 

 C'coalnis, e. g. C. PresUi. The explanated and turned-up 



