594 mr. h. w. bates on new [May 21, 



angustiore, rotundato, postice magis quam antice angustato ; 



elytris tenuiter striatis, stria tertia 3-, stria secunda 2-punc- 



tata. 

 Long. 4 lin. d $ . 

 Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr). 



Anchomenus scutifer. 



Elongato-ovatus, niger, nitidus, supra leviter cyaneo-tinctus ; 

 antennis articulo basali rufo; capite Icevi, oculis vix prominulis ; 

 thorace magno, ovato, lavi ; elytris thorace vix latioribus, acute 

 etfortiter striatis, inter stitiis plants, tertio 4-5-punctato. 



Long. 4|-5| lin. 6 2 • 



Hah. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr). 



Anchomenus vixstriatls. 



Parvus, gracilis, fusco-ceneus politissimus ; palpis, antennis basi, 

 pedibusque fuho-testaceis ; thorace subcordato-ovato, angulis 

 rotundatis ; elytris ovatis, striis vix impressis, interstitiis patd- 

 lulum convexis 2 ndo bi- vel tripunctato ; metasterni episternis 

 brevibus, latis, epimeris transversis. 



Long. 2| lin. J ? • 



Hah. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr), 



Anchomenus concisus. 



A. vixstriato affinis, metathoracis episternis brevibus. Fusco- 

 ceneus, modice nitidus ; palpis, antennis, pedibus, margineque 

 deflexo elytrorum fulvo-testaceis ; capite collo transversim de- 

 presso ; thorace subcordato, postice sinuatim angustato, angulis 

 posticis fere rectis, margine laterali explanato-refexo, fulvo ; 

 elytris ovatis apice oblique sinuatis, supra acute striatis, inter- 

 stitiis planis, tertio tripunctato. 



Long. 3-3| lin. 



Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr). 



Anchomenus suffectus. 



A. conciso simillimus : differt elytris amplioribus, thorace an- 

 gustiore marginibus lateralibus anguste reflexo-marginatis, 

 postice magis sinuatis, antice angulatim rotundatis- Castaneo- 

 fuscus ; palpis, antennis pedibusque fulvo-testaceis, margine an- 

 gusto thoracis, epipleurisque elytrorum obscure testaceis ; elytris 

 acute striatis, apice oblique fortius sinuatis, interstitio 3 io tri- 

 punctato. 



Long. 3 § lin. 



Hab. Mexico (Boucard). 



Anchomenus nugax. 



A. conciso affinis : differt thorace latiore, postice multo minus at- 

 tenuate, antice distincte angustato. Castaneo-fuscus, vel ameo- 

 fuscus, nitidus; palpis, antennis et pedibus jjicm, raro fulvo- 

 testaceis ; thorace quadrate, paido ante medium subangulatim 



