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ddatato, deinde postice paulo angustato, angulis posticis rectis, 

 margine laterali anguste explanato-reflexo vix pallidiore ; elytris 

 minus rotundato-ovatis, apice vix sinuatim oblique truncatis, 

 supra acute striatis, inter stitiis planis, 3 io tripunctato ; margine 

 deflexo interdum testaceo. 



Long. 3| lin. rf $ 



Bab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr). 



Anchomenus simplicior. 



A. nugaci proxime affinis : differt tantum thorace paullulum 

 angustiore, lateribus antice cequaliter rotundatis mdlomodo 

 angulatis, postice vix conspicue sinuatim modice angustato, an- 

 gulis fere rectis, margine laterali angustissime explanato haud 

 pallido : piceo-niger,vix aneo-tinctus, antennis palpis et pedibus 

 Piceo-rufis ; elytris ovatis, subtiliter striatis etc. ut in prcecedenti- 

 bus. 



Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flbhr). 



Glyptolenus, nov. gen. Anchomeno affine. 

 Corpus gracile. Caput angustum, ovatum. Mentum sinu dente 

 magna elongato. Palpi nudi, articulis terminalibus cylindricis. 

 Thorax angustus, ante medium angulatim dilatatus, dorso grosse 

 transversim rugatus. Elytra ampla, convexa, apice haud 

 sinuata, supra fortiter sulcata. Prostemum apice marginatum 

 promirmlvm. Metasterni episterna elongata. Pedes graciles ; 

 tibxat et tarsi fortiter sulcata ; tarsorum articulis l°-4«™ latitu- 

 dine cequales, plantis pubescentibus, 4*° emarginato. 



Glyptolenus rugicollis. 



Niger, subnitidus ; thorace capite vix latiore, oblongo, postice 

 sinuatim paulo angustato, angulis posticis subrectis, supra grosse 

 rugato; elytris latis, convexis, apice rotundatis, supra grosse 

 prof wide striatis, interstitiis convexis ; antennis, palpis, tibiis 

 et tarsis piceo-fulvis. £ . 



Long. 3| lin. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt). 



CoLPODES STRICTICOLLIS. 



Elongatus, niger, niticlus ; palpis, antennarum articulis 4°-ll«™ 

 tarsisque pxceo-rufis ; thorace fere orbiculari, basi fortiter con- 

 stricto, margmibus lateralibus rotundato-explanatis, supra 

 Icevi pohto; elytris convexis, marginibus lateralibus explanatis 

 Icevibus, apice vix sinuatis, supra valde convexis, sulcato- 

 stnatis. 



Tarsi articulo 4 f ° latiusculo, emarginato, subtus sublonge setoso, 



articulis 10-3'"" quatuor posteriorum supra bisulcatis. 

 Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt, Janson). 



