Barin.e 439 



with narrow apex and unusually oblique sides, which are broadly 

 arcuate, at the obtuse humeri distinctly wider than the prothorax; 

 intervals subequal and twice as wide as the striae, with generally 

 well spaced punctures, the first narrower; abdomen feebly impressed 

 and with finer and sparser squamules medio-basally. Length (cf ) 

 2.2 mm.; width i.o mm. Mexico (Teapa, in Tabasco). [Geraus 

 mendax Chmp.] *mendax Chmp. 



Pale scales not forming distinct vittae on the elytra, the pronotum never 

 obviously vittate 7 



7 — Squamules of the elytra long, slender, yellowish and forming a single 

 series on each strial interval, slightly coarser and denser on the second 

 interval anteriorly, and, on the fourth, in a short line near apical 

 third. Body more narrowly rhomboid-oval, obscure rufous through- 

 out; beak shorter and thicker than usual, evenly arcuate, much 

 longer than the head and prothorax, the antennae inserted at three- 

 fifths (cf) or slightly beyond the middle (9); prothorax short, 

 two-fifths to one-half wider than long, coarsely, not very densely 

 punctate, the converging sides broadly arcuate to the constricted 

 apex, which is much more than half as wide as the base; elytra 

 triangular, with arcuate sides and narrowly rounded apex, slightly 

 wider than the prothorax and much more than twice as long, the 

 striae groove-like; intervals subequal, except the narrower first, 

 and not quite twice as wide as the grooves, remotely and not coarsely 

 punctate; male with a feeble and more sparsely and finely squamu- 

 lose medio-basal impression, the prosternum with an extremely 

 short, scarcely more than tuberculiform spine before each coxa. 

 Length (cT 9) 1.8-2.0 mm.; width 0.8-0.9 rn"''- Mexico (Teapa, 

 in Tabasco) *uniseriatus n. sp. 



Squamules of the elytra much more abundant, conspicuous 8 



8 — Color black above, the legs and antennae more or less rufous or piceous; 

 squamules above subevenly close-set throughout and almost equally 

 wide on the pronotum and elytra, though coarser and more distinct 

 toward the thoracic sides and medially toward base, yellowish and 

 rather lustrous, forming about two close-set irregular series on each 

 strial interval, whitish and more or less dense beneath; scutellum 

 with a few squamules; beak in the male rather slender, smooth, 

 arcuate, longer than the head and prothorax, the antennae inserted 

 at three-fifths; prothorax a third wider than long, the sides slightly 

 converging and nearly straight, rounding in apical two-fifths, the 

 apex feebly subtubulate and barely more than half as wide as the 

 base, the basal lobe prominent, a fourth the total width; elytra 

 fully a third longer than wide, slightly wider than the prothorax and 

 somewhat more than twice as long, the sides oblique, evenly and 

 broadly arcuate throughout, the apex narrowly rounded; striae not 

 coarse; intervals rather more than twice as wide as the striae, the 

 punctures small, rather confused but not dense; male with feeble 

 medio-basal abdominal impression, the prosternum not armed. 

 Length (cf) 1.9 mm.; width 0.78 mm. Mexico (Vera Cruz). 



*lucifer n. sp. 



Color similar, the squamules above also nearly similar in color and lustre. 



