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Geronimo, Purula, Tactic, San Joaquin, Coban, Cahabon (Champion); Nicaeag-ua, 

 Chontales (Janson); Costa Eica (Sogers); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 



7. Rhodocanthopus curtus. 



Brevius oblongus, elyfcris postice paullo dilatatis, subplanatns ; clypeo medio obtuse inciso, tuberculo verticis 

 parum elevato, tuberculis basalibus obtusis rotundatis ; carinis frontalibus argutis, longe ante tuberciilum 

 mandibularem terminatis sed utrinque cum cantbo oculari per carinas obtusas conjunctis ; fronte ocellato- 

 punctata ; tborace quadrato, angulis anticis subrectis (apice obtusis), sulculo marginali intus dilatato et 

 grosse punctato, lateribus (prope augulum) medio foveaque grosse punctatis ; elytris profunde striatis, 

 striis transversim punctatis, 5 a -9 m latioribus ; metasterno medio planato, postice utrinquearea depressa grosse 

 punctata ; tibiis intermediis 2 a 3 a que spinosis et sparsissime ciliatis. 



Long. 23 millim. ; tborax long. 6j, lat. 8 millim. ; elytra long. 13£ millim. 



Hob. Guatemala, Mirandilla (Champion). 



PTICHOPUS. 



Ptichopus, Kaup, Monogr. der Passal. p. 96. 



One of the very few well-marked generic forms in the American series of this family ; 

 distinguished from all others by the long pointed mandibles and the dilated anterior 

 tibiae. Only one species is known. 



.1. Ptichopus angulatus. 



Passalus angulatus, Percheron, Monogr. des Passales, p. 84, t. 6. f. 5. 

 Passalus thoracicus, Smith, Cat. Brit. Mus. Passali, p. 15, 1. 1. f. 3. 

 Ptichopus angulatus, Kaup, Monogr. p. 96 \ 



Hab. Mexico \ Minas Viejas (Br. Palmer), Presidio (Forrer), Jalapa (Edge), 

 Orizaba, Guanajuato, Vera Cruz (SallS) ; Costa Eica (Van Patten); Panama, Bugaba 

 (Champion). 



EPIPHANUS. 



Epiphanus, Kaup, Monogr. der Passal. p. 98. 



Kaup includes five species in this genus, which is distributed over a large part of 

 Tropical America, including the West Indies. 



1. Epiphanus binominatus. 



Passalus Unominatus , Percheron, in Guerur's Mag. Zool. 1841, Ins. tt. 77-79. 

 Passalus occipitalis, Percheron, Monogr. p. 80, t. 6. f. 2 (nee Eschscholtz) \ 

 Passalus erosus, Trnqui, Eev. & Mag. Zool. 1857, p. 268 2 . 

 Epiphanus binominatus , Kaup, Monogr. p. 98 (?) 3 . 



Hab. % Mexico 2 . — South Ameeica, Brazil 3 ; West Indies, Cuba \ 



Truqui includes thi's species in his paper on the Mexican Passali, but only on the 

 biol. centk.-amee., Coleopt., Vol. II. Pt. 2, May 1886. DD 



