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Psyche 
[March- June 
A NEW PAUSSID BEETLE FROM CENTRAL AMERICA 
By P. J. Darlington, Jr. 
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 
The following new species not only adds another to the few 
known New World forms of the interesting family Paussidae 
( cf . Kolbe, Entomologische Mitteilungen, Vol. 9, 1920, pp. 
131-141 ; 145-156), but is the first record of the family from 
Central America. 
Homopterus hondurensis n. sp. (Fig. 1) 
Relatively slender (in genus) ; castaneous, moderately 
shining, appendages also castaneous ; head posteriorly, pro- 
notum, and elytra moderately closely but not densely punc- 
tate with punctures of moderate size, head anteriorly more 
sparsely and irregularly punctate. Head by measurement 
about 9/10 width prothorax; eyes very prominent; occiput 
not swollen; front concave; antennae considerably longer 
than head and prothorax, formed as shown in figure, with 
outer anterior edges of segments 3 to 9 slightly overlapping 
following joints (when antenna is straight), flattened joints 
closely and finely punctate at sides but much more sparsely 
so at middle; palpi normal for Homopterus. Prothorax 
formed as shown in figure ; convex but not swollen dorsally ; 
disk somewhat impressed near base at middle and on each 
side; median line fine, lightly impressed; margins narrow, 
slightly broader before basal angles. Elytra probably sub- 
parallel and about 1/3 wider than prothorax (somewhat 
warped from preservation in alcohol), unusually elongate 
for genus, with usual rather inconspicuous tubercle on outer 
side before apex. Femora and tibiae flattened, moderately 
broad (in genus), formed as shown in figure; tarsi shorter 
than width of tibiae at apex, retracted into excavated tibial 
apices. Pygidium closely punctate; abdomen much more 
finely and sparsely so. Length 7% mm. 
