PTINIDJS, BOSTJJY CH.ID.fl2. 
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segment of the abdomen as long as tho three apical segments. Typos, 
M. cxiguum and pulicarium , pi. x. fig 14, spp. nu., Guatemala. 
Lioolius , Gorham, l. c. p. 203. Allied to Thaptor , but with the short form 
and black or blue-black colour of Dorccitoma. To include L. punctatus , 
pi. x. fig. 15, Honduras, Panama, glabei *, Guatemala, p. 203, striatus, 
Nicaragua, pubescens , Guatemala, Panama, p. 204, and ovulum , Nicaragua, 
Panama, p. 205, spp. nn. 
Thaptnr , id. 1. c. p. 205. Dorcatomini ; club 3-jointed, the two last 
joints contiguous. To include T. pupatus , fig. 11, Mexico, Guatemala, 
&c., throscoides, fig. 12, pi. x., British Honduras, Guatemala, and oblongus , 
Mexico, p. 206. 
Heptaphylla , Friedenreich, S. E. Z. xliv. p. 375. ( Anobiidce , see p. 501.) 
Tarsi 4-joiuted ; front coxm separated by the prosterual process ; an- 
tennae 14-jointed, 7-foliate ; left mandible bifid at the tip. Type, H. 
funyicola , sp. n., 1. c. p. 377, Santa Catharina, Brazil. 
Ptinus cethiopicus , Ancey, Nat. Sicil. ii. p. 117, Abyssinia ; P. late- 
fasciatus, fig. 5, Mexico to Panama, albipunctum, Panama, p. 194, coarc- 
tatus, Mexico, Guatemala, lateralis , fig. 6, pi. x., Guatemala, p. 195, 
Gorham, Biol. Centr. Am. Col. iii. (2). 
Trigonogenius niveus , id. 1. c. p. 197, pi. x. figs. 3 & 4, Guatemala, 
Panama. 
Trichodesma albina , fig. 10, p. 199, w- album, albistolala, fig. 7, pi. x. 
p. 200, plumbea, p. 201, id. 1. c., Guatemala. 
Xyletinus strigillatus , Ancey, l. c. p. 117, Abyssinia. 
Dorcatoma tomentosa , fig. 16, Guatemala, p. 208, quadrimaculata,. 
fig. 17, pi. x., Guatemala, Panama, contractu , Guatemala, p. 209, Gor- 
ham, l. c. 
Cathorama herbarium (Chevr., MS.), Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and 
seminulum, pi. x. fig. 13, Guatemala, Nicaragua, id. 1. c. p. 207 
Bostrychjdji. 
Gorham, Biol. Centr. Am. Col. iii. (2) pp. 210-218, pi. x., figures or 
specially notices Polycaon exesus, Lee. (probably = Apate femoralis and 
gonagra , Fabr.), figs. 18 & 19, plicatus , Lee. (= obliquus , Lee.) ; Apate 
punctipennis, Lee. ; Xylopertlia sericans , Lee. (= asperum , Lee.), fig. 21 ; 
Dinoderus pusillus, Fabr., substriatus, Payk. ; and Tetrapriocera longi- 
cornis, Oliv. (= swartzi, Horn), fig. 20. 
New species : — 
Apate ( Ligniperda ) lignicolor, A. ( Xylopertha ) forficula , and A. (Bos try - 
elms) insignita , Fairmairo, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) iii. p. 95, Abyssinia ; A. 
(B.) telraodon , id. Le Nat. v. p. 205, and Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) iii. p.‘ 96, 
Abyssinia. 
Bostrychus verrucosus , Gorham, Biol. Centr. Am. Col. iii. (2) p. 214, 
pi. x. fig. 22, Guatemala. 
Sinoxylon cliampioni , id. ibid., Guatemala. 
Xylopertha tubularis, Panama, and scapularis , Mexico to Panama, id. 
1. c. p. 216. 
