1880 .] 
Ill 
tiace of the bright sandy-yellow of J B. japonica, the basal area is more suffused with 
blackish, the central whitish belt more conspicuous, the submarginal white undulated 
stripe sharply defined, and the outer border dark smoky-brown ; the body below is 
smoky-gi-ey, instead of oclireous : expanse of wings, 3 inches, 8 lines. 
Japan (Coll. 0. Janson). 
It is unfortunate that the exact locality of this species cannot be 
ascertained. 
*8. JBraJimcea TVJiitei , Butler. Darjiling. 
# 9. „ concJiifera , Butl. Silhet and Darjiling. 
10. „ rufescens , Butl. N. E. Bengal. 
*11. „ Wallichii, Dray. Nepal. 
I have put an asterisk to those species represented in the 
National Collection. 
British Museum : August , 1880. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA FROM 
CENTRAL AMERICA. 
BY D. SHAKP, M.B. 
The two descriptions now sent for publication were drawn up by 
me several years ago, at a time when Mr. Belt submitted to me for 
3xamination certain portions of his important collection of Central 
American Coleoptera. Since that time the lamented decease of the 
talented scientist has occurred : and as his collections are now being 
studied for description of new species by specialists, it seems desirable 
to utilize by publication these descriptions which were made long 
since. The two species belong to well-known genera, viz., Smilicerus 
of the JElateridce , and Tesserocerus of the Llatypides. 
Smilicerus Belti, n. sp. 
JElongatus, angustulus, sub-pctrallelus, lomentosus , niger , elytrorum 
basi,prothoracis lateribus, prosternique medio, fulvis ; antennarum apice 
flavescente ; elytris ad apicem evidenter spinosis. 
Long. 8 min., lat. If mm. 
An ten n re broad and flat, moderately long, densely pubescent, black, with the 
11th joint yellowish, and the 10th dirty yellowish : 2nd and 3rd joints quite short 
and small, but the 3rd not so small as the 2nd. Head black, deeply punctured, with 
two patches of fine, scanty, yellowish pubescence on the middle : forehead limited 
in front by a curved raised line. Thorax very elongate, sub-parallel, the hind angles 
but little divergent, moderately produced, but their extremity truncate : the middle 
is broadly black, each side is brownish, and on this brown part is a band of yellowish 
or golden pubescence. Elytra elongate, striated, the strire are more distinct towards 
the extremity, and are punctured, but the punctuation is only distinct on the basal 
portion, their apex is truncate, the truncature being terminated on each side by a 
