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Show 1878.] GEODEPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA. 595 dilatato, deinde postice paulo angustato, angulis posticis rectis, margine laterali anguste explanato-reflexo vixpallidiore ; elytris minus rotunclato-ovatis, apice vix sinuatim oblique truncatis, supra acute striatis, interstitiis planis, 3io tripunctato ; margine deflexo interdum testaceo. Long. 3^ lin. 3 2 Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr). ANCHOMENUS SIMPLICIOR. A. nugaci proxime affinis: differt tantum thorace paullulum angustiore, lateribus antice cequaliter rotundatis nullomoclo angulatis, postice vix conspicue sinuatim modice angustato, angulis fere rectis, margine laterali angustissime explanato haud pallido : piceo-niger, vix ceneo-tinctus, antennis pcdpis et pedibus piceo-rufis ; elytris ovatis, subtiliter striatis etc. ut in prcecedenti-bus. Long. 3 lin. Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr). GLYPTOLENUS, nov. gen. Anchomeno affine. Corpus gracile. Caput angustum, ovatum. Mentum sinu dente magno elongato. Pcdpi nudi, articulis terminalibus cglinclricis. Thorax angustus, ante medium angulatim dilatatus, dorso grosse transversim rugatus. Elytra ampla, convexa, apice haud sinuata, supra fortiter sulcata. Prosternum apice marginatum, prominulum. Metasterni episterna elongata. Pedes graciles; tibiee et tarsi fortiter sulcata ; tarsorum articulis \°-4wm latitu-cline cequales, plantis pubescentibus, 4to emarginato. GLYPTOLENUS RUGICOLLIS. Niger, subnitidus; thorace capite vix latiore, oblongo, postice sinuatim paulo angustato, angulis posticis subrectis, supra grosse rugato; elytris latis, convexis, apice rotundatis, supra grosse profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis,- antennis, pcdpis, tibiis et tarsis piceo-fulvis. 2 • Long. 3| lin. Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt). COLPODES STRICTICOLLIS. Elongatus, niger, nitidus; palpis, antennarum articulis 4°-llwm tarsisque piceo-rufis ; thorace fere orbiculari, basi fortiter con-stricto, marginibus lateralibus rotunclato-explanatis, supra Icevi, polito; elytris convexis, marginibus lateralibus explanatis Icevibus, apice vix sinuatis, supra vedele convexis, sulcato-striatis. Tarsi articulo 4t0 latiusculo, emarginato, subtus sublonge setoso, articulis \°-3um quatuor posteriorum supra bisulcatis. Long. 6 lin. Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt, Janson). |