Sciomias subtilis Sharp 1911

Hab.MEXICO, Omilteme, Chilpancingo (H. H. Smith).

Fusco-brunneus, subtiliter ochraceo-squamosus, subvariegatus; antennis tibiis tarsisque testaceis; elytris ovalibus, convexis; setis subtilibus raris armatus.
 
Long. 3¼ millim.

Antennæ not elongate, unicolorous, yellow; first joint of funiculus moderately long, stout, nearly twice as long as the second. Rostrum moderately long, a little broader at the tip; eyes convex, coarsely facetted, placed but a short distance in front of the thorax, very widely separated from one another. Thorax cylindric, covered with a delicate squamosity or setosity, which, however, is not dense. Elytra convex, almost regularly oval, with striæ that are well marked and moderately coarsely punctured; with a fine squamosity arranged so as to give a slight variegate appearance, and with some distant, excessively fine, rather short, erect hairs. Under surface piceous, not squamose, bearing only a few extremely fine hairs. Five specimens.