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and nearly parallel with the side is a very strongly elevated line extending from the 
shoulder to near the extremity. 
Only a single individual has been found; it is in bad condition, and has lost its 
antenne with the exception of the two basal joints, which are yellow. 
10. Elmis sulcicollis. (Tab. IV. fig. 16.) 
Late ovalis, convexus, niger, subnitidus, antennis rufis, pedibus vel piceis vel rufis; prothorace antrorsum 
angustato, versus latera utrinque linea arguta elevata, medio sulco parallelo, integro; elytris punctis 
paucis seriatis, parum conspicuis, utrinque versus latns lineis duabus elevatis, pliculaque basali inter 
lineam internam et scutellum. 
3 3 
Long. #, lat. 2 lin. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion). 
Antenne slender and elongate, not thickened at the apex, clear red. Head narrow, 
eyes not convex. Thorax much narrowed from the base to the apex, the sides very 
slightly curved, not in the least sinuate or crenate ; completely parallel with the side is 
a very distinct raised line running from base to apex; and along the whole length of the 
middle there extends a very definite parallel-sided canal; the base in the middle is 
deeply notched in adaptation to the scutellum; the surface appears destitute of 
sculpture, but under a high magnifying-power exhibits a peculiar dense, fine porosity. 
Elytra broad and short, much curved at the sides, with obliterated series of distant 
punctures, with a very strongly raised line continuous with the thoracic raised line and 
extending to the extremity, and with a second raised line external to this, continuous 
at the base with the thoracic lateral margin, and extending very nearly to the extremity, 
before its termination it is joined by the raised lateral margin of the wing-case ; halfway 
between the inner line and the scutellum there is at the base a strongly raised, quite 
short plica. Undersurface impunctate; prosternal process very broad, its side margin 
continued as a fine raised line to the front margin of the prosternum; the middle of 
the metasternum with a raised divergent line on either side, reaching to the hind coxe ; 
basal ventral segment not impressed, segments 1—4 very short, the fifth large, equal in 
length to the four preceding together. 
In some individuals of the small series obtained of this species there is a minute 
projection on the inner edge of the hind tibia a little below the middle, and beyond 
this the face of the tibia is somewhat excised ; these are probably males. 
11. Klmis curtulus. 
Late ovalis, brevis, convexus, niger, subnitidus, antennis pedibusque rufis; prothorace antrorsum fortiter 
angustato, versus latus utrinque linea arguta, elevata, medio sulco antice latiore; elytris punctis paucis 
seriatis, parum conspicuis, utrinque versus latus lineis duabus elevatis, pliculaque basali sat elongata 
inter lineam internam et scutellum. 
Long. 3, lat. 3 lin. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion). a 
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