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part black, with a slight bluish reflection. Hind body slender, red, the two terminal 
segments and the anal styles black. Legs red, the hind tibie infuscate. 
Only one example has been obtained ; it is apparently a female. 
7. Pederomimus nobilis. (Tab. XI. fig. 20.) 
Sanguineo-rufus, haud depressus ; capite, abdominis fascia ante apicem antennisque nigris, his articulis duobus 
ultimis testaceis ; elytris viridibus ; abdominis apice flavo, stylis terminalibus nigricantibus ; palpis mandi- 
bulisque piceis, elongatis ; thorace seriebus dorsalibus 5-punctatis. 
Long. 113 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 4000 to 6000 feet (Champion). 
Antenne elongate, the intermediate joints long, but from the fifth to the tenth each 
joint shorter than its predecessor, so that the tenth is but little longer than broad. 
Head rather broad, very shining, of a black colour, with a faint metallic reflection, its few 
punctures coarse. Scutellum closely punctate. Elytra of a beautiful green colour, with 
the extreme base red, sparingly punctate. Hind body with only a few punctures, except 
on the fifth and sixth segments ; segments two to four each with a very deep transverse 
impression near the base. Legs red, the femora externally and the tibic infuscate. 
Only one example, of uncertain sex, hasbeen found. Its coloration and the elongation 
of the labial palpi render it very distinct; the intermediate joint of the latter is more 
than twice as long as the basal joint. 
8. Pederomimus nigrinus. 
Elongatus, gracilis, minus depressus, nigerrimus, nitidus ; abdominis antennarumque apicibus flavis; abdomine 
parcissime punctato ; thorace seriebus dorsalibus minus fortiter 5-punctatis. 
Long. 93 millim. 
Hab. Nicaraeva, Chontales (Belt). 
Antenne slender and elongate, the two apical joints clear yellow, the tenth joint a 
good deal longer than broad. Head rounded and narrowed from the eyes to the neck, 
the surface with only a few not coarse punctures. Thorax rather elongate and narrow, 
scarcely narrowed behind, the sides and front angles very deflexed, the dorsal series 
with four or five punctures on each side placed in a curved series along the side. 
Scutellum very shining and impunctate. Elytra elongate, with only a few subseriately 
arranged punctures. Hind body slender, very sparsely punctate; the armature, the 
whole of the terminal segment, and about one third of that preceding it, yellow. Legs 
slender ; hind tibie with a few long slender spinules. 
Only one mutilated example has been obtained ; I suspect that it is a male, though 
the last ventral plate has no emargination; there are a few rather long spines 
extending the whole length of the front femora; owing to the mutilated and rigid 
condition of the specimen I have not been able to see the prosternum satisfactorily, and 
the palpi are in greater part destroyed, so that the genus is not quite certain; the 
species is not like any other known to me in appearance. 
