160 | SCAPHIDUD. 
_c.5 mm. Broad, ovate, bright red, lightly punctured, much depressed near the 
suture; no basal row of punctures on the thorax; legs bright red, often with 
the tibia and femora black. . . . 2... Loe ee ew ee MOKICANUM. 
.c. 5°50 mm. Ovate, slightly depressed, indistinctly punctured, alutaceous, flaves- 
cent; no basal row of punctures on the thorax; apex of the femora and the | 
whole of the tibie black . 2. 1. 1. 1. ww ee ee oe ee ee geniculatum. 
.c. 4°75 mm. Short, subovate, rufescent, with the thorax spotted and the elytra 
fasciated with black; basal row of punctures on the thorax deep; legs and 
antenne long and slender, flavescent . . . . . woe ee eee  veariathile. 
.c. 250 mm. Ovate, rather depressed, yellow, with short black lines on the thorax 
and black spots on the elytra, nearly smooth; no basal row of punctures on the 
thorax ; legs and antenne rufescent, the tibie dusky . . . . . . . © « Uineaticolle. 
.c.5 mm. Broadly ovate, rather depressed, the thorax rufo-piceous; elytra red, 
with a large transverse spot on each near the middle, and their extremities 
broadly black ; legs long, nigro-piceous ; antenne rufescent, with the club black ¢ransversale. 
.c.5 mm. Entirely black, ovate, rather depressed, very shinmg . . . . . . atrum. 
1. Scaphidium marginatum, sp.n. (Tab. IV. fig. 1.) 
Ovatum, sat depressum, nitidissimum, punctis magnis haud profundis remote impressum, rubrum, maculis 
duabus suffusis in pronoto elytrorumque disco nigris; capite modico, rufo; oculis magnis, haud promi- 
nentibus; pronoto magno, rufo, macula duplici nigra suffusa ante medium notato, ad basin latissimo, 
remote, haud profunde, punctato, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, punctorum profundorum ordine sinuato, supra 
angulum utrumque basalem exorto, atque ad scutellum extenso prope basin impresso, lateribus leviter 
marginatis et leviter rotundatis, ante basin parum contractis, margine basali sinuata, scutellum versus 
valde producta, angulis sat acutis; elytris quam caput atque pronotum parum latioribus, haud longioribus, 
ante media latissimis, disco nigrescentibus, lateribus late rufis, punctorum profundorum ordine transverso ab 
humeris ad suturam extenso utrinque impressis, sat profunde punctatis, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, lateribus 
leviter marginatis et leviter rotundatis, apicibus modice rotundatis; abdomine rufo, acuminato, modice 
punctato, segmentorum basibus obscuratis; pedibus longis, gracilibus, femoribus atque tarsis rutis, tibiis 
nigris ; antennis longis, gracilibus, rufis, clavis nigrescentibus. Long. corp. 6 millim., lat. 3 millim. 
Body ovate, rather depressed, very shining, remotely marked with large shallow punctures, rufous, with two 
suffused spots on the thorax and the disc of the elytra black. Head moderate, rufous; eyes large, not 
prominent ; antennee long and slender, rufous, with the club dusky. TZ'horas large, rufous, with a double, 
suffused, black spot before the middle, widest at the base, remotely but not deeply punctured, the interstices 
smooth and shining; with a sinuated row of deep punctures on each side arising above the posterior angle 
and extending to the middle of the base; sides faintly margined and a little rounded, slightly contracted 
above the base; basal margin sinuated, much produced towards the scutellum, with the angles rather 
acute. Scutellum minute, triangular. lytra rather broader but not longer than the head and thorax, 
widest before the middle, black on the disc; and broadly rufous at the sides, with a transverse row of 
deep punctures extending from the shoulders to the suture, rather deeply punctured, with the interstices 
smooth and shining; sides slightly margined and faintly rounded; extremities moderately rounded. 
Abdomen acuminate, moderately punctured, rufous, with the base of the segments dusky. Legs long and 
slender, the femora and tarsi rufous, the tibiz black. Underparts castaneous, smooth, and shining. 
Hab. Guatemata, Capetillo, Zapote (Champion). 
This species is distinguished by its large size and depressed form, and by the colour 
and sculpture. It was found in plenty at Capetillo by Mr. Champion. 
