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acutis, lateribus leviter marginatis et leviter rotundatis; elytris subovatis, quam caput atque pronotum 
longioribus et parum latioribus, ante media latissimis, indistincte sed sat confertim punctatis, punctorum 
ordine humerali profundo, flavis, humeris, fascia lata transversa ad media, atque macula magna prope 
apicem, nigris, hisce omnibus inconstantibus, lateribus marginatis et leviter rotundatis, apicibus vix 
rotundatis, stria suturali profunda; abdomine acuminato, glabro, nitido, flavo, segmento apicali ad basin 
nigro; pedibus longis, gracilibus, plerumque flavis, tibiis sepe obscuratis; antennis longis, gracilibus, 
rufis, clavis obscurioribus. Long. corp. 4°50-5 millim.; lat. 2:25-2°50 millim. 
Body short, subovate, convex, and very shining, moderately and remotely punctured, yellow or rufescent, with 
large brown-black spots on the thorax and transverse fascize or large black spots on the elytra. Head 
large, rufescent ; eyes large, not prominent ; antenne long and slender, red, with the club dusky. Thorax 
large, widest at the base, moderately and remotely punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining ; 
yellow or rufescent, with three large round black spots near the anterior margin, four in a transverse 
curved row across the disc, and two near the base; basal row of punctures deep; basal margin sinuated, 
much produced towards the scutellum, with the angles acute. Scutellwm very small, triangular. Hlytra 
subovate, longer and rather broader than the head and thorax, widest before the middle, indistinctly but 
rather closely punctured; humeral row of punctures deep; yellow, with the shoulders, a broad trans- 
verse fascia near the middle, and a large spot near the apex, black, all the markings varying very much 
in different individuals; sutural stria deep; sides margined and faintly rounded; extremities scarcely 
rounded. Abdomen acuminate, smooth and shining; yellow, with the base of the apical segment black. 
Legs long and slender, generally yellow, the tibie often dusky. Underparts yellow. 
Hab. Mexico, Santecomapan (Sal/é), Jalapa (Hodge); GuatTemata, Las Mercedes, Cerro 
Zunil, San Gerénimo (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson); Panama, Bugaba, 
Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Differs from the preceding species in its smaller size, shorter and more quadrate form, 
and in the beautiful and variable markings of the thorax and elytra. 
Found in abundance by Herr Hoge at Jalapa, more sparingly in the other localities. 
6. Scaphidium lineaticolle, sp. n. (Tab. IV. fig. 5.) 
Ovatum, sat depressum, glabrum, nitidum, vix punctatum, flavum, lineis quatuor, abbreviatis, nigris, in disco 
pronoti, atque maculis duabus humeralibus et macula magna ovali in disco utriusque elytri nigris 
notatum ; capite modico, flavo; oculis modicis, haud prominentibus; pronoto longo, ad basin latissimo, 
pone medium leviter contracto, indistincte punctato, interstitiis alutaceis, punctorum ordine basali nullo, 
flavo, linea brevi nigra ad mediam marginem anteriorem, alia utrinque in disco, alia ad mediam marginem 
basalem, atque alia, ante mediam marginis utriusque lateralis notato, lateribus marginatis, levissime rotun- 
datis, pone media leviter contractis, margine basali profunde sinuata, scutellum versus producta, angulis 
acutis, productis; elytris subquadratis, quam caput atque pronotum parum latioribus, vix longioribus, prope 
humeros latissimis, punctis minutis striatim dispositis impressis, interstitiis alutaceis, punctorum ordine 
humerali fere obsoleto, flavis, maculis duabus parvis humeralibus nigris, atque macula magna ovali nigra in 
disco utriusque notatis, lateribus nigro-marginatis et levissime rotundatis, apicibus latis, rotundatis ; abdo- 
mine conico, flavescente, segmenti apicalis basi obscurata; pedibus modicis, femoribus atque tarsis rufis, 
tibiis obscuratis ; antennis modicis, totis rufis. Long. corp. 4:50 millim.; lat. 2-25 millim. 
Body ovate, rather depressed, smooth and shining, scarcely punctured, yellow, with four short black lines on 
the disc of the thorax, and two humeral and one large black discal spot on each elytron. Head moderate, 
yellow; eyes moderate, not prominent; antenne moderate, entirely red. Thorax long, widest at the 
base, faintly contracted behind the middle, indistinctly punctured, the interstices alutaceous; basal row 
of punctures wanting ; yellow, with a short black line in the middle of the anterior margin, another on 
each side on the disc, another in the middle of the basal margin, and one on each lateral margin before 
the middle; sides margined and very little rounded; basal margin deeply sinuated, produced towards the 
scutellum, with the angles acute and produced. Scutellum small, triangular, black. Hlytra subquadrate, 
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