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magnis, haud prominentibus; pronoto sat magno, ad basin latissimo, minute et sat remote punctato, 
interstitiis glabris, nitidis, lateribus marginatis et rotundatis, margine basali leviter rotundata, scutellum 
versus producta, angulis fere rectis ; elytris brevibus, nigris ad apices ferrugineis, quam caput atque pro- 
notum vix longioribus aut latioribus, ad humeros latissimis, modice punctatis, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, 
stria suturali leviter impressa, lateribus leviter marginatis, vix rotundatis, apicibus latis, rotundatis ; 
abdomine parum exserto, nigro ; pedibus atque antennis modicis, rufescentibus. Long. corp. 1°50 millim. ; 
lat. 1 millim. 
Body short and broad, very convex, shining, minutely and rather remotely punctured, black. Head large and 
broad; eyes large, not prominent; antenne moderate, rufescent. Thorax rather large, widest at the 
base, minutely and somewhat remotely punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining ; sides margined 
and rounded; basal margin faintly rounded, produced towards the scutellum, with the angles nearly 
rectangular. Scutellum covered by the thorax. lytra short, black, with the extremities ferruginous, 
searcely longer or broader than the head and thorax, widest at the shoulders, moderately punctured, with 
the interstices smooth and shining; sutural stria not deep; sides slightly margined, scarcely rounded ; 
extremities broad and rounded. Abdomen not much exposed, black. Legs moderate, rufescent. Under- 
parts black, with the edges of the ventral segments rufescent. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
This species is distinguished chiefly by its short and broad form, black colour, and 
sculpture. 
12. Scaphisoma punctatissimum, sp. n. 
Breve, latum, valde convexum, nitidum, profunde et confertim punctatum, nigrum, elytris obscure castaneis ; 
capite magno, lato; oculis magnis, haud prominentibus ; pronoto magno, ad basin latissimo, profunde et 
confertim punctato, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, lateribus marginatis, vix rotundatis, margine basali haud 
sinuata, scutellum versus producta, angulis rectis; elytris vel nigris vel castaneis, quam caput atque 
pronotum parum longioribus, vix latioribus, prope humeros latissimis, profunde et confertim punctatis, 
interstitiis glabris, nitidis, lateribus leviter marginatis, vix rotundatis, apicibus modicis, ferrugineis et 
leviter rotundatis; abdomine rufescenti; pedibus atque antennis modicis, late rufis, harum articulo sexto 
magis incrassato. Long. corp. 1:40 millim. ; lat. 0°50 millim. 
Body short and broad, very convex and shining, deeply and closely punctured, black, with the elytra some- 
times castaneous. Head large and broad; eyes large, not prominent ; antenne moderate, bright rufous, 
with the sixth joint considerably incrassate. Thorax large, widest at the base, deeply and closely punc- 
tured, with the interstices smooth and shining; sides margined and faintly rounded; basal margin not 
sinuated, produced towards the scutellum, with the angles rectangular. Scutellum covered by the thorax. 
Elytra either black or castaneous, rather longer but scarcely broader than the head and thorax, widest 
near the shoulders, deeply and closely punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining; sides slightly 
margined, scarcely rounded; extremities ferruginous, and slightly rounded. Abdomen rufescent. Legs 
moderate, bright rufous. Underparts rufo-piceous, with the cox and the edges of the ventral segments 
rufescent ; metasternum and first ventral segment deeply and closely punctured. 
Hab. Guatemata, San Isidro (Champion). 
Differs from S. breve in its rather small size, narrower form, deep sculpture, and more 
incrassate antenne. 
13. Scaphisoma longicolle, sp. n. 
Ovale, convexum, glaberrimum, nitidissimum, aterrimum ; capite brevi, lato; oculis magnis, haud prominen- 
tibus ; pronoto modico, ad basin latissimo, glaberrimo, nitidissimo, lateribus leviter rotundatis et leviter 
marginatis, margine basali haud sinuata, scutellum versus producta, angulis acutis, sat productis ; elytris 
quam caput atque pronotum parum longioribus, haud latioribus, ad humeros latissimis, glaberrimis et 
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