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14. Thorax entirely red ; head red 18. ruficollis ; 19. sanguinicollis. 



Thorax red, with a small piceous spot at the middle of the 



apical and basal margins j head black 20. nigriceps. 



Thorax largely piceous at the middle 15. 



15. Sparsely punctate, shining; carina of the hind angles short; 



prosternal carinse unequal 22. marginicollis. 



Eather densely punctate ; carina of the hind angles long ; pro- 

 sternal carinas equal 21. punctulatus. 



16. Thorax unusually coarsely punctate ; form elongate ; elytra with 



a band of cinereous pubescence behind the middle; legs 



black 26. niger. 



Thorax not unusually coarsely punctate ; form at most oblong ; 



pubescence very sparse ; legs red 17. 



17. Form rather oval ; antenna? pale rufo-testaceous 24. ovalis. 



Form oblong; antennae brown, except at the base 25. pusillus. 



1. Drapetes aterrimus. 



Oblong, moderately elongate, black, shining : head not impressed, sparsely punctate ; thorax wider than long, 

 narrowed at the front, sides posteriorly straight, anteriorly arcuate, disc sparsely punctate, the posterior 

 faint impression limited in front by the usual reversed W-line, the outer branches of which are moderately 

 oblique, the inner branches as well open as in the letter V ; elytra very sparsely and rather finely 

 punctate without serial arrangement, no sutural stria, outer side without supplementary border; pro- 

 sternum sparsely punctate in front, smooth posteriorly, and with a single ridge on each side, propectus 

 coarsely, sparsely punctate ; metasternum smooth, with few punctures at the front angles ; abdomen 

 smooth at the middle, sparsely punctate at the sides ; legs black, tarsi piceous. 



Length 5-6 millim. 



Hah. Nicakagua, Chontales (Belt). 



Resembles D. nigricans superficially, but is less punctate above, and with but one 

 carina on each side of the presternum, by means of which it may be distinguished 

 from any species in the Central-American fauna. 



2. Drapetes nigricans. 



Drapetes nigricans, de Bonv. Mon. p. 54 \ 



Hah. Panama, Vol can de Chiriqui (Champion). — Colombia 1 . 



One of the few species entirely black. A little variable in the distinctness of the 

 transverse line which limits the posterior depression. 



3. Drapetes brunneus. 



Drapetes brunneus, de Bonv. Mon. p. 53, t. 2. fig. 4 1 . 



Hah. Mexico \ Toxpam, Cordova (Salle) ; Guatemala, San Juan, Chacoj, and Cubil- 

 guitz in Vera Paz, Rio Naranjo (Champion) ; Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui, 

 David (Champion). 



