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15. Drapetes quadrisignatus. 



Drapetes quadrisignatus, de Bonv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1861, p. 354, t. 8. fig. 6 \ 

 Hab. Guatemala, Chacoj in Vera Paz {Champion). — Amazons, Ega (Bates l ). 



Easily known by the elytra having each two yellow spots, the larger at the humerus 

 extending on the epipleurae. 



16. Drapetes quadrimaculatus. 



Very similar in form and coloration to D. qwadripustulatus : antennse entirely black ; thorax nearly as long as 

 wide, sides feebly arcuately narrowing to the apex, disc coarsely sparsely punctate, with a smoother poste- 

 rior depression limited in front bj the usual W-line, the outer branches of which are nearly transverse, 

 the V small ; elytra sparsely, indistinctly, and irregularly punctate, with two yellow-red spots on . each — 

 the anterior larger, postburneral, and not extending on the epipleurae, the posterior smaller and near the 

 apex ; body beneath and legs black : abdomen sparsely punctate, with few silvery-white hairs. 



Length 3-4*5 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Bincon in Guerrero, Atoyac (H. H Smith), Cerro de Plumas (Hoge) ; 

 British Honduras, Belize (Blaneaneaux) ; Guatemala, Zapote (Champion) ; Panama, 

 Bugaba (Champion). 



While closely resembling the N.-American D. quadripustulatus, de Bonv., it differs 

 from it in the distinctly limited depressed space of the thorax, the entirely black 

 epipleurae, and the black antennas. 



17. Drapetes quadrinotatus. 



Oblong, rather elongate, black, shining ; each elytron with two irregularly oval spots, the anterior the larger 

 and not extending beneath the supplementary marginal line ; antennae piceous, basal joint red : head 

 sparsely punctate ; thorax nearly as long as wide, sides feebly arcuate to the apex, disc coarsely sparsely 

 punctate over the entire surface, without depressed basal space and without the W-line ; elytra sparsely, 

 finely, and irregularly punctate ; body beneath shining black ; abdomen sparsely punctate, with few 

 silvery-white hairs ; legs somewhat piceous. 



Length 3-3*5 millim. 



Hab. British Honduras, Belize (Blaneaneaux). 



With a superficial colour-resemblance to the other four-spotted species, this has the 

 form quite as elougate as in D.plagiatus. Having entirely black epipleurae, it is more 

 nearly related to I), quadrimaculatus, from which it differs in form and by the absence 

 of any distinctly limited depressed space on the thorax. 



18. Drapetes ruficollis. 



Drapetes rvficollis, de Bonv. Mon. p. 81 \ 



Head and thorax above and beneath, and the basal joint of the antennse, reddish-yellow ; the remainder of the 

 body black. 



Hab. Mexico \ Cordova (Salle), Cerro de Plumas (Hoge) ; Guatemala, Cerro Zunil, 

 San Geronimo (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 



