206 SEREICOENIA. 



Hab. Guatemala, Mirandilla [Champion). 



Not a conspicuous species, but readily known among the smaller ones by the sides of 

 the piceous thorax being indefinitely yellow, more widely in front, and by the unequal 

 striae of the presternum. 



23. Drapetes hsBmorrhoidalis. (Tab. X. fig. 2.) 



Oblong-oval, piceous-black, shining ; apical fifth of the elytra red ; antennae and legs pale rufo-testaceous ; 

 surface sparsely clothed with cinereous pubescence, that on the elytra nearly erect and in regular rows : 

 head sparsely punctate ; thorax one third wider at the base than long, sides arcuately narrowed to the front, 

 surface moderately, not closely, punctate, its posterior depression faintly nrarked, smoother, limited in front 

 by a transverse row of punctures ; elytra a little more finely punctate than the thorax, substriately at 

 the base, irregularly near the apex, submarginal supplementary stria well marked ; body beneath black, 

 sparsely pubescent ; abdomen more closely punctate than the upper surface. 



Length 2-2-25 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui {Champion). 



This species is the only one in which the elytra are simply tipped with red. 



24. Drapetes ovalis. 



Oval, slightly oblong, piceous-black, shining ; antennae and legs pale rufo-testaceous ; last ventral segment 

 sometimes piceo-testaceous or brown : head rather coarsely, not closely, punctate ; thorax one half wider 

 at the base than long, sides arcuately narrowed to the front, disc rather coarsely and closely punctate, the 

 posterior depression broad, limited in front by a transverse row of punctures, behind which the surface is 

 almost smooth ; elytra finely, irregularly, not very sparsely punctate, the supplementary stria well marked ; 

 abdomen moderately closely and coarsely punctate at the sides and apex. 



Length 2-3 millim. 



Hab. Nicaragua (Salle), Chontales (Janson) ; Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui 

 (Champion). 



Easily known by its entirely black colour and conspicuously pale antennas and legs. 

 The prosternal sulci are closely approximated, so that the median portion is no wider 

 than one of the lateral carina? . 



25. Drapetes pusillus. 



Oblong-oval, piceous-black, shining, sparsely clothed with cinereous pubescence without definite arrangement 

 on the elytra ; antennae brown, the three basal joints yellowish-testaceous : head moderately closely punc- 

 tate ; thorax about one fourth wider at the base than long, sides feebly arcuately narrowed to the apex, 

 surface not closely punctate except at the hind angles, posterior depression indistinct, not limited in front, 

 smoother ; elytra a little more finely and sparsely punctate than the thorax, punctures without definite 

 arrangement, supplementary marginal stria well marked ; abdomen moderately closely punctate at the 

 sides and apex, sparsely pubescent : legs yellowish-testaceous. 



Length 2 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, San Juan, Cubilguitz, Chacoj, and La Tinta, all in Vera Paz 



( Champion). 



May be distinguished from B. ovalis by its more elongate form, pubescent surface, 



