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11. Esthesopus bifasciatus. (Tab. XIX. fig. 26.) 



Short, moderately convex, somewhat flattened above, shining, sparsely clothed with fine yellowish-cinereous 

 pubescence ; rufous or rufo-testaceous, the prothorax piceous, with the anterior margin and the base, 

 rather broadly, of the ground-colour ; the elytra with two transverse black fasciae — one broad, median, 

 obliquely widening inwards in front and extending along the suture to near the scutellum, and the 

 other, narrower, immediately before the apex, the two connected along the suture ; beneath piceous, 

 reddish at the sides ; the antennas and legs testaceous. Head sparsely, somewhat coarsely punctate ; 

 antennae slender, nearly half the length of the body. Prothorax much broader than long, considerably 

 wider at the base than at the apex, moderately rounded at the sides ; the hind angles short and rather 

 obtuse ; the surface sparsely, very finely punctate ; the base bi-incised on either side ; the marginal 

 carina abbreviated in front. Elytra about two and one-half times the length of the prothorax, and of 

 the same width at the base, narrowing from the middle, a little rounded at the sides ; rather deeply 

 punctate-striate, the punctures not very closely placed, the interstices feebly convex throughout, and 

 sparsely, minutely punctate. Beneath finely and sparsely, the abdomen closely, uniformly punctate. 

 Fourth tarsal joint feebly lamellate. Claws rectangularly dilated from the middle to the base. 



Length 4, breadth If millim. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba [Champion). 

 Two specimens. 



12. Esthesopus coarctatus. (Tab. xix. fig. 27, $ .) 



Esthesopus coarctatus, Cand. in litt. 



Moderately elongate, shining, finely and rather sparsely pubescent ; reddish-brown or brownish-testaceous, 

 the front of the head and the anterior margin of the prothorax paler ; the antennas testaceous, the legs 

 flavo-testaceous. Head thickly, moderately finely punctate ; antennae slender, in the female extending 

 to considerably beyond the humeri (the outer joints broken off in the male). Prothorax a good deal 

 broader than long, wider at the base than at the apex, the sides rounded anteriorly and feebly sinuate 

 behind : the hind angles moderately produced ; the surface rather sparsely, finely punctate, towards the 

 sides and apex with slightly coarser punctures intermixed ; the base sinuate and bi-incised on either side ; 

 the marginal carina abbreviated in front. Elytra three times the length of the prothorax, and wider than 

 it at the base, moderately rounded at the sides, and narrowing from about the middle to the apex, the 

 humeri rounded ; punctate-striate, the interstices feebly convex, flatter on the disc, and distinctly punc- 

 tured. Beneath closely and finely, the pro- and metasternum sparsely, punctured, the propleurae and 

 metasternum with slightly coarser punctures intermixed. Fourth tarsal joint feebly dilated and excavate. 

 Claws rectangularly dilated from the middle to the base. 



Length 6-6|, breadth 2-2J millim. ( c? $ •) 



Hab. Mexico, Orizaba [coll. Janson). 



Three specimens in the Janson collection, labelled as above in Dr. Candeze's hand- 

 writing. Larger and broader than E. scapularis, the thorax less narrowed behind, 

 with the punctuation more distinct and unequal, the elytral striae shallower towards 

 the suture, the interstices more distinctly punctured. 



13. Esthesopus scapularis. (Tab. Xix. fig. 28, s .) 



Moderately elongate, shining, finely and rather sparsely pubescent ; brown or brownish-testaceous, the front 

 of the head, the anterior margin and hind angles of the prothorax, and a humeral patch on the elytra — 

 in one specimen extending to near the middle and in others small, — testaceous ; the antennas fusco- 

 testaceous with the two basal joints testaceous, or entirely testaceous ; the legs flavo-testaceous. Head 



