486 SEERICOENIA. 



14. Hemicrepidius candezei. (Tab. XXI. fig. 14, e .) 



Moderately elongate, narrow, shining ; black, the anterior and hind angles of the prothorax, and sometimes 

 the lateral margins also, rufo-ferruginous, the elytra blackish-brown in one specimen ; the legs brownish 

 or piceous ; beneath, the epipleurae included, pitchy-brown, the borders of the propleura ferruginous ; the 

 legs brownish or piceous ; above and beneath sparsely and finely pubescent, the pubescence on the head, 

 the sides of the prothorax, and under surface cinereous, for the rest fuscous. Head thickly punctured, 

 flattened in front ; antennae extending to a little beyond the hind angles of the prothorax, the third joint 

 slightly longer than the second. Prothorax longer than broad, subparallel, the sides feebly sinuate before 

 and behind the middle ; the hind angles slightly divergent and moderately produced, not carinate ; the 

 surface finely, rather sparsely punctate. Scutellum convex in front, sparsely punctured. Elytra about 

 two and two-thirds longer than the prothorax, narrowing from the middle, somewhat obliquely truncate 

 at the apex, the sutural angles obsoletely mucronate ; deeply punctate-striate, the interstices convex 

 and rugosely punctured. Beneath sparsely punctate. 



Length 6|-7|, breadth lf-2 millim. ( S •) 



Hob. Mexico {coll. Janson, ex Candeze), Misantla in Vera Cruz (Godman). 



Three specimens, apparently all males. The example in the Janson collection is 

 labelled Asajphes deceptor, Cand., which is here treated as a variety of II. longicollis, 

 but differs from that insect in its sparser and finer pubescence, the less elongate, sub- 

 parallel thorax, the hind angles of which are not carinate, the smoother scutellum, &c. 

 H. candezei is nearest allied to II. amitinus, but may be separated from the males of 

 that species by the more parallel, differently coloured thorax, the anterior angles of the 

 latter being more prominent. The specimen from the Janson collection is figured. 



15. Hemicrepidius longicornis. (Tab. XXI. fig. 15, c? , var.) 



Elongate, narrow, shining ; black or pitchy-black, the prothorax and propleurae ferruginous in one specimen 

 ( J ) ; the antennae black, two basal joints paler in one specimen ; the legs varying in colour from testa- 

 ceous to pitchy-black ; above and beneath sparsely pubescent, the pubescence long and yellowish- or 

 fulvo-cinereous in colour, the elytra sometimes with blackish hairs intermixed. Head somewhat thickly, 

 irregularly punctate, flattened in front ; antennas rather slender, elongate in the male, extending to about 

 three joints beyond the hind angles of the prothorax, shorter in the female, joint 3 a little longer than 2. 

 Prothorax longer than broad, subparallel, the sides slightly sinuate before and behind the middle, and 

 rounded in front ; the hind angles long and acute, strongly divergent, not carinate ; the surface somewhat 

 thickly, finely punctate. Scutellum rather convex in front, densely punctured. Elytra three times the 

 length of the prothorax, and much wider than it, gradually narrowing from about the middle, rounded at 

 the apex ; punctate-striate, the interstices feebly convex and rather sparsely punctured. Beneath sparsely 

 punctate. 



Length 7^-8|, breadth 2-2| millim. ( <S $ .) 



Ha b. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu 6000 feet (Rogers) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 

 8000 feet (Champion). 



A pair from Chiriqui and a male from Costa Rica, the latter having the thorax 

 ferruginous in colour. This insect differs from most of its allies by the elongate 

 antennae in the male. From H. instabilis it may be known by its less elongate thorax, 

 with the hind angles more abruptly divergent, as well as by the form of the antennae. 

 The antennae are very elongate in the male from Chiriqui, slightly shorter in the 

 other specimen of the same sex from Costa Rica. 



