MALACODERMATA. _ 8389 
Clerus nodulifer (p. 150). 
Taken abundantly by Mr. Champion at Bugaba and up to 4000 feet elevation on the. 
Volcan de Chiriqui, in rolled-up withered leaves and on boughs of fallen trees in forest- 
clearings. 
11 (a). Clerus puellus. 
Saturate ferrugineus, parum nitidus, creberrime punctatus ; capite abdomineque nigris ; elytris fasclis duabus 
albis, una mediana curvata, altera subapicali obliqua, inter fascias et ad apicem nigris, cinereo pubescentibus. 
Long. 5-6 millim. . 
Hab. Guatemata, San Gerénimo, San Joaquin, and Tocoy in Vera Paz (Champion). 
Extremely like C. quadrinodosus, but to. be separated from that species by having 
scarcely any vestige of a basal tubercle, the basal striga only just indicated by a minute 
smooth ivory-white spot, and by the coarser substriate sculpture of the elytra. This is 
especially the case in the black part between the fascie, which in C. guadrinodosus is 
almost smooth. It is also very like a rufous variety of C. cautus, but the latter species 
is very smooth and shining; the body, excepting the abdomen, is quite red in 
C. puellus. 
Clerus venator (p. 159). 
To the Mexican locality given, add :—Ventanas (forrer). 
A specimen which has lost its head and has a pale subapical fascia to the elytra, thus 
very nearly resembling C. @sopius, is doubtfully referable to this species. 
Clerus insidiosus (p. 160). 
To the Panama localities given, add :—San Feliz, Tolé (Champion). 
39 (a). Clerus plagiatus. (Tab. XII. fig. 21.) 
Nigro-czruleus, fere impunctatus, nitidus ; antennis flavis, articulis tribus basalibus piceis ; elytris luteis, macula . 
communi scutellari, apice plagaque in singulis antice attenuata postice ampliata, nigro-piceis. Long. 
8 millim. . 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
This species is not like any other known to me, and is, in addition to the peculiar 
pattern, remarkable as having the elytra nearly impunctate, and free from hairs. The 
head and thorax are stout and broad, dark steel-blue, the legs and body of the same 
tint; the palpi are black, but the antenne are bright yellow, excepting the three » 
basal joints. The elytra are flat on their disc, and rather broad; the scutellum, a 
patch running out to a point on the suture (where it becomes pitchy brown), and the 
apex, blackish ; there is also a broad stripe near the apex (where it just touches the 
margin), but attenuated to the humerus, where it runs out. 
One specimen. 
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