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anterior tarsi in the male a little dilated; beneath shining, brownish-bronze, very sparingly and finely 
punctured, the metasternum almost smooth, the ventral segments 1-3 rather strongly longitudinally 
wrinkled, and in the male with a flattened, closely punctured, pubescent space down the middle, the 
flanks of the prothorax very shallowly strigose; prosternum a little declivous, subacuminately and 
convexly produced; mesosternum declivous, narrow, moderately excavate within. 
Length 7-83 millim.; breadth 34-43 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). “ 
Two examples, one of each sex. This insect somewhat resembles Nautes splendens, 
but is more parallel; the head and thorax are much more closely and not nearly so 
finely punctured, the anterior angles of the latter more produced; the elytra are rela- 
tively longer, with rows of much coarser impressions, and not striate; the prosternum 
is differently formed, &c. The sculpture of the elytra is similar to that of T. erifera ; 
the species seems best placed near 7’. oblongo-punctata. 
5. Tarpela torrida. (Tab. XII. fig. 22, .) 
Oblong ovate, moderately convex, dark brownish-bronze, slightly shining. Head coarsely and confluently 
punctured, the frontal impression shallow, the epistoma feebly but distinctly emarginate ; antenne short, 
distinctly widening outwardly, the penultimate joints subtriangular, the apical joint in the male a little 
longer than the tenth, piceous ; prothorax transverse, broad, rather strongly margined, the sides slightly 
sinuate or almost straight behind the middle and narrowing a little and feebly sinuate anteriorly, the 
anterior angles very strongly and angularly produced in front, the hind angles rectangular, the base feebly 
bisinuate, the basal fovez shallow, the disc longitudinally impressed in the middle behind, the surface 
very closely and coarsely punctured, the punctures sinuously or longitudinally confluent ; elytra a little 
wider than the prothorax, rather long, the humeri a little produced in front and grooved within for the 
reception of the hind angles of the prothorax, subparallel or a little rounded at the sides, deeply punctate- 
striate from the base to the apex, the scutellar stria deep, the punctures coarse, oblong, and rather closely 
placed, the interstices convex throughout and scarcely visibly punctured ; femora sparingly but rather 
coarsely, the tibiee closely and roughly, punctured ; the entire surface beneath coarsely and closely. punc- 
tured, the flanks of the prothorax confluently so, the punctures here and there longitudinally confluent 
at the sides; prosternum gradually declivous, rather convex behind, the apex sometimes armed with a 
short conical prominence ; mesosternum feebly excavate. 
Length 6-8} millim.; breadth 3-4 millim. (3 @.) 
Hab. Mexico, Ventanas in Durango (Hodge). 
Five examples. Of the species here enumerated 7’. torrida most nearly resembles 
T. durangoensis, but differs in being winged ; and in having the epistoma more shal- 
lowly emarginate ; the thorax less convex,.wider posteriorly, and with rather more acute 
anterior angles; the scutellum larger; the humeri more prominent; the under surface 
still more coarsely punctured, &c.; the prosternum is formed much as in that species. 
- Compared with 7. browni, T. foveipennis, &c., it has the thorax much straighter at 
the base ; and the elytra deeply punctate-striate (in this respect approaching 7’. costata), 
instead of having rows of coarse longitudinal impressions. 
In one of the female examples the elytral striz are much more finely punctured than 
in the others; I do not think, however, that it represents more than a variety of this 
insect. 
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