354 HETEROMERA. 
Elytra long, coarsely foveolate-striate to the middle, and thence to the apex deeply 
sulcate ; eyes small ; prothorax conical ; upper surface cyaneous, moderately shining ; 
fourth and fifth ventral segments red ; size large. 
21. Strongylium conicicolle. (Tab. XIV. fig. 25, 2 .) 
Strongylium conicicolle, Makl. Monogr. p. 839; Act. Soc. Fenn. viii. part 1, p. 447, t. 1.£.3 
(antenna), & t. 3. f. 22°. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson) ; Costa Rica (Sallé); Panama, Bugaba, Volcan 
de Chiriqui (Champion), Veragua’. 
We figure a female example from Bugaba. 
Elytra convex, very finely and lightly striate-punctate, widest at the base, the humeri 
prominent ; eyes small; upper surface unicolorous bright bronze. 
22. Strongylium colombianum. (Tab. XV. fig. 11, 2.) 
Elongate, rather convex, entirely bright bronze, sometimes with a golden tinge. Head rather finely and some- 
what closely punctured, shallowly impressed between the eyes, the latter small and very widely separated ; 
antenne (@ ) short, passing some little distance beyond the base of the prothorax, gradually widening 
outwardly, joint 4 the length of 3, but widening at the apex, the penultimate joints rather longer than 
broad, the apical joint ovate, joints 1-4 cyaneous or violaceous, 5-11 piceous, the extreme apex dull 
ferruginous ; prothorax large, broad, convex, strongly transverse, the sides immarginate, narrowing a little 
anteriorly, almost straight or slightly sinuous behind, and armed with a short tooth about the middle, the 
anterior angles rounded, the hind angles rectangular or subacute, the base slightly sinuate, the apex 
straight, the basal fovese narrow and shallow, the disc unimpressed, the surface rather finely (but deeply) 
and closely punctured ; scutellum subtriangular, smooth ; elytra long, a little flattened on the disc, widest 
at the base, the sides nearly straight in their basal half, rounding and gradually narrowed beyond, the base 
rather strongly impressed on each side within the somewhat prominent humeri, the suture narrowly 
depressed for a short distance at the base, finely striate-punctate, the punctures closely placed, rather 
coarser towards the sides and base, and becoming finer towards the apex, the interstices flat throughout and 
minutely and sparingly (sometimes more closely) punctured; beneath glabrous, bright greenish-seneous, 
the sides and margins of the ventral segments more or less reddish-brown, sparingly but very distinctly 
punctured, the sides of the metasternum and the flanks of the prothorax very coarsely so; prosternum 
convexly raised at the apex ; legs short, rather stout, somewhat sparingly but rather coarsely punctured, 
neous or greenish-seneous, the tarsi darker ; the first joint of the posterior tarsi very short, only alittle 
longer than the second joint and not nearly half the length of the apical one, 
Length 12-14 millim.; breadth 33-4 millim. (9.) 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—CotomB1a, Bogota (coll. F. Bates). 
The description is taken from three examples, one from the State of Panama and two 
from Southern Colombia, apparently all females. S. colombianum cannot be compared 
with any other species inhabiting our region; in its general shape it somewhat 
approaches the Brazilian S. flavicrus (Germ.), though wholly different in colour and 
sculpture; the exceedingly short first joint of the hind tarsi (still shorter than in 
S. flavicrus) is a noteworthy character. A closely allied undescribed form from 
Chanchamayo, Peru, is contained in Mr. F. Bates’s collection. 
The Bugaba specimen is figured. 
