VASACES. 129 
Two examples only, both imperfect. Labelled Copidita, sp., in the Sallé collection. 
V. eneipennis is about the size and facies of Dryops femorata, Fabr., 2. 
2. Vasaces sordidus. 
Very elongate, narrow, finely and sparsely pubescent, slightly shining, pale testaceous. Head rather sparsely 
and moderately finely punctured, slightly infuscate on the middle of the vertex, the tips of the mandibles 
and the eyes black, the latter feebly sinuate on their inner edge; antenne ( ? ) elongate, slender, reaching 
to beyond the middle of the elytra, testaceous, the basal half of each joint darker, joints 1 and 3 about 
equal in length, 1 slender, 2 a little shorter than 3, 3 a little shorter than 4, 11 feebly sinuate at the 
middle and somewhat pointed at the apex; prothorax longer than broad, the sides feebly emarginate 
behind and a little rounded anteriorly, the disc with a sinuous groove on each side, a short longitudinal 
groove in the middle in front, and a transverse depression just before the base, the basal margin a little 
raised, the surface thickly, finely, and very distinctly punctured; elytra moderately long, somewhat 
attenuate at the apex, shallowly, densely, and finely punctured, each with four distinct raised lines or 
costee extending from the base nearly to the apex, the suture also raised, the cost~@ and suture each with 
an indistinct interrupted row of fine oblong fuscous streaks on either side; beneath testaceous; legs very 
slender, pallid testaceous, the knees, the apices of the tibie, and the tarsi a little darker. 
Length 83 millim. ( 9.) 
Hab. Guatemata, Capetillo (Champion). 
One immature female example. Smaller than V. costatus; the head and thorax 
more coarsely, the elytra much more shallowly and less densely punctured, the latter 
more acuminate behind and of the same colour as the thorax. ‘The last joint of the 
maxillary palpi is also very differently shaped, it being triangular and formed very much 
as in V: eneipennis; but it is shorter than in that insect. 
** Anical joint of the maxillary palpi cultriform, its outer edge sinuate. 
3. Vasaces costatus. (Tab. VI. fig. 8, ¢.) 
Elongate, finely pubescent, slightly shining, testaceous, the bead in the middle and the disc and sides (very 
narrowly and indistinctly) of the prothorax of a brassy tint, the elytra brassy. Head closely and minutely 
punctured, and with a feeble transverse elevation on each side between the points of insertion of the 
antennee, the tips of the mandibles and the eyes black, the latter merely sinuate on their inner edge; 
antenne (¢) exceedingly elongate and slender, nearly reaching the apex of the elytra, fusco-testaceous, 
the. basal joint and the apices of the others testaceous, joint 1 stout, 1 and 3 about equal in length, 
2 more than half the length of 3, 3 much shorter than 4, 11 feebly sinuate at the middle and blunt at the 
apex; prothorax longer than broad, the sides very feebly emarginate behind and only very slightly 
rounded in front, the base and apex very feebly emarginate in the middle and without prominent margin, 
the dise finely canaliculate, with a distinct V-shaped depression in the middle in front, on either side of 
which is an oblique groove, and a transverse depression in the centre and another before the base, the 
surface almost smooth (when viewed under a strong lens, very minutely and densely punctured); elytra 
moderately elongate, very densely and finely punctured (the punctures more or less confluent), each with 
four distinct raised lines or costa extending from the base nearly to the apex, the suture also a little 
raised, the apices separately rounded and obtuse; beneath very closely and finely punctured, finely 
pubescent, testaceous, the flanks of the prothorax, the metasternum, and venter much suffused with 
piceo-seneous ; legs testaceous, the tarsi a little darker. 
¢. Fifth ventral segment deeply triangularly emarginate; the sixth with a short spoon-shaped piece on 
each side, the dorsal portion of the same segment furnished on each side with a slender appendage. 
Length 94 millim. (d¢.) 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Coleopt., Vol. IV. Pt. 2, January 1890. SS 
