148 HETEROMERA. 
palpi in ‘the male is very long and cultriform, if anything longer than in the same sex 
of C. maculicollis, and the mandibles are bifid. 
** Last joint of the maxillary palpi shorter, subtriangular. 
6. Copidita apicalis. (Tab. VII. fig. 5.) 
Elongate, narrow, thickly clothed with rather coarse pubescence ; the head and prothorax rather shining, the 
former testaceous with a broad longitudinal infuscate stripe on the middle of the vertex, and the anterior 
half and the greater part of the mandibles pale flavous, the latter reddish-testaceous ; the elytra opaque, 
fuscous, the suture rather broadly throughout, the lateral margin narrowly (but not visibly so from above), 
and a transverse fascia (extending completely across) just before the apex, very pale flavous, the base and 
the apex of a darker fuscous tint. Head rather broad, very closely and moderately finely punctured, the 
eyes and the tips of the mandibles black ; palpi fusco-testaceous, the last joint of the maxillary pair 
elongate-triangular and with its apical side a little longer than the inner side; antenne fuscous, filiform, 
joints 1 and 3 about equal in length, 11 constricted at the middle; prothorax narrower than the head, 
the sides rounded anteriorly, constricted at the middle, and thence to the base subparallel, the disc a little 
flattened in the centre at the base and with a rather large depression on each side before the middle and a 
smooth central line, the surface very closely and moderately finely punctured; elytra densely and much 
more coarsely punctured than the prothorax, and with two fine raised lines on the disc; beneath 
densely punctured, piceous, the prothorax testaceous with the flanks darker towards the apex ; legs pale 
flavous, the apical half of all the tibie piceous-brown, the tarsi partly, and the femora towards the 
apex, infuscate. 
Length 5 millim. 
Hab. Paxama, Bugaba (Champion). 
This small narrow species differs from all the allied forms in the coloration of the 
elytra. One specimen only was obtained, apparently a male. 
7. Copidita parvula. (Tab. VII. fig. 6.) 
Elongate, narrow, finely pubescent, opaque; the head flavous, with a Y-shaped median stripe and the sides 
behind the eyes brown or piceous ; the prothorax flavous, with a broad median stripe, widening behind, 
and the sides narrowly (but not visibly so from above in one example), piceous; the elytra piceous or 
piceous-brown, the suture sometimes a little lighter. Head densely and finely punctured, the eyes and 
the tips of the mandibles black, the former large and coarsely granulated; antenne black or piceous, 
rather stout, tapering outwardly, joint 1 a little longer than 3, 11 constricted at the middle; prothorax 
longer than broad, narrower than the head, the sides rounded anteriorly, constricted at the middle, and 
thence to the base subparallel, the dise shallowly depressed in the middle behind and with a shallow 
oblique depression on each side anteriorly, the surface densely and finely punctured ; elytra densely and 
very much more coarsely punctured than the prothorax, and with three fine raised lines on the disc, the 
suture also a little raised; beneath densely punctured, piceous or fuscous, the prothorax (the flanks 
excepted) lighter; legs testaceous or flavous, the apices of the femora and the tibie (except at the base) 
piceous or brownish, 
Length 37-44 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba, San Feliz (Champion). 
Three examples, apparently females. Smaller and narrower than C. apicalis, the 
head and thorax opaque and more densely and more finely punctured, the latter with 
a broad median vitta, the elytra differently coloured, &c.; the apical joint of the 
