294 HETEROMERA. 
black with the basal four or five joints testaceous, rather long, joint 3 slender, 4-11 moderately widened, 
longer than broad, 4 triangular, a little narrower than 5, 5-10 subserrate ; elytra moderately long; beneath 
cinereo-pubescent, the ventral segments black at the apex; pygidium rather short and slender, acuminate, 
shorter in the female, not quite twice the length of the hypopygium ; legs black, the anterior femora and 
tibiz more or less and the posterior tibial spurs testaceous. 
Length to end of the elytra 3-33, to tip of the pygidium 37-47, millim.; breadth 1j-13 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Guatemaua, Capetillo, Duefias (Champion). 
Three examples. As in J. biformis and WM. leucosticta, the last joint of the maxil- 
lary palpi in the male is much stouter than in the female. In the slender pygidium 
&c. M. leucogramma comes very near MV. leucosticta, but differs from that species in 
having the fourth joint of the antenne triangular and much wider than the third ; 
the oblique stripe extending from the shoulder downwards is shorter and bent more 
abruptly inwards behind, and this is followed externally by a second oblique stripe 
or two oblong spots, of which there is no trace in M/. leucosticta. The more slender 
pygidium, the broader fourth joint of the antenne, and the testaceous tibial spurs 
distinguish it from MW. albopicta, M. tetraspilota, &c. In two of the specimens the 
second oblique stripe is represented by two oblong (or small) rather widely separated 
spots—one on the disc and one below the shoulder-stripe ; these marks are not always 
symmetrical, and in two examples they are differently formed on one elytron to what 
they are on the other. 
42. Mordella cingulata. (Tab. XIII. figg. 2,¢; 2a, maxillary palpus.) 
Elongate, rather narrow, black; the head, prothorax, and scutellum brownish-cinereous-pubescent, the pubes- 
cence on the disc of the prothorax indeterminately darker; the elytra each with a broad patch in front 
(occupying the basal third, narrowing on the disc behind, and extending a little downwards at the 
sides), enclosing a large black basal spot, and a narrow fascia just beyond the middle (not quite reaching 
the suture or lateral margin, and curving downwards towards the suture) brownish-cinereous-pubescent ; 
the pygidium clothed with black pubescence, cinereous only at the extreme base. Palpi testaceous, the 
last joint of the maxillary pair a little darker, the latter stout and securiform. Antenne (d) black with 
the basal three joints and the basal half of the fourth testaceous, rather long, joint 3 slender, very short, 
4-11 moderately dilated, much longer than broad, 4 triangular, more than twice as long and fully twice as 
wide as 3, very little smaller than 5, 4—8 distinctly serrate, 9 and 10 slightly narrower and more parallel ; 
elytra moderately long ; beneath in great part cinereo-pubescent; pygidium rather slender, long and 
acuminate, about twice the length of the hypopygium; legs black, the anterior and intermediate femora 
testaceous, the tibize of the same pairs of legs pitchy-brown, the tibial spurs testaceous; the anterior 
tibiee ( ¢ ) distinctly curved. 
Length to end of the elytra 33, to tip of the pygidium 4, millim.; breadth 13 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Panama, Caldera in Chiriqui (Champion). 
One male example. Closely resembling M. leucosticta, but differing from it by the 
triangularly dilated fourth joint of the antenne, the third joint also being shorter ; 
the light pubescence is of a fusco-cinereous colour and is more extended on the basal 
portion of the elytra, completely enclosing a large black basal spot; the post-median 
fascia is placed a little more forwards and is curved downwards towards the suture. In 
the form of the antenne the species resembles I. pustulosa. 
