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49. Mordella apicicornis. (ab. XIII. figg. 10, ¢ ; 10a, antenna.) 
Elongate, black ; the head cinereo-pubescent, with intermixed dark brown hairs which are more numerous on 
the posterior half; the prothorax with black pubescence amongst which scattered cinereous hairs are 
visible ; the scutellum with black pubescence ; the elytra with the following golden-pubescent markings— 
a small punctiform spot on the middle of the disc a little below the base, a very minute spot lower down 
and almost in a line with it just before the middle, a similar minute spot midway between these but 
near the lateral margin, an angulated fascia at about one-third from the apex (barely reaching the suture 
or lateral margin, widening inwardly, and extending a short distance downwards along the suture), and 
two small spots placed in a line transversely just before the apex,—the rest of the pubescence entirely 
black ; the pygidium blackish-pubescent. Head longitudinally impressed in the middle anteriorly ; palpi 
piceous, the last joint of the maxillary pair oblong ovate, narrow; antenne rather long, black, the apical 
two joints yellow, the basal joints reddish, joints 3 and 4 elongate, very thin, subequal, 5-11 very 
broadly widened, 5-10 strongly serrate, 6-10 much broader than long (6—9 the widest), 11 oblong ovate, 
much longer than 10; elytra moderately long; beneath black, the base of each of the ventral segments 
and the posterior coxe with some cinereous pubescence; pygidium very short, blunt at the tip, about 
twice the length of the hypopygium ; legs slender (the hind pair excepted), black, the extreme tips of the 
tarsi and the tibial spurs testaceous, the penultimate joint of the anterior and intermediate tarsi filiform, 
the intermediate tibiz and tarsi almost equal in length. 
Length to end of the elytra 33, to tip of the pygidium 4, millim.; breadth 14 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
One male example. Smaller and narrower than J. xanthosticta; the head and 
thorax without a broad median band of darker pubescence; the elytra with a well- 
marked post-median fascia. The antenne are similarly shaped and also have the apical 
two joints yellow. 
50. Mordella xanthosticta. (Tab. XIII. fig. 11.) 
Moderately elongate, broad, subparallel, black ; the head with a very broad band of dark brown pubescence along 
the middle, the sides golden-pubescent ; the prothorax with a very broad ill-defined band of brownish-black 
pubescence down the middle, narrowing in front and interrupted behind by a large X-shaped golden-pubes- 
cent mark, for the rest golden-pubescent ; the scutellum with blackish pubescence; the elytra with the 
following golden-pubescent markings—three small spots placed almost in a line on the middle of the disc 
and equidistant from each other (the first transverse, the two others punctiform and smaller), two minute 
spots placed obliquely at the side near the anterior one, and a small spot at the side opposite the third, and 
two transverse marks placed in a line transversely just before the apex (these latter forming with the marks 
on the opposite elytron a common narrow interrupted fascia),—the extreme apex also edged with golden 
pubescence, the rest of the pubescence blackish-brown with a few intermixed golden hairs; the pygidium 
with yellowish-white pubescence at the sides, blackish-brown along the middle. Head with traces of an 
obsolete median impressed line; palpi piceous, the last joint of the maxillary pair oblong ovate, narrow ; 
antenne rather long, black, the apical two joints yellow, the basal four testaceous, joints 3 and 4 elongate, 
very thin, subequal, 5-11 very broadly widened, 5-10 strongly serrate, 6-10 strongly transverse (6-9 
the widest), 11 ovate, much longer than 10; elytra moderately long, subparallel; beneath with blackish- 
brown pubescence, the base of each of the ventral segments golden-pubescent ; pygidium very short, blunt 
at the tip, barely twice the length of the hypopygium ; legs slender (the hind pair excepted), black, the 
extreme tips of the tarsi and the tibial spurs testaceous, the penultimate joint of the four anterior tarsi 
filiform, the intermediate tarsi and tibie equal in length. 
Length to end of the elytra 43, to tip of the pygidium 5, millim.; breadth 23 millim. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
One specimen only, probably of the female sex. 
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