STASEAS. DSL 
sculpture of the prothorax and elytra is variable, as is also the arrangement of the 
elytral vestiture, in S. granulatus and S. mexicanus. 
a. Mesosternum horseshoe-shaped. 
a’. Elytra rather coarsely granulate and with conspicuous scte, the 
vestiture mottled or fasciculate with fulvous . . . . . . . . « granulatus, sp. n. 
b/. Elytra finely granulate and with very short inconspicuous set, the 
vestiture closer. 
a’. Elytral vestiture fulvous and cinereous . . . - . ee ee cingulatus, sp. 0. 
b/’, Elytral vestiture cinereous, maculated with black. . . . . . . pullatus, sp. 0. 
6. Mesosternum arcuate. 
c’, Elytra conspicuously maculate at the base and apex; the body opaque 
beneath» 2. ee ee ee ee ee ee pletipennis, sp. n. 
d’, Elytra fasciculate; the body shining beneath . . - . . - es mexicanus, Sp. 0. 
1. Staseas granulatus, sp.n. (Tab. XXVI. figg. 13, 13 a, 6; 14, var.) 
Oblong-ovate, convex, black, the antenne and the tips of the tarsi ferruginous ; the prothorax very sparsely 
clothed with narrow, setiform, ochreous scales; the elytra mottled or fasciculate with rather coarse 
fulvous or ochreous scales, with darker scales intermixed, each interstice with a row of decumbent sete ; 
the under surface and legs sparsely clothed with narrow ochreous or cinereous scales. Head closely 
punctate, interruptedly carinate between the very large, subcontiguous eyes; rostrum about as long as 
the head and prothorax, curved, shining, very sparsely, minutely punctate, the punctuation becoming 
coarser and closer towards the base, especially in the g, the antenne inserted at (@ ) or at a little 
beyond (3) the middle, joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus equal in length, the club ovate. Prothorax 
transverse, rounded at the sides, narrowed and feebly constricted in front; duil, somewhat closely 
granulate (the elevations often confluent and forming curved or sinuous lines), and carinate from the 
apex to near the base. Elytra a little wider than the prothorax, narrowing from the middle, the 
interstices rugulose and strongly seriato-granulate. Beneath shining, coarsely, sparsely punctate. 
Mesosternum horseshoe-shaped. Legs short ; femora feebly clavate and sharply unidentate. 
Var. a. The prothorax with the raised lines more extended, its surface appearing coarsely, confluently 
punctate ; the elytra strongly fasciculate with fulvous or ochreous scales. 
Var. §. The prothorax as in a; the elytra with a narrow interrupted post-median fascia, and some small 
spots near the base and apex, ochreous. 
Var. y. The prothorax as in a; the elytra somewhat closely mottled with fulvous or ochreous scales, which 
are condensed into a broad irregular post-median fascia. 
Var. 6. The elytra each with several scattered, sharply defined, dense, whitish or ochreous spots, the rest of 
their vestiture finer and sparser, brownish, fulvous, or ochreous. (Fig. 14.) 
Var. «. The elytra somewhat closely mottled with flayo-cinereous scales on the anterior half, the apical 
declivity black, except at the sides and apex. 
Length 4-7, breadth 13-33 millim. (¢ $ .) 
Hab. Mexico (ex coll. Flohr; Mus. Brit.), Jalapa (Hoge), Teapa (A. H. Smith); 
Guatema.a, Cubilguitz, Panzos, Teleman, Chacoj, Panima, El Reposo, Cerro Zunil, Las 
Mercedes, Volcan de Atitlan, Mirandilla, Zapote (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales 
(Belt, Janson) ; Panama, Bugaba, David, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—CoLomBia. 
An abundant insect in Central America, and varying greatly in size, in the sculpture 
of the prothorax, and in the distribution of the fulvous or yellowish scales on the 
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