SOLARIA. 391 
c. Prosternum unimpressed, transversely tumid in middle in ¢; pygidium 
large ; prothorax feebly tuberculate on each side of the disc and compressed [sp. n. 
at the sides anteriorly ; elytra uneven ; body somewhat fusiform. . . . compressicollis, 
1. Solaria acutidens, sp.n. (Tab. XIX. figg. 24, 24a, b, ¢ ; 25, 2.) 
Oblong, somewhat cuneiform, shining, black or fusco-castaneous. Head closely punctate, transversely grooved 
between the eyes; rostrum moderately stout, curved, a little longer than the head and prothorax, some- 
what closely punctate, in the 2 longer, smoother, and more slender, the antennx inserted near (d ) or 
far behind (2) the middle, the club small. Prothorax transverse, rather convex, narrow in front, the 
sides rounded anteriorly aud subparallel behind; sparsely punctate, the punctures fine on the disc, 
becoming coarser and confluent at the sides. Scutellum minute, triangular. Elytra subtriangular, 
somewhat compressed at the sides behind the humeri, slightly depressed at the base and along the suture ; 
sharply and narrowly punctate-striate, the interstices broad, flat, finely and shallowly uniseriate-punctate. 
Pygidium large, a little narrower in the 9 , densely punctate, longitudinally carinate at the base. Beneath 
closely and coarsely punctate along the sides, more sparsely and finely so down the middle, the fifth ventral 
segment densely punctate at the apex. Prosternum bifoveate in front, the broad basal process arcuate- 
emarginate behind. Femora sharply dentate, the tooth on the anterior pair triangular. 
3. Anterior tibie (fig. 24 5) armed with a long, sharp, triangular tooth at a little beyond the middle. 
Q. Anterior tibie (fig. 25) triangularly dilated at a little beyond the middle. 
Length 34-33, breadth 13-1} millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab, Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui, Tolé (Champion). 
Four males and two females. Distinguished from its Central-American allies by the 
very sharply dentate anterior tibie of the male, the tooth being longer and more acute 
than in the same sex of S. dentitibia (Solari), from the Amazons, which, moreover, has 
the rostrum shorter, more curved, and more closely punctate. 
2. Solaria curtula. (8. isthmia, Tab. XIX. fig. 26.) 
Baridius curtulus, Boh. in Schénh. Gen. Cure. viii. 1, p. 147°. 
Elliptic, somewhat flattened above, shining, black or piceous, the legs often reddish. Head closely punctate, 
transversely depressed between the eyes ; rostrum moderately stout, about as long as the head and pro- 
thorax, closely punctate at the base and sparsely so towards the tip, the basal portion slightly thickened, 
the apical portion in the Q longer, straighter, smoother, and a little more slender, the antenne inserted 
behind the middle in both sexes, the club rather small. Prothorax moderately convex, transverse, much 
narrowed and feebly constricted in front, the sides rounded anteriorly and parallel behind ; closely, 
coarsely punctate (except along the smooth median line), the punctures becoming confluent at the sides 
and sometimes finer on the disc. Elytra narrowing from the rounded hnmeri, depressed along the 
suture; sharply punctate-striate, the interstices broad, flat, uniseriate-punctate, becoming rugose towards 
the sides. Pygidium densely punctate, large and rather convex in the 3, narrower and flatter in the ?. 
Beneath very coarsely and closely, a broad space down the middle sparsely and finely, punctate. Pro- 
sternum (fig. 26) flattened or slightly hollowed down the middle, with two short sulci or oblong fovez 
in front, these being sometimes confluent. Anterior femora sharply, the others feebly, dentate. Anterior 
tibie simply sinuate within in both sexes. 
Length 23-3}, breadth 13-14 millim. (d¢ @.) | 
Hab. British Honpuras, Belize, Rio Hondo (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemaa, Livingston 
(Schwarz and Barber, U.S. Nat. Mus.), Chacoj, Polochie valiey (Champion); Nicaragua, 
Chontales, Greytown (Janson) ; Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui, Caldera, David, 
Tolé, San Feliz, Panama city, Taboga I. (Champion), La Chorrera (Dolby-Tyler).— 
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