PHYSIMEETJS. 



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8. Physimerus varicornis. 



Pale fulvous, clothed with yellow pubescence, the sixth to the eighth joints of the antennae piceous; elytra 

 finely pnnctate-striate, each with some dark fulvous spots, placed transversely, the interstices slightly 

 convex. 



c? . Antennae nearly as long as the body. 



$ . Antennae much shorter than in the male. 



Length ]£ line. . 



c? . Head clothed with golden-yellow pubescence, not visibly punctured ; the labrum and the palpi testaceous ; 

 antennae more than two thirds the length of the body, the first joint very stout, the third and fourth joints 

 equal, the sixth to the eighth joints piceous or black, the others fulvous; thorax subquadrate, one half 

 broader than long, the surface scarcely impressed, and clothed (like the head) with golden-yellow pubes- 

 cence which hides any punctuation, the disc sometimes with two obscure fulvous spots; elytra with a 

 shallow depression below the base, finely punctate-striate, the interstices very slightly raised, the surface 

 clothed with yellow pubescence, but leaving bare some more or less distinct dark fulvous spots, which 

 are generally placed in three transverse irregular rows; underside fulvous, sparingly clothed with 

 yellow hairs ; posterior tibiae with a single spur. 



Hah. Guatemala, Zapote, Capetillo {Champion). 



P. varicornis seems to me to be closely allied to P. variegatus, Harold, which, 

 according to the description, differs in the slightly longer than broad thorax (the 

 reverse being the case in P. varicornis), in the deep punctuation of the elytra, and in 

 the raised eighth interstice of the latter ; in the female specimens of P. varicornis the 

 antenna scarcely reach the base of the elytra, but other differences of importance I 

 cannot find. The general colour of the upper surface of the elytra is yellowish, spotted 

 with fulvous ; the thorax, however, on account of the closer pubescence, is of a more 

 uniform yellowish or brownish tint ; in some specimens the spots of the elytra almost 

 disappear ; the length of the antenna and their stout basal joint will partly assist in 

 the recognition of P. varicornis. 



9. Physimerus constricticollis. (Tab. XXVI. fig. 20.) 



S Fuscous or black ; thorax strongly constricted at the base, the sides golden yellow ; elytra strongly punc- 

 tate-striate, brownish fuscous, each with a silvery-grey lateral and subsutural band. 



5 . Elytra without bands. 



Length If -2 lines. , 



Head rugosely punctate, clothed with golden-yellow pubescence near the eyes ; antennae filiform, black, the 

 third joint the longest, the terminal joints slightly thickened and much shorter than the others ; thorax 

 distinctly longer than broad, the sides greatly narrowed at the base, the surface finely granulate-punctate, 

 the sides clothed with a longitudinal band of bright golden-yellow pubescence, the middle of the disc as 

 well as the sides below, fuscous ; elytra narrowly parallel, without any basal depression, rather thickly 

 clothed with silvery-grey pubescence, which forms a narrow longitudinal lateral and a subsutural band 

 from the base to the apices, the rest of the surface is of a brownish fuscous colour, and clothed with 

 (besides the short pubescence) numerous long whitish hairs ; legs dark fulvous or piceous, thickly clothed 

 with whitish pubescence ; posterior tibiae with a single spur. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba {Champion). 



This handsome little species is well characterized by the strongly narrowed thorax 

 and its two bright bands of yellow pubescence. In the female the elytra are very 

 thinly clothed with brownish hairs, and the bands are scarcely indicated at the shoulders 



