ELYCES. ULO 



l. Elyces nigro-maculatus. (Tab. XXXIII. fig. 5, $ .) 



Testaceous, the head at the base, the antenna, and tibia black; thorax finely punctured ; elytra closely and 

 strongly punctate, a spot at the shoulder, another surrounding the scutellum, and a transverse band below 

 the middle, black. 



HTaSncMe! Mack at the vertex; the lower portion of the face testaceous, forming a plane "«J*^ 

 impressed with some rather deep punctures; labrum prominent, piceous; palpi with ^ e P en ™ e 

 joint strongly swollen, piceous ; antennae very long, extending far beyond th e elytra black ^rax -ore 

 'than twice broader than long, the lateral margins very slightly rounded, the surface with a ew fine 

 punctures; scutellum testaceous; elytra very closely and distinctly punctured, the spot at th shoulder 

 elongate, the one surrounding the scutellum pointed at the suture, both often connected in the shape of a 

 band, the posterior band wider at the sides than near the suture, and of variable thickness. 



Hah. Panama, Bugaba, David, Caldera, Tole (Champion). 



The spots of the elytra are subject to a good deal of variation as regards shape and 

 size- but there is generally a small space at the base of the ground-colour. In a 

 single specimen the spots form two transverse bands which surround a central trans- 

 verse testaceous spot, and the apices of the elytra remain testaceous; in this specimen 

 the head is entirely black. An example from David is figured. 



2 Elyces quadri-maculatus. (Tab. XXXIII. fig. 6, 6 .) 



Testaceous, the apical joints of the antenna,, the tibiae, and tarsi fuscous ; thorax sparingly and finely punc- 

 tured; elytra closely and more strongly punctured, a spot at the shoulder, another near the scutellum, 

 and two spots below the middle, placed transversely, black. 



^My^Leon., impunctate ; the frontal tubercles well developed ; the lower portion of the face with 

 a si itlv raised central ridge ; antenna much longer than the body, very thin and slender, fuscous, the 

 tbr e o £1^ joints testaceous, the third joint double the length of the second ; thorax transverse 

 Wdes ZX -unded at the middle, the surface finely and sparingly punctured ; elytra closely covered 

 w^h small L slightly larger punctures, the interspaces somewhat rugose, each with a small spot at h 

 loulder, another one below the base near the scutellum, and two small spots immediately below the 

 middle, placed transversely, black. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 



E ouadrismaculatus differs from the preceding species in the entirely testaceous head, 

 the colour of the antenna,, and the spots of the elytra. The posterior spots on the 

 latter are placed more forward than the corresponding band in E. mgro-maculatus In 

 one or two specimens the spots are larger and connected, forming bands; but the 

 testaceous head and the other details pointed out above will separate these forms from 

 E. nigro-maculatus. 



3. Elyces obscuro-vittatus. 



band. 



SStoS^STtt. vertex obscure fuscous, the lower part testaceous , the frontal tubercles aU^4 

 tri^nl ; the lower portiou of the face flattened, forming a single prece with the clypeus ; the labrum 



