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11. Cephalodonta erudita. (Tab. II. fig. 22.) 
-Anguste elongata, fere parallela; subtus nigra nitida, pectoris medio femoribusque basi flavis; supra subopaca, 
pallide flavo-fulva, capitis vertice antennisque gracilibus nigris; thorace quam longo vix latiori ; lateribus 
bisinuatis, medio angulatis ; crebre rugoso-punctato, vittis duabus, basi convexis, lituram V-simulantibus, 
nec non lateribus nigris; scutello nigro; elytris parallelis, ad apicem paullo ampliatis; utrisque apice 
bidentatis, dentibus magnis, compressis; seriatim punctatis, interspatio quarto sat valde costato; sutura 
dimidioque apicali nigris. 
Var. A. Abdominis medio et lateribus elytrisque fulvis. 
Var. B. Thoracis vittis obliquis obsoletis, pedibus piceis. 
Long. 33 lin. 
Hab. Nicaraeua, Chontales (Belt); Panama, Bugaba 800 to 1500 feet, and David in 
Chiriqui (Champion). 
The type and var. B are from the State of Panama; the var. A is from Nicaragua. 
Front impressed with an oblong fovea. Antenne nearly three fourths the length of 
the body, slender, filiform ; joints obsoletely compressed, the basal one short, the second, 
third, and fourth nearly equal in length, each one half longer than the first. Thorax 
not longer than broad ; sides nearly parallel, slightly sinuate from the base to the 
middle, thence sinuate and obliquely converging to the apex, the anterior angle armed 
with an obtuse tooth ; above subcylindrical, slightly depressed transversely at the base, 
closely and coarsely punctured. Scutellum subquadrate. LElytra parallel, slightly 
dilated towards the posterior angle; apex of each elytron armed with two large 
flattened teeth—one acute at the posterior angle, its apex looking directly backwards, 
the other irregular, placed near the suture; each elytron at the extreme base with 
eleven, on the rest of the surface with ten, irregular rows of punctures; fourth inter- 
space from the suture costate; humeral callus flattened above, laterally produced, its 
apex acute. 
12. Cephalodonta proxima. (Tab. II. fig. 23.) 
Anguste elongata, fere parallela; subtus nigra, nitida, pectoris medio coxisque rufo-piceis, femoribus basi flavis ; 
supra subopaca, capite nigro, antennis perfoliatis apice, facieque inferiori fulvis, vertice oreque piceis; 
thorace quam lato vix longiori; lateribus bisinuatis, medio leviter angulatis; crebre rugoso-punctato, 
vitta discoidali lateribusque nigris; scutello nigro; elytris parallelis, ad apicem paullo ampliatis, utrisque 
apice bidentatis, dentibus magnis, compressis; seriatim punctatis, interspatio quarto sat valde costato; 
fulvis, dimidio postico suturaque nigris ; pedibus elongatis. 
Var. A. Thoracis vitta ad apicem abbreviata, elytris rufo-fulvis, sutura nigra, antennis apice piceis. 
‘Long. 33 lin. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, type); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to 4000 
feet (Champion, var. A). 
Head sculptured as in C. erudita. Antenne three fourths the length of the body; the 
two lower joints short, equal, the third to the seventh compressed and dilated, perfoliate, 
the third longer than the preceding two united, fourth and fifth each shorter than the 
third, equal. Thorax rather longer than broad; sides slightly converging from the base 
