56 PHYTOPHAGA. 
produced, obtuse. Antenne rather longer than the head and thorax, thickened towards 
the apex; joints cylindrical, the two lower ones slightly thickened, short, equal, the five 
outer ones forming a slender, ill-defined, elongate club. Thorax broader than long; 
sides very slightly rounded, nearly straight and parallel behind the middle, slightly 
converging anteriorly, the apical angle armed with a short obtuse tooth ; subcylindrical, 
obsoletely depressed on the hinder disc, coarsely and closely punctured. Elytra broader 
than the ‘thorax, parallel, regularly rounded at the apex, outer margin distinctly 
serrulate ; each elytron with eight, at the extreme base with nine, rows of large deep 
punctures; second, fourth, and sixth interspaces moderately costate, the suture, its 
extreme base excepted, also thickened. 
13. Chalepus pallescens. 
Subelongatus, subtus cum capite niger, nitidus; thoracis lateribus pedibusque flavis, facie inferiori tarsisque 
rufo-piceis ; supra minus nitidus, sordide-flavus; scutello nigro-piceo, elytris ad apicem maculis parvis 
piceis sparse notatis; thorace subcylindrico, rude et crebre punctato; elytris oblongis, parallelis, apice 
rotundatis, ad suturam vix sinuatis, minute serrulatis, dorso deplanatis, utrisque octo- basi nono-seriato- 
punctatis, interspatiis secundo, quarto sextoque modice costatis. 
Long. 14 lin. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba 800 to 1500 feet (Champion). 
Vertex minutely granulose, impressed in the medial line with a deep longitudinal 
groove; interocular space only slightly produced. Antenne about one third the length 
of the body; joints cylindrical, the five outer ones distinctly thickened. Thorax sub- 
cylindrical, scarcely broader than long; sides slightly rounded, nearly straight and 
parallel at the base, slightly converging before the middle, anterior angle produced 
into a small subacute tooth; upper surface faintly impressed transversely at the base, 
closely covered with large coarse punctures. Elytra oblong, parallel on the sides, 
obtusely rounded at the apex, faintly sinuate at the suture, the sutural angle armed with | 
a minute tooth ; lateral margin minutely and rather closely, apical border more distantly 
and irregularly, serrulate; each elytron with eight, at the extreme base with nine, rows 
of punctures, the alternate interspaces moderately costate; towards the apex are a few 
small, ill-defined piceous spots, which form an irregular band across the surface. 
14. Chalepus distinctus. (Tab. III. fig. 9.) 
Anguste oblongus, nitidus; subtus nigro-piceus, flavo variegatus, thoracis lateribus, femoribus tibiisque flavis ; 
supra flavo-fulvus, antennis, oculis, thoracisque lateribus nigris ; thorace subcylindrico, crebre foveolato- 
punctato; elytris oblongis, apice rotundatis, serrulatis ; dorso deplanatis, utrisque octo- basi nono-seriato- 
punctatis, interspatiis secundo, quarto nec non sexto costatis ; nigro-eneis, plaga communi magna, 
irregulari a basi ad longe pone medium extensa, maculisque nonnullis versus apicem flavo-fulvis. 
Long. 13 lin. 
Hab. GuateMaLa, San Geronimo, San Juan in Vera Paz (Champion). 
Face only moderately produced between the eyes, front trisulcate. Antenne less 
than half the length of the body, thickened towards the apex ; joints cylindrical, the 
