CHALEPUS. 71: 
Thorax transverse ; sides nearly parallel at the extreme base, thence converging towards 
the apex, sinuate just behind the latter, anterior angle slightly produced laterally, acute ; 
above transversely convex, transversely depressed on the hinder disc, opaque, impressed 
with large, shallow, ill-defined punctures. LElytra parallel, regularly rounded at the 
apex ; lateral margin minutely serrulate, the apex armed with a number of acute teeth, 
equal in length and placed at nearly equal distances on the margin; each elytron with 
ten regular rows of punctures, the second, fourth, and eighth, together with the base 
and apex of the sixth, interspaces, costate. 
89. Chalepus propinguus. 
Hlongatus, parallelus; subtus cum capite niger, nitidus; supra subopacus, fulvus; thoracis vitta discoidali, 
scutello elytrorumque linea suturali, nec non tertia postica, nigris; thorace transverso, lateribus rotun- 
datis, basi rectis; dorso convexo, pone medium leviter transversim excavato, crebre et rude punctato; 
elytris parallelis, apice regulariter rotundatis, margine laterali obsolete, apicali distincte serrulatis; utris- 
que decem-seriato-punctatis; interspatiis secundo et quarto equaliter, octavo minus distincte, costatis. 
Long. 3-33 lin. 
Hab. Mexico (coll. Baly); Guatumata, Capetillo, El Tumbador 2500 feet, Duefias, 
Senahu in Vera Paz (Champion). 
Head smooth, impunctate, hinder vertex sometimes fulvous; front longitudinally 
grooved ; interocular space moderately produced, angulate. Antenne robust, filiform, 
scarcely thickened towards the apex, rather longer than the head and thorax. Thorax 
transverse ; sides straight and parallel from the base to the middle, thence rounded and 
narrowed to the apex, constricted just behind the latter, the anterior angle armed with 
a very short oblique tooth ; upper surface transversely convex, slightly excavated trans- 
versely on the hinder disc, coarsely and closely punctured. Elytra broader than the 
thorax, parallel on the sides, regularly rounded at the apex; lateral margin obsoletely, 
the apical one distinctly, serrulate ; each elytron with ten rows of deep punctures, the 
second and fourth interspaces equally, the eighth less strongly, costate, the hinder 
portion of the sixth slightly elevated. 
40. Chalepus clypeatus. 
Elongatus, parallelus, nitidus ; subtus niger, pectoris medio fulvo; supra flavo-fulvus, scutello capiteque nigris ; 
__-vertice profunde sulcato; antennis robustis, subfusiformibus, clypeo quadrato-elongato; thorace subcylin- . 
drico, basi transversim excayato, rude et irregulariter punctato, lateribus angulatis; vitta discoidali lateri- 
busque angustis nigris; elytris parallelis, serrulatis, apice rotundatis, breviter spinosis; utrisque decem-~ 
seriato-punctatis ; interspatiis secundo, quarto octavoque costatis ; linea suturali, necnon tertia parte 
postica, nigris. 
Long. 3} lin. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). 
Head strongly produced between the eyes, front deeply sulcate; clypeus quadrate- 
elongate, thickened, coarsely and deeply punctured; antenne robust, subfusiform. 
Thorax transverse; sides straight and slightly converging from the base to beyond the 
