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tooth ; upper surface subcylindrical, rather deeply excavated transversely on the hinder 
disc, closely and strongly punctured, medial line with a very fine longitudinal groove. 
Elytra narrowly elongate-ovate ; sides slightly rounded, finely serrulate; apex regularly 
rounded, angulate-emarginate at the sutural angle, distinctly serrulate; each elytron 
with ten rows of punctures, the second and fourth interspaces distinctly, the sixth at 
base and apex, together with the eighth entirely, obsoletely costate. 
43, Chalepus angulosus. 
Hlongatus, fere parallelus, niger ; subtus nitidus, prosterno fulvo; supra subopacus, capite scutelloque nigris, illo 
inter oculos sat valde producto, apice angulato ; thorace transverso ; lateribus angulatis, dorso transversim 
convexo, ante basin depresso, velutino, vage subcrebre punctato; fulvo, lateribus vittaque lata discoidali 
nigris ; elytris fere parallelis, apicem versus obsolete ampliatis, apice regulariter rotundatis ; margine@picali 
obsolete, apicali distincte, serrulatis; utrisque decem-seriato-punctatis; interspatiis secundo, quarto octavoque 
nec non sexto basi, costatis ; vitta lata laterali a basi ad longe pone medium extensa, postice attenuata, basi 
- linea submarginali brevi nigra, fulva notata, ornatis. 
Long. 3 lin. mare 
Hab. Panama, David, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 4000 feet (Champion). 
Vertex and front opaque, trisulcate; interocular space rather strongly produced, its 
apex angulate. Antenne nearly half the length of the body, tapering at base and apex ; 
joints cylindrical, the first and third nearly equal in length, the second joint shorter. 
Thorax transverse; sides angulate, nearly straight, obsoletely sinuate behind the 
middle, converging and distinctly sinuate from thence to the apex, the apical angle 
laterally acute; upper surface transversely convex, transversely depressed on the hinder _ 
disc and again obsoletely before the middle, vaguely but somewhat closely punctured. 
Elytra nearly parallel, obsoletely dilated towards the posterior angle, rounded at the 
apex, the lateral margin obsoletely, the apical one distinctly, serrulate; each elytron 
with ten rows of punctures, the second, fourth, and eighth interspaces, together with 
the basal portion of the sixth, costate. 
44, Chalepus similatus. 
Elongatus, subcylindricus, niger nitidus ; femoribus anticis quatuor basi thoraceque fulvis ; hoc transverso, rude 
foveolato-punctato ; apice, lobo basali, nec non lateribus angulatis, anguste piceo marginatis; elytris 
parallelis, apice rotundatis, serrulatis; utrisque decem-seriato-punctatis, striis integris, sutura inter- 
spatiisque secundo, quarto et octavo, nec non sexto pone medium, costatis ; vitta lata discoidali, a basi ad 
medium extensa, fulva. 
Long. 3 lin. 
‘Hab. Guaremaa, Cubulco (Champion) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to 4000 
feet (Champion). : 
Head smooth and shining, faintly tinged with eneous; front moderately produced, 
trisulcate, its anterior portion covered with an ill-defined fulvo-piceous patch. Antenne 
rather more than one third the length of the body, filiform, slightly thickened towards 
the apex; the two basal joints subovate, equal in length, the third joint one fourth | 
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