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converging from the base to the apex, slightly but distinctly angulate ; upper surface 
transversely convex, transversely excavated on the hinder disc, closely and coarsely punc- 
tured ; either side with a broad submarginal torulose, impunctate, fulvous vitta. Elytra 
-subparallel, obtuse, rounded at the apex; lateral margin finely serrulate, the apical one 
irregularly notched, and subquadrate-emarginate at the sutural angle; upper surface 
depressed, each elytron with eight regular rows of punctures, the second, fourth, and 
sixth interspaces, together with the suture, costate, 
It is with some doubt that I assign Dr. Chapuis’s name to this species, as that author 
does not mention the irregular notches on the apical margin of the elytra; should it 
prove distinct I’ would propose to name it clarkella. 
_ 8. Uroplata fairmairei. 
Uroplata (Pentispa) fairmairii, Chapuis, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xx. p. 22 (1877)'. 
Anguste oblonga, dorso deplanata, nigra, nitida ; supra subnitida ; capite interdum nigro-eneo, clypeo piceo ; 
thorace subconico, lateribus subangulato-rotundatis, disco dense et fortiter punctato, utrinque vitta sub- 
laterali torulosa, impunctata, flava instructo ; elytris parallelis, acute serrulatis, apice rotundatis, fortius 
serratis, hic illic et ad suturam emarginatis, utrisque octo-seriato-punctatis ; sutura, nec non interspatiis 
secundo, quarto et sexto, costatis, plaga magna, a basi ad ultra medium extensa, fulva. 
Var. A. Elytrorum plaga fulva postice abbreviata. 
Long. 23 lin. . . 
Hab. Mexico (Sallé), Jalapa ({ége) ; Guaremata, San Geronimo, La Tinta, San Juan 
in Vera Paz (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson) ; Costa Rica}. 
Head nigro-zneous or black. Vertex and front deeply trisulcate ; clypeus semilunate, 
- piceous, its upper margin free. Antenne longer than the head and thorax, robust;- 
club slightly compressed. Thorax transverse, the sides obtusely angulate; upper surface | 
excavated behind the middle, closely and deeply punctured; on either side, just within 
the lateral margin, is a broad, torulose, impunctate, fulvous vitta. Elytra oblong ; 
lateral margin ‘serrulate, the apical one irregularly notched, emarginate at the sutural 
angle, strongly serrulate; each elytron with eight regular rows of punctures, the 
second, fourth, and sixth interspaces, together with the suture, strongly costate. 
Rather more parallel than the preceding species. | 
| | 00. Apices of the elytra entire. 
4. Uroplata vittatipennis. (Tab. IV. fig. 9.) 
Anguste oblonga, nigra, nitida, eneo vix micans; thoracis inferioris lateribus obscure fulvis; thorace transverso, 
lateribus a basi ad apicem convergentibus, medio angulatis, dorso transversim convexo, pone medium 
depresso, rude et irregulariter punctato, utrinque vitta lata torulosa fere impunctata instructo; elytris 
oblongis, parallelis, apice rotundatis, margine laterali distincte, apicali fortius, serrulatis ; utrisque octo- 
seriato-punctatis, interspatiis secundo, quarto sextoque, nec non sutura, costatis; utrisque vitta lata, a basi 
fere ad apicem extensa, sordide fulva. 
: Long. 24 lin. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson, Belt). 
