UROPLATA. 101 
recently, when working out the species of Uroplata, I came across a series of specimens 
which I placed without hesitation in the present genus, and redescribed before dis- 
covering that they were specifically identical with the insect previously described by me 
as Chalepus championi: hence the discrepancy in the naming of the plate. 
14. Uroplata consociata. 
Elongata, subparallela, subdepressa ; subtus nitida, nigra, antepectoris medio, mesosterno, coxis, femoribus basi 
abdominisque limbo extremo, fulvis; supra subopaca, fulva, scutello antennisque nigris; thorace trans- 
verso, lateribus a basi ad ultra medium rectis, fere parallelis, hinc apicem versus oblique convergentibus, 
dorso subcylindrico, disco pone medium transversim depresso, rugoso-punctato, medio anguste longitu- 
dinaliter suleato ; vitta mediali, antice interdum abbreviata, nigra, lateribus anguste nigris aut nigro- 
piceis; elytris subparallelis, serrulatis, apice rotundatis, ad suturam conjunctim emarginatis, utrisque octo- 
' seriato-punctatis, interspatiis secundo, quarto sextoque subcostatis. 
Var. A. Elytris nigris, plaga magna humerali, a basi ad medium extensa, fulva. 
Var. B. Elytris fulvis, linea suturali dimidioque postico nigris. 
Var. C. Elytris fulvis, apice extremo nigris. 
Var. D. Elytris totis fulvis (mas). 
Mas. Antennarum articulis intermediis compressis, dorso cristatis. 
Long. 23 lin. 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Misantla (Hoge: A and B), Yolos (Sallé: C); Guatema.a, 
near the city (Champion). 
-Interocular space moderately produced ; vertex and front opaque, in some specimens im- 
pressed on the medial line with a faint longitudinal groove ; upper portion of the clypeus 
thickened, its apex sulcate. Antenne rather slender, more than half the length of the 
body, filiform ; the apical joint not thicker than the preceding ones ; third joint longer 
than the preceding two united, the third and fourth obsoletely flattened. Thorax more 
than one half broader than long ; sides straight and nearly parallel from the base to 
just beyond the middle, thence obliquely converging towards the apex, the latter 
armed with a small subacute tooth; upper surface transversely convex, transversely 
depressed on the hinder disc, coarsely rugose-punctate, the medial line with a faint 
longitudinal groove ; a medial vitta, usually abbreviated anteriorly, black, the lateral 
margin narrowly, nigro-piceous or black. Elytra subparallel, subacutely rounded at 
the apex, conjointly emarginate at the sutural angle, finely serrulate; upper surface 
flattened along the suture ; each elytron with eight regular rows of large transversely 
oblong punctures, the second, fourth, and sixth interspaces slightly elevated Rather 
broader and less parallel than U. championi. _ 
15. Uroplata fulvescens. 
Elongata, parallela; subtus nigra, nitida, femoribus anticis quatuor basi, pectorisque medio, flavis ; supra sub- 
opaca, lete fulva ; capite levi, antennis, verticis macula colloque utrinque, nigris; thorace transverso, 
lateribus a basi ad ultra medium rectis, hinc ad apicem convergentibus ; dorso rugoso-punctato, medio 
tenuiter canaliculato, vitta discoidali lateribusque nigris ; elytris parallelis, apicem versus vix ampliatis, 
apice rotundatis, ad suturam emarginatis, serrulatis, utrisque octo-seriato-punctatis, linea suturali, a 
