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quadrate-emarginate at the sutural angle, its outer half obsoletely, the inner half | 
irregularly, serrulate ; each elytron with ten, at the extreme base with eleven, rows of 
punctures, the alternate interspaces costate, the second and fourth rather more strongly 
elevated. 
31. Uroplata distinguenda. 
Elongata, postice paullo ampliata, nigra ; subtus nitida, pectoris medio fulvo; supra subopaca ; thorace velutino, 
vage punctato, fulvo, vitta discoidali nigra ; elytris ad apicem paullo dilatatis, apice rotundatis, margine 
laterali distincte serrulato, angulo postico spina brevi armato, margine apicali breviter spinoso; utrisque 
decem-, basi extrema undecim-seriato-punctatis, interspatiis secundo, quarto octavoque costatis, sexto ad 
apicem leviter elevato ; utrisque plaga lata, a basi ad ultra medium extensa, maculaque submarginali, 
infra basin nigra notata, fulvis ornatis. 
Long. 3 lin. . 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to 4000 feet, Bugaba ( Champion). 
Vertex and front impressed with a faint longitudinal groove, opaque, impunctate ; 
interocular space slightly produced. Antenne about one third the length of the 
body ; joints cylindrical, the five upper ones forming a slender elongate club. Thorax 
transverse; sides subangulate, converging from base to apex; disc opaque, vaguely punc- 
tured, a broad discoidal vitta, black. Tlytra broader than the thorax; sides parallel 
from the base to the middle, thence slightly dilated towards the posterior angle, the 
latter armed with an oblique spine; apical margin rounded, armed with short spines; 
each elytron with ten, at the extreme base with eleven, rows of punctures ; the second, 
fourth, and eighth interspaces costate, the apical half of the sixth also slightly elevated. 
Legs slender, elongate. : 
oo. Posterior angle of the elytron not produced ; apical margin finely 
. serrate or serrulate. 
32. Uroplata excisa. (Tab. IV. fig. 16.) 
Elongata, fere parallela; subtus nigra, nitida, femoribus basi abdominisque lateribus piceo-fulvis ; supra sub- 
opaca; capite piceo-fulvo, vertice antennisque subfiliformibus nigris; thorace transverso, subconico, 
lateribus fere rectis ; disco transversim convexo, pone medium leviter transversim depresso, rugoso-punc- 
tato; utrisque vitta subtorulosa, minus punctata, fulva instructo, vitta lata discoidali nigra ; scutello nigro; 
elytris parallelis, apice rotundatis, margine apicali paullo ampliato, ad suturam late subquadrato-emargi- 
nato; minute, ad apicem distinctius, serrulatis ; utrisque decem-, basi extrema undecim-seriato-punctatis, 
sutura nec non interspatiis secundo et quarto modice costatis, interspatio octavo minus distincte elevato ; 
nigris, plaga humerali, a basi ad ultra medium extensa, fulva. 
Var. A. Thoracis vitta discoidali antice abbreviata. 
Long. 2 lin. 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Hége); GuatEMALa, Cerro Zunil 4000 feet, Panajachel 5000 
feet (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). — 
Vertex smooth, impressed anteriorly with a short longitudinal groove; interocular 
space slightly produced, obtuse. Antenne less than half the length of the body, slightly 
dilated towards the apex; joints cylindrical, the club very slightly compressed, its apex 
