114 | PHYTOPHAGA. 
respects it agrees with U. fulvopustulata, amongst specimens of which I had until now 
placed it. ' | 7 — 
tg ate 
36. Uroplata armigera. (Uroplata robinsoni, Tab. IV. fig. 20,) « 
Subcuneiformis, depressa, fulva; subtus nitida, pectore utrinque macula nigra, tarsis pallide piceis ; supra sub- 
nitida ; capite levi, fronte tuberculo parvo nitido instructa, macula verticali antennarumque dimidio 
basali nigro-piceis ; thorace quam longo duplo latiori; lateribus a paullo ante basin ad apicem oblique con- 
vergentibus, breviter rotundatis, dorso pone medium transversim excavato, rugoso-punctato, medio anguste 
longitudinaliter sulcato; vitta discoidali lateribusque piceo-eneis; elytris parallelis, ad apicem paullo 
ampliatis, minute serrulatis, apice obtuse truncatis, angulo postico in spinam validam trigonatam acutam 
lateraliter producto; callo humerali acuto, lateraliter paullo producto; utrisque decem-, basi undecim- 
-seriato-punctatis, interspatiis secundo, quarto octavoque costatis; limbo laterali, ante apicem obsoleto, 
angulo postico, fascia transversa subapicali angusta, macula parva pone medium super costam secundam, 
lineis brevibus duabus inter costam primam et suturam, una ad basin, altera ante medium positis, vittaque 
subbasali brevi, inter costas primam et secundam, wneis; femoribus anticis subtus dentibus duobus, 
posticis quatuor singulis dente uno armatis. 
Long. 3 lin. 
fab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt). 
Interocular space moderately produced; vertex and front smooth, impunctate, the . 
latter with a small nitidous tubercle. Antenne rather longer than the head and thorax, 
subclavate ; joints cylindrical, the club obsoletely compressed ; nigro-piceous, the basal 
Joint and club piceo-fulvous. Thorax twice as broad at the base as long; sides quickly 
converging from: immediately above the base towards the apex, very slightly rounded ; 
upper surface transversely excavated on the hinder disc, rugose-punctate, the medial line — 
with a narrow longitudinal groove. Elytra- broader than the thorax ; sides parallel, 
slightly dilated posteriorly, the apex obtusely truncate; outer margin minutely serrulate, 
the serratures not stronger on the apical margin than on the sides; posterior angle 
produced laterally into a strong acute triangular plate, the surface of which is obliquely 
thickened and convex ; each elytron with ten, at the extreme base with eleven, regular 
rows of punctures, the second, fourth, and eighth interspaces costate, the eighth rather — 
less elevated than the others. Anterior thighs beneath armed with two small acute 
teeth, the four posterior ones unidentate. 
37. Uroplata variegata. (Tab. IV. fig. 21.) 
Subcuneiformis, subdepressa ; subtus nigro- aut piceo-snea, nitida, pectoris medio, abdominis basi pedibusque 
fulvis; supra minus nitida, capite rufo-piceo, antennis nigris; thorace transverso ; lateribus a basi ad 
apicem convergentibus, paullo rotundatis; crebre rugoso-punctato ; sordide fulvo, vittis tribus nigris in- 
structo; scutello nigro; elytris anguste oblongis, lateribus serrulatis, parallelis, apicem versus abrupte 
ampliatis, angulo postico lateraliter in laminam trigonatam producto ; apice obtuse rotundato, fortius ser- 
rato; utrisque decem-, basi undecim-seriato-punctatis, interspatiis secundo, quarto octavoque, nec non 
sexto basi et apice, costatis ; eeneis, maculis confluentibus fulvis variegatis, angulo postico nigro. 
Long. 3 lin. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba, David in Chiriqui (Champion). 
_ Head subopaque, the vertex longitudinally excavated, stained with nigro-piceous ; inter- 
