PHYTOPHAGA. . 235 
Charistena funesta (p. 46). 
To the localities given, add:—Mexico, Cuernavaca in Morelos, Teapa in Tabasco 
(H. H. Smith). 
Two specimens. 
| - CHALEPUS (pp. 48, 120). 
3 (4). Chalepus parallelus. (Tab. XIII. fig. 23.) 
Elongate, narrow, parallel, subopaque ; above rufo-fulvous, the eyes, the margins of the prothorax very narrowly, 
the scutellum, and the suture from about the basal third to the middle, black ; the antenne and legs 
black, the anterior femora and tibie partly fulvous; beneath black, the head and prothorax in great 
part, and the abdomen entirely, rufo-fulvous. Head opaque, sparsely finely punctate; the front mode- 
rately produced, sharply carinate anteriorly, the interocular space deeply triangularly depressed and 
almost smooth. Antenne short, very little longer than the head and prothorax united, stout, slightly 
thickened towards the apex ; the joints cylindrical, 3 very little longer than 2, 4—10 transverse, 11 longer 
than 10, abruptly acuminate at the tip. Prothorax transverse, very convex, slightly narrowed anteriorly, 
with prominent and acute front angles, the sides almost straight behind; the surface closely covered with 
very coarse, deep, foveolate punctures, separated by fine raised reticulations, distinctly canaliculate down 
the middle, and broadly transversely depressed before the base. Elytra very elongate, parallel; the 
lateral and apical margins finely serrulate ; the apices separately rounded ; each elytron with eight regular 
rows of very coarse deep punctures, the eighth obsolete for a short distance before the middle; the second, 
fourth, and sixth interspaces strongly costate throughout, the basal margin also strongly raised. Legs 
short and stout. 
Length 22 lin. 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (H. H. Smith). 
‘One specimen. This species may be readily known by its elongate, parallel shape 
and very short antenne, the elytra with only eight rows of very coarse punctures, their 
apices separately rounded and very finely serrulate, the second, fourth, and sixth inter- 
spaces strongly costate throughout. The penultimate joints of the antenne are closely 
articulated and transverse. C. parallelus closely resembles Uroplata limbata, Baly, 
but in that insect the apical five joints of the antenne are consolidated into a single 
piece. 
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3 (p). Chalepus atroceruleus. 
Moderately elongate, subparallel, slightly shining; bluish-black, the prothorax with an oblong fulvous spot 
. on either side. Head opaque, the front moderately produced, carinate anteriorly, the interocular space 
irregularly punctured and longitudinally trisulcate, the lateral grooves deep. Antenne nearly half the 
length of the body, stout, thickening outwardly; the joints cylindrical, 3 nearly twice as long as 2, 
4, 5, and 7 as long as broad, 6 transverse, 8-11 almost consolidated into a single piece. Prothorax 
strongly transverse, transversely depressed behind, the sides gradually converging from the base, the 
anterior angles moderately prominent; the surface closely covered with very coarse, deep, foveolate punc- 
tures which are here and there coalescent. Elytra moderately long, subparallel, slightly wider at the 
apex than at the base; the apices rounded, feebly conjointly emarginate at the sutural angle; the lateral 
margin finely serrulate, the apical margin finely denticulate ; each elytron with eight regular rows of 
deep punctures; the second and fourth interspaces, together with the suture, strongly costate, the sixth 
interspace also feebly costate. Legs moderately long. 
Length 23 lin. 
Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo in Guerrero (H. H. Smith). 
