90 EKOTYLLim 



This is a rather variable species and apparently liable to discoloration, but the 

 amount of variation is not great. Sometimes the tibiae are wholly black ; in some 

 examples the thorax has only the base on each side of the middle narrowly black, while 

 others have three distinct triangular dots (the middle one the most produced) on the 

 base. In the single specimen in Salle's collection (which is the only one I have seen 

 not discoloured) the general colour is pale ochraceous-yellow ; six joints at the base of 

 the antennae are yellow, but in the Chontales examples, which seem to be otherwise 

 inseparable, only two are yellow ; and the episterna are pitchy-black. The front margin 

 of the thorax is often narrowly black in the middle. The gemellate series of punctures 

 on the elytra are distinct, but not large, vanishing one third before the apex, and the 

 external pair are almost obsolete. The oblong-oval, but acuminate, form distinguishes 

 this species from any of its section at present described. It is very like Strongylosomus 

 peruvianus, Crotch, in general appearance, but the longer antennae prevent its being 

 placed nearer to that species. 



A considerable number of specimens were obtained by Mr. Champion. I have only 

 seen two from Nicaragua. 



15. -ffigithus strigicollis. 



Late ovatus, ferrugineus ; prothoracis striga longitudinali, an tennis pedibusque nigris, scutello fusco, elytris 

 nitidis, gemellato-striatis. Long. 7-9 millim. 



Hab. Panama, David, Bugaba [Champion). 



Closely allied to JE. lineola, Lac. ; but rather more acuminate before and behind, more 

 shining, and of a clearer rusty-red colour. The second joint of the antennae alone is 

 testaceous, the basal joint and the long third joint being more or less infuscate or 

 almost black. The epistoma is minutely but obsoletely punctured. The elytra are 

 very finely but distinctly gemellate-striate, with small close punctures in the striae, as 

 in JE. lineola. The legs are black, but have the coxae and trochanters of the colour of 

 the body. Body beneath smooth ; the metasternal line distinct, reaching to the 

 episterna. Five examples, varying in size but not much in colour. The scutellum is 

 scarcely darker than the elytra in two of them. 



16. .ffigithus dubius. 



Breviter ovatus, convexus, nitidus, brunneo-testaceus ; antennis (artieulis duobus primis exceptis), scutello, 

 tibiis tarsisque nigris ; capite prothoraceque glabris, elytris laevibus, obsolete punctulato-striatis, punctulis 

 ante apicem desinentibus. Long. 7 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Caldera (Champion). 



Nearly of the same form as JE. lineola ; but more polished and shining than either 

 that species or JE. strigicollis, and the elytral striae are not gemellate. The third joint 

 of the antennae is partly yellow. The thorax is spotless, very shining, and glazed ; its 

 sides are more rounded than in jE. strigicollis, and very much narrowed from the base 



