HYPEEASPIS. 193 



This belongs to a little group of species which have five yellow spots on each elytron 

 —two on the base, two in the middle transversely, and one apical. These species are 

 so exceedingly like Brachyacanthw, such as B. decempustulata, that they can only be 

 known by the structure of the front tibiae and of the abdomen in the male. I am unable 

 to identify an insect taken by Mr. Champion on the Volcan de Chiriqui with H. levrati, 

 because the female of it has only four elytral spots, the shoulder-spot being absent ; 

 while H. levrati, female, the only sex known to Mulsant from Mexico, is described 

 as having five spots. The solitary example representing H. levrati in Crotch's collection 

 is a male ; but it is from Brazil, and is apparently from Eeiche's collection. Mulsant 

 did indeed describe an insect from Brazil as the male of Cleothera levrati [Opusc. Ent. 

 p. 89 (1853)] ; but how he identified it with the Mexican female I do not know. 



The Chiriqui insect is nearer still to H. gacognii, Muls., another Brazilian insect, 

 according to Crotch's typical example ; but I hesitate to refer it to that species without 

 seeing female examples. 



4. Hyperaspis distinguenda. 



Cleothera distinguenda, Muls. Spec. Col. Trim, secur. p. 622 l . 

 Hyperaspis distinguenda, Crotch, Rev. Coccin. p. 221 . 



Hab. Panama, David, Caldera, Volcan de Chiriqui, Tole (Champion).— Colombia 12 ; 

 Brazil 2 . 



Eather easily known by the thorax having two yellow spots near the middle of the 

 base, or being yellow with a hamate black marking, and by the apical elytral spot 

 being lunate. 



5. Hyperaspis chiriquensis. (Tab. X. fig. 25, s .) 



Ovata, nigra ; capite prothoraceque albido-flavis, hoc maculis duabus magnis triangularibus basi conjunctis, 

 margine antico haud attingentibus, punctoque laterali his annecto nigris ; elytris singulis maculis sex, 

 pedibusque flavis. Long. 2|-3 millim. 



Mas capite toto flavo. 



Femina capite nigro, puncto occipitali flavo. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 8000 feet (Champion). 



In this species the thorax has the sides widely yellow, and the central black vitta 

 divided nearly to the base by a wedge-shaped line ; while the two lateral dots are just 

 united with the central black portion. The elytra have each six yellow marks— one 

 near the scutellum, one on the shoulder, rather linear, a pair transversely placed, almost 

 united and transverse themselves, in the middle, and a pair near the apex, often united. 

 In the female the central thoracic line is not wider in front, where, indeed, it scarcely 

 divides the black portion ; the head is black, with a yellow spot, and the whole insect 

 is more suffused. 



A male example is figured. 

 biol. CENTB.-AMEE., Coleopt., Vol. VII., July 1894. 2 C* 



