BOTHRIOCERODES. 8) 
mentioned genus form an isosceles triangle with the vertex as base, but in Bothriocerodes is narrowed 
towards the base, and is widest towards the apex; vertex transverse; pronotum very short; scutellum 
large, tricarinate, the carine being sometimes more or less obsolete ; tegmina long and ample, subparallel 
or somewhat widened towards the apex ; posterior tibiz simple. 
Unfortunately all the specimens of this genus in our collection are females: 
B. variegatus is taken as the type, B. metallicus perhaps not being truly congeneric. 
1. Bothriocerodes variegatus, sp.n. (Tab. IX. figg. 20, 20a.) 
Elongatus, subparallelus, vertice brevi, fronte distincte carinata, lateribus elevatis, brunned, cariné’ margini- 
busque testaceis ; pronoto brevissimo; scutello castaneo, distincte tricarinato ; tegminibus subpellucidis, 
brunneo-testaceo et fusco variegatis ; pedibus dilute testaceis. 
Subparallel, with the head short, and the frons with strongly raised sides and the central keel well-marked ; 
scutellum castaneous, with the three carine and the connecting-lines very strongly marked and lighter ; 
tegmina somewhat shining, semitransparent, fusco-testaceous, with Ga:xer and lighter markings; just 
about the middle is a broad, convex, fusco-testaceous band, bordered with darker colour, followed by a 
lighter band, and behind this a dark one with the veins light; the apex is semi-vitreous at the sides, 
with a dark triangular spot reaching from the margins inwards, and a dark line behind it, the extreme 
apex being narrowly fuscous ; abdomen more or less testaceous ; legs light testaceous. 
Long. cum tegm. 7 millim.; lat. ad hum, 2-24 millim. ( 9.) 
Hab. GuATEMALA, Senahu in Vera Paz (Champion). 
Two specimens. This is a very distinct and pretty insect, the variegation being 
uncommon in the family. 
2. Bothriocerodes castaneus, sp. n. (Tab. IX. figg. 21, 214, 6.) 
Subparallelus, postice paullo ampliatus, vertice et pronoto castaneis; fronte testaced, nigro late marginaté, haud 
ad medium carinaté; clypeo carinato, sutura clypeali recta; pronoto brevissimo ; scutello tricarinato, 
carinis plus minusve indistinctis ; tegminibus castaneo-pellucidis, vitté irregulari fusca, vel macula ad 
marginem, pone medium instructa, margine costali antice opaca castaneé; abdomine plus minusve fusco ; 
corpore subtus antice pedibusque dilute testaceis. 
In form like the preceding, with the vertex transverse, castaneous ; frons testaceous, with broad dark margins, 
not carinate in the middle; clypeus with distinct central carina ; pronotum very short; scutellum with 
three keels, which, especially the central one, are not strongly marked; tegmina somewhat widened 
behind, semitransparent, testaceous, with a large dark spot at the margins behind the middle, which is 
more or less indistinctly continued across the disc ; abdomen fuscous ; underside of the body in front and 
the hind tibie light testaceous. 
Long. cum tegm. 7 millim.; lat. ad hum. 2-23 millim. ( 9.) 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion), 
Two specimens. 
3. Bothriocerodes metallicus, sp.n. (Tab. IX. figg. 22, 22 a.) 
Precedentibus multo minor, parallelus, opacus, niger, tegminibus metallicis, iridescentibus ; vertice brevi, hoc 
et fronte carinatis; fronte nigré, testaceo marginaté; pronoto perbrevi, nigro; scutello magno, nigro, 
distincte tricarinato; tegminibus metallicis, virescentibus, pernitidis, fortiter asperate sculpturatis ; 
corpore subtus nigro, testaceo variegato ; pedibus dilute flavis. 
Much smaller than the preceding, parallel, blunt, shining, with the tegmina metallic; vertex short, carinate ; 
 frons with central carina black, with broad testaceous margins ; pronotum black, very short; scutellum 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Rhynch. Homop., September 1904. *12 
