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as belonging to this genus; they are easily distinguished by the very large margin and 
peculiar venation of the tegmina. Stal has divided the genus into four subgenera— 
Tragopa, i. sp., Ceratopola, Tropidolomia, and Stilbophora; the differences, however, . 
are for the most part rather obscure. | 
As far as I can gather, the two species below described are the only members of the 
genus that have hitherto been recorded trom Central America. 
1. Tragopa insignis, sp. n. (Tab. VI. figg. 18, 18 a.) 
Brevis, lata, nitida, convexa; capite subquadrato, antice producto; pronoto subparallelo, sparsim pubescenti, 
leviter punctato, punctis quibusdam majoribus interspersis, humeris prominulis, fusco vel fusco-nigro, 
vittis irregularibus et apice testaceis, apice subtruncato, dorso a latere viso antice et postice sensim et 
eequaliter declivi, ad medium fere recto ; tegminibus hyalinis, parte exteriori fusca; corpore subtus fusco ; 
pedibus teretibus, fusco-testaceis. 
A large and conspicuous species ; broad, shining, evenly convex; head large, almost subquadrate, produced in 
front; pronotum subparallel, sparingly pubescent, finely punctured, with very irregular rows of shallow 
and indistinct large punctures, central line very indistinct, shoulders slightly and bluntly prominent, 
fuscous or fuscous-black, with irregular bands across the middle, and the apex more or less clearly testa- 
ceous (sometimes the testaceous colour prevails, but it is very variable); the dorsum is evenly rounded in 
front and behind, and the apex is subtruncate; tegmina hyaline, with the exterior part fuscous ; 
underside fuscous ; legs slender, testaceous or fusco-testaceous. 
Long. 5-6 millim.; lat. int. hum. 4-5 millim. 
Zab. PanaMa, Bugaba (Champion). 
A small series. This species appears to belong to the subgenus Stilbophora, Stal, 
and to be somewhat closely allied to 7. gilviceps, Stal, to judge by the very meagre 
description (Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-Traktens Hem. p. 31). 
2. Tragopa bugabensis, sp. n. (Tab. VI. figg. 19, 194, 8.) 
brevis, lata, nitida, unicolor, castanea, vel nigro-brunnea, vel nigra; pronoto lato, clypeiformi, levissime remotius 
punctato; humeris obtuse et breviter prominulis, apice late rotundato; tegminibus fusco-hyalinis, parte 
exteriori fusca ; pedibus testaceis vel fusco-testaceis. 
A small, short and broad, shining species, unicolorous, but varying in colour in different specimens, being 
castaneous, fuscous-brown, or deep black, with the pronotum broad and shield-shaped, very finely and 
rather remotely punctured, with the central line very indistinct, but more marked in some specimens 
than in others; shoulders bluntly and shortly prominent, apex broadly rounded ; tegmina fusco-hyaline, 
with the exterior margin broadly brown; underside fuscous ; legs testaceous or fusco-testaceous. 
Long. 33 millim.; lat. int. hum. 23 millim. 
Hab. ‘Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Several specimens. This species appears to belong to one of the sections of St&l’s 
subgenus Tropidolomia. oo 
Nota.—In Silbermann’s ‘Revue Entomologique,’ iv. p. 191 (1836), a species is 
described by Burmeister under the name Tragopa ephippium, with the locality ‘De 
l’Amérique Centrale.” This is evidently an Acutalis or Micrutalis, and probably a 
variety of Micrutalis binaria (Fairm.) or M. mesta (Stal). 
