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little more than twice their width; prothorax similar throughout, 

 except that the basal lobe is not evenly rounded but broadly, 

 rectilinearly truncate, the beading strong and entire, the punctures 

 very fine and sparse; basal angles broadly rounded; scutellum simi- 

 larly finely, sparsely punctate and with broad punctureless margins; 

 elytra similar but notably more elongate, slightly inflated posteriorly, 

 very rapidly and transversely obtuse at apex, the sculpture almost 

 exactly similar; pygidium very different, longer, blacker, convex, 

 with the short, transversely arcuate quasi-punctuation much denser, 

 finer and greatly confused, compacted and interlacing basally; 

 tarsal claws (cf ) almost similar but with the lower ramus of the inner 

 anterior claw much more obtuse at apex and with the point more 

 deflexed, the apex being almost obliquely truncate, which is not in 

 the least suggested in ochroptera. Length (cf) 13.5 mm.; width 

 7.4 mm. Honduras (San Pedro Sula). A single specimen. 



*longipennis n. sp. 



Pronotum never unicolorous, always having a more or less extended 

 discal dark area, the sides, at least, invariably pallid and generally 

 with a small medial dark spot 8 



8 Body stout and compact, somewhat as in the binotata section, the 

 elytra varying from entirely black, with a small pale basal area near 

 the humeri, to entirely pale brownish-flavate and more or less 

 clouded with brownish postero-externally and with the suture, 

 sides, except basally, and humeral callus alone black or blackish. 

 Lustre shining; head with the punctures rather strong and narrowly 

 separated throughout, becoming very minute and remote basally, 

 the clypeus flat, densely punctato-rugulose, transversely trapezoidal, 

 with broadly rounded angles, the eyes very moderate in size, but 

 little larger (cf ) and separated by four to five times their width; 

 antennal club much shorter than the stem in both sexes; prothorax 

 nearly twice as wide as long, the sides arcuate, becoming parallel 

 basally and convergent apically, the sinuate apex with acutely 

 prominent angles; base very broadly lobed, with narrowly rounded 

 angles, the bead feeble or interrupted narrowly at the middle; surface 

 with a large transverse, posteriorly angulate anterior spot, to wholly 

 blackish, excepting the side margins, minutely, sparsely punctured 

 throughout; scutellum loosely but much less finely punctate; elytra 

 rather strongly inflated behind the humeri, but little longer than wide, 

 each with three rather pronounced convex costse, separated by broad 

 flat, broadly and confusedly punctate intervals, and defined by closely 

 punctate impressed series, the flanks confusedly punctate; pygidium 

 with the transversely arcuate scratches close-set and rather strong, 

 smaller and more separated in the female; anterior tarsi (cf) with the 

 larger claw stout, angularly prominent internally near the base, with 

 the upper ramus of the bifid apex as long as the lower and but slightly 

 more slender, or ( 9 ) with the larger claw more slender, not swollen 

 internally and with the upper of the apical lobes similar to the lower 

 but distinctly exceeding it in length; pubescence of the sterna rather 

 short and inconspicuous; anterior tibiae with two external teeth and 

 an apical process in both sexes, the upper tooth very short and 



