﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

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  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

   Vol. 
  % 
  Wa.hington: 
  1946 
  No. 
  3201 
  

  

  NEW 
  CERAMBYCID 
  BEETLES 
  BELONGING 
  TO 
  THE 
  TRIBE 
  

   DISTENIIXI 
  FROM 
  CENTRAL 
  AND 
  SOUTH 
  AMERICA 
  

  

  By 
  W. 
  S. 
  Fisher 
  

  

  DuRixG 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  rearranging 
  the 
  American 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  

   Disteniini 
  (Coleoptera: 
  Cerambycidae) 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  four 
  new 
  species 
  were 
  found. 
  These 
  are 
  described 
  herein. 
  

  

  Genus 
  DISTENIA 
  Lepelitier 
  and 
  ServiUe 
  

   DISTENIA 
  LATERALIS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Head, 
  pronotum, 
  and 
  underside 
  of 
  body 
  reddish 
  brown; 
  elytra 
  and 
  

   scutollum 
  yellowish 
  brown, 
  the 
  elytra 
  with 
  a 
  distinct, 
  broad, 
  longitudi- 
  

   nal, 
  green 
  vitta 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  near 
  lateral 
  margin 
  ; 
  antennae 
  brownish 
  

   black; 
  palpi 
  and 
  legs 
  palo 
  brownish 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Head 
  glabrous, 
  sparsely, 
  irregularly 
  punctate. 
  Antenna 
  nearly 
  

   one 
  and 
  one-half 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  body, 
  sparsely 
  clothed 
  with 
  long 
  

   flying 
  hairs 
  on 
  underside: 
  first 
  segment 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  than 
  third, 
  

   slender, 
  cylindrical, 
  gradually 
  expanded 
  toward 
  apex, 
  not 
  depressed 
  

   on 
  top 
  at 
  base, 
  rather 
  densely, 
  finely 
  punctate, 
  and 
  sparsely 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  long 
  and 
  short, 
  semierect 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Pronotum, 
  not 
  including 
  lateral 
  spines, 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  wide, 
  

   widest 
  at 
  middle; 
  sides 
  strongly 
  constricted 
  near 
  base 
  iind 
  ajiox, 
  tri- 
  

   angidnrly 
  expanded 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  at 
  middlo 
  jind 
  ai-med 
  with 
  a 
  long, 
  

   f^onical, 
  acute 
  s[)ine; 
  disk 
  broadly, 
  transvei-sely 
  depressed 
  near 
  autcfior 
  

   margin, 
  transversely, 
  sinuately 
  grooved 
  near 
  base, 
  with 
  a 
  sliglitly 
  

   ol'vatod 
  space 
  oji 
  each 
  side 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  transvoi-se, 
  basal 
  groove; 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  glabrous, 
  coarsely, 
  sparsely, 
  irregularly 
  puiu-tate. 
  with 
  a 
  smooth, 
  

   elongated, 
  median 
  space. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  at 
  base 
  slightly 
  wider 
  than 
  pronotum 
  including 
  lateral 
  

   spines; 
  sides 
  gradually 
  converging 
  from 
  bases 
  to 
  apices, 
  wliieh 
  are 
  

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