﻿NEW 
  CERAMBYCID 
  BEETLES 
  — 
  FISHER 
  331 
  

  

  punctate 
  at 
  apices, 
  rather 
  densely, 
  uniformly 
  clothed 
  with 
  short, 
  erect, 
  

   whitish 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Body 
  beneath 
  indistinctly, 
  irre«;ularly 
  punctate, 
  sparsely 
  clothed 
  

   toward 
  sides 
  with 
  long 
  and 
  short, 
  seniierect, 
  whitish 
  hairs; 
  femora 
  

   slender, 
  slightly 
  clavate, 
  unarmed 
  at 
  apices. 
  

  

  Length 
  19.5 
  mm., 
  width 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  elytra 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Type 
  lotality. 
  — 
  "Guapiles," 
  250-300 
  meters, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  

  

  Ty/^d.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  57613. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Described 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  collected 
  at 
  light 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  May 
  1934, 
  by 
  Ferdinand 
  Nevermann. 
  The 
  specimen 
  is 
  labeled 
  

   Guapiles, 
  which 
  is 
  probably 
  an 
  error 
  for 
  Guaplies. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  Distenia 
  phaeocera 
  Bates, 
  but 
  it 
  

   dili'ei-s 
  from 
  the 
  description 
  given 
  for 
  that 
  species 
  in 
  not 
  having 
  the 
  

   elytra 
  stria-punctate 
  or 
  the 
  surface 
  alutaceous, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  slightly 
  

   elevated 
  smooth 
  spaces 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  pronotum 
  being 
  not 
  divided. 
  

  

  Genus 
  COMETES 
  Lepelitier 
  and 
  Serville 
  

  

  COMETES 
  EMARGINATA. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Elongate 
  and 
  strongly 
  shining, 
  black, 
  except 
  anterior 
  coxae, 
  anterior 
  

   femora 
  (except 
  tips) 
  , 
  basal 
  halves 
  of 
  middle 
  and 
  posterior 
  femora, 
  and 
  

   tibiae 
  in 
  part 
  brownish 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Head 
  finely, 
  irregularly 
  punctate 
  on 
  top, 
  somewhat 
  transversely 
  

   rugose 
  anteriorly, 
  with 
  a 
  smooth, 
  longitudinal 
  groove 
  extending 
  from 
  

   clypt'us 
  to 
  occiput, 
  sparsely 
  clothed 
  with 
  long, 
  erect 
  and 
  recumbent, 
  

   whiti.-h 
  hairs. 
  Antenna 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  body, 
  

   sparsely 
  clothed 
  with 
  l<->ng, 
  flying 
  hairs 
  on 
  underside; 
  first 
  segment 
  

   slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  third, 
  robust, 
  cylindrical, 
  gradually 
  expanded 
  

   toward 
  apex, 
  finely, 
  rugosely 
  punctate, 
  sparsely 
  clothed 
  with 
  long 
  erect 
  

   and 
  short 
  recumbent, 
  whitish 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Pronotum 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long, 
  widest 
  at 
  middle; 
  sides 
  strongly 
  con- 
  

   stricted 
  near 
  base 
  and 
  apex, 
  triangularly 
  expanded 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  at 
  

   middle 
  but 
  not 
  distinctly 
  spinose; 
  disk 
  broadly, 
  transversely 
  depressed 
  

   near 
  anterior 
  margin, 
  transversely, 
  sinuately 
  grooved 
  near 
  base, 
  nar- 
  

   rowly, 
  transversely 
  grooved 
  along 
  ba.se, 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  slightly 
  elevated, 
  

   rouiul, 
  smocjth 
  gibbosities 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  <jf 
  middle; 
  surface 
  densely, 
  

   finely 
  punctate; 
  in 
  median 
  depression, 
  the 
  punctures 
  nearly 
  concealed 
  

   by 
  a 
  dense, 
  recumbent, 
  yellowish 
  pubescence, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  long, 
  erect, 
  

   white 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  at 
  base 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  [)ron<jlum 
  at 
  middle; 
  sides 
  gradually 
  con- 
  

   verging 
  from 
  bases 
  to 
  apices, 
  which 
  are 
  separately 
  enuirginale. 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  spine 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  su(ural 
  si)ine; 
  surface 
  coarsely, 
  

   deeply, 
  densely 
  punctate, 
  tiie 
  puncture 
  forming 
  more 
  or 
  le.ss 
  distinct 
  

   rows 
  but 
  becoming 
  obsolete 
  toward 
  apices, 
  rather 
  den.sely 
  clothed 
  

   toward 
  sides 
  with 
  short, 
  indistinct, 
  it'iinibent, 
  whitish 
  hairs, 
  with 
  a 
  

  

  