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Remarks: This species is characterized by having bicolored an- 

 tennae, entirely pale femora, dark tibiae and tarsi, and very large 

 dark spots on the anterior half of the pronotum. 



Iceloceras parviplagiatum, new species 

 FiGUHE 2,& 



Between 5 and 6 mm. in length, elongate oblong oval, somewhat 

 sliiny, although finely alutaceous, the head and pronotum finely and 

 the elytra densely and coarsely punctate, pale yellow-brown, the spots 

 and margin of piceous elytra pale yellow, the pronotum with a very 

 small dark spot near lateral margin anteriorly, sometimes lacking; 

 antennae dark with the basal and three distal joints tending to be 

 paler, tibiae and tarsi more or less dark, and femora with a dark 

 streak. 



Head with interocular space more than half width of head, pale 

 yellow in lower front, deeper in color on occiput, the occiput finely 

 punctate, frontal tubercles somewhat swollen, a short carina not ex- 

 tending more than half-way down front. Antennae brownish or 

 piceous with the three basal and three terminal joints tending to be 

 paler. Prothorax approximately one-third wider than long, with 

 slightly curved sides and a transverse semicircular depression ; surface 

 alutaceous and finely punctate, bright yellow with a small lateral 

 piceous spot near anterior margin, not extending beyond the middle, 

 sometimes very faint or even lacking. Scutellum pale. Elytra 

 alutaceous, densely and coarsely punctate, the punctures often con- 

 fluent and with semicostate ridging; piceous with three large pale 

 spots on each elytron, the upper two sometimes confluent, the margin 

 pale. Epipleura vanishing at apical curve, last ventral segment 

 usually entirely dark on dorsal side. Body beneath pale, legs with 

 anterior tibiae streaked with dark on upper surface, femora pale with 

 a dark streak, middle and posterior tibiae and tarsi dark. Length 5-6 

 mm.; width 2-2.5 mm. 



Type: Male, USNM 63359, and 22 paratypes, from El Salvador, 

 E. J. Hambleton, collector, on yams and corn. 



Other localities: Guatemala: San Geronimo, Champion; "Salagar, 

 El Chico, Ven. Jicama." British Honduras: BeUze, Blancaneaux, 2d 

 Jacoby collection. Honduras: Tela, W. M. Mann; La Ceiba, F. J. 

 Dyer; Rio Hondo, Blancaneaux, 2d Jacoby collection. El Salvador: 

 La Ceiba, K. A. Salman. Costa Rica: Port Limdn, P. J. Dariington, 

 May 9, 1929. 



Remarks: Of the species with dark antennae, tibiae, and tarsi, 

 this one is distinguished by the spot, sometimes lacking entirely, on 



