Culeoptera from Choidales. 189 



antice et postice magis constricto^ capite nigro etc. Sub- 

 tus et femora chalybea, capite olivaceo-nigro, scabroso, 

 opaco : antennis articulo basali apice infJato-clavato ; tho- 

 race scabroso, Isete rufo, vitta dorsali, antice angustato, 

 nigro ; elytris olivaceo-nigris, minutissime scabrosis et 

 punctis majoribus passim adspersis ; femoribus basi supra 

 asperatiSj tibiis posticis extus fortiter denticulatis ; pro- 

 thorace subtus rufo^ sterno medio fusco. 



Long. 6i lin. $ . 



One example. 



Cosmisoma Titania, Bates^ Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 

 407. — Mr. Belt has sent Lome a large number of speci- 

 mens of this exquisite species, all conformable to the 

 description above quoted. The size varies from 4| to 

 6^ lines. 



Cosmisoma martyra ; (C martyr, Thomson, Classif. 

 des Ceramb. p. 180) . — Thomson describes the elytra 

 as having " fasciis duabus albescentibus.^' I presume 

 this means that the vittae are of a lighter green than the 

 general colour; in which case, his description suits the 

 Chontales insect perfectly. The species much resembles 

 Closteropus, and has the middle acetabula a little open 

 externally : the fifth antennal joint is, however, tufted 

 with black hairs. Described originally from Costa Rica. 



Ozodes muUituherculatus, Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, 

 p. 409. — Mr. Belt has sent many examples, offering no 

 noteworthy variation. 



Ozodes xantJiophasma, n. sp. — Angustior, flavo-testa- 

 ceus, capite thoraceque aureo-sericeo tomentosis; thorace 

 postice paulo angustato et fortiter constricto, disco antico 

 utrinque tubere oblique elevate, postice in carina elevata 

 continuato, carinis et linea dorsali nigris ; elytris, ante 

 medium, fasciis duabus valde flexuosis, et apice late, palli- 

 doribus, spatiis inter has paullo infuscatis ; femoribus 

 abrupte valde clavatis, clavis basi indistincte fusco an- 

 nulatis. 



Long. 5-10 lin. ^ ? . 



Many examples. Distinguished from the similarly 

 coloured 0. malthinoidcs by the abruptly clavate femora, 

 &c. 



