Longicorn Coleopfcra of Chontales. 231 



fusco-plceiis ; thorace trapeziformi, gi-iseo-tomentoso, vittis 

 latis dorsalibus duabus fusco-piceis, spiua lateral! prope 

 angnlum posticum sita ; elytris a]:)ice acutis, obliquissime 

 trimcatis, griseis, vittis utrimque tribus fusco-piceis quarum 

 J ma g|. 2 Ida g^jj^g apicem conjunctis. Long. 2|— 3 liu. $. 



$ Segmentum idtimuni ventrale, apice emarginatum ; 

 dorsale obtusiim. 



The general colour is dull reddish, clothed Trith very 

 fine grayish pile. The thorax and elytra have the ground 

 colour grayish, with stripes of pitchy-reddish ; two on the 

 thorax and three on each elytron. The first elytral stripe 

 is near the suture and is narrowed in two places, but, after 

 junction with the second, reaches the apex ; the third is 

 near the lateral margin, broader than the others and widens 

 in two places, inclosing there a, narrow gray streak, as 

 though the stripe were made up of the junction of two. 

 The head, antennte and legs are uniform reddish. 



L. tigrellus, n. sp. Par\"ns, ovatus, depressus ; flavo- 

 testaceus, tomento ochreo-griseo vestitus ; vittis medianis 

 duabus thoracis, guttisque clytrorum in seriebus duabus 

 digestis, fuscis ; thorace transverso, spinis laterahbus validis 

 prope angulum sitis, basi abrupte angustato et supra de- 

 presso ; elytris apice obhque sinuato-truncatis. Long. 1^ 

 lin. 



Closely allied to L. musculus; similar in form and in 

 truncature of elyti'a ; but thoracic spines longer and more 

 acute, and colour different. Pale testaceous, with sides 

 of body underneath and parts of the legs and antennaj 

 inclining to dusky. The disk of the thorax has two broad 

 and short brown vittre close together. The elytra have 

 the suture and two lines of spots rusty-brown ; the sutural 

 line becoming macular towards the apex and the exterior 

 stripe of spots forming, here and there, larger, irregular 

 patches. 



L. gratiosus, n. sp. L. amahili simillimus. Elon- 

 gatus, angustus, atro-fiiscus, griseo Itete tomentosus ; tho- 

 race vittis duabus, elytris gi-iseis, macula rotunda prope 

 scutellum, margine laterali ante medivun in maculam dila- 

 tato et pone medium fasciam latam emittenti nigris ; an- 

 tennis fusco-nifis ; thorace quadrate, lateribus rectis, spina 

 valida fere ad angulum posticum sita. Long. 3 J lin. $. 



$ Segmentum tdtimum ventrale apice tnmcatum, IcAdter 

 emarginatum ; dorsale rotundatum. 



