neio Specien of Coleojttera. 221 



Cuputanticodepressione trapeziformi, intra antennas pricter sulcuni 

 luodianuni utrint|uc irro^iilaritor Kjit ])rofundc sulcatum ac rudihns 

 punctis instructum, verticc dense punctatiim. Ant<.'nnir; cor])ori' 

 parum longiorcs, hasi excepto prisoo-pubescentes ; articulis 1" 

 basi imiiressione transversa, su])ra altera longiore leviore notato, 

 ina'qualiter punctato, 3"-5'' canaliculatis. 



l'n)thorax conillinus, macula oblonga mediana parva postraediana 

 atra. ant<^ earn striola siibnifjra : fortiter, fere u'lpialiter eonvexus, 

 utrinque dorso impressionc mf-diana parva, hitrribus ante dentem 

 cunicuni amplior (juaiu post dentem, sed hie vix jj^ibbosus, disperse 

 punctatus, hasi utrin(|ue fere Irevis. 



Scutellura triangulare, impunctatura, latitudine vix lonj^ius. Elytra 

 V)asi prothoraco (cum dentibus) parum latiora. rctrorsum attcnuata, 

 humeris rotundatis, sed baud valde obliquis, minute punctata, 

 basi transverse rugulosa ; maculis duabus pallide rubrescenti- 

 ochraccis transversis intra marginem elevatam lateralem et 

 suturam, banc uon attingentibus, extensis : 1' postbasali majore 

 parte atra basali elj'tri angustiore, ad marginem lateralem versus 

 basin dilatata, ad suturam rotundata, 2^ minore suboblonga antice 

 raagis quam postice rotundata, ante quartam partem apicalem 

 elytri sita ; angulo apicali suturali recto, exteriore dentate. 



Prosternura transverse rugulose punctatum. Processus meso- 

 sternalis antice peq)cndicularis, margine superiore antice con- 

 vexo medio subtuberculiformi. iletastcrnum lateribus dense, 

 versus medium multo sparsiua sed rudius punctatum. Abdomen 

 rubrum, segmento 1" atro, ca'teris margiiiibus nigrescentibiis, 

 ultimo sat dense punctato late levitcr emarginato. 



Pedes atri, femoribus medio corallinis, tibiis quatuor posticis com- 

 pressis sul)sulcatis sat grosse punctatis. 



Long. 32 ram., elytr. 23, lat. 10|. 



IJah. Bebedero, Costa Rica (Underwood coll., 1894). One 

 1 cm ale. 



A very conspicuous insect, which is not nearly allied to any 

 other species ot" Crioprosopus. 



5. Sternotomis transversonotatus^ sp. n. 



$ . St. nigcr, infra pube luteo-ochracea, supra nigra, capite hie et 

 inde, antennis basi pedibusque subglauca veatitus, pronoto luteo-, 

 elytris lacteo-signatus. 



Caput utrintjue macula anteoculari ac gutta in medio frontis sita 

 luteis notatum, omnino punctulatum; fronte antice transverse 

 impressa, medio convexa, sat profunde canaliculata, canaliculo 

 in vertice leviore, pone elevationem intra-antennalcm postice sulco 

 transverso arcuato sat profundo determinatam in impressionem 

 jirofundam jtunctiformen dilatato ; oculis luteo-glauco-cinctis ; 

 tuberculis antenniferis magis quam in St. amcena, Westw., 

 elevatis, dense punctulatis. Antennte corpore parum longiores, 

 griseo-tomentosic, basi subglauca?, articulo primo cicatrice rudi 

 instruct©. 



