!87H.] GEODEPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA. 59; 



Long. 5 lin. 



Sab. Costa Rica, Irazu, 6000-7000 feet (Rogers). 



COLPODES LACTIPES. 



NY^iceus,ped^usalbo-te S taceis,palpisantennisquerufo-testaceis- 

 labro etmandibulispiceo-rufis; thorace cordato, antice for titer 

 rotundato, postice valde angustato, ante angulos breviter recto • 

 elytris amphs, convexis, apice sinuatis, iridescentibus, striatis 



Lon 5 Hn° tripUnCtato '' metast <*>n epistemis elongatis. 



Tarsi, articuh 4*° latiusculo, 2 anterioribus breviter bilobis, cceteris 



emarginatis. 

 Hob. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt). 



COLPODES PROCEPHALUS.. 



Elongatus, vix convexus, niger ; elytris purpurascentibus ; capite 

 elongato, post oculos gradatim angustato, collo supra hand trans- 

 versim depresso, ocuhs hand prominulis ; palpis et antennis 

 piceis; thorace valde elongato, obhngo-ovato, postice paullo 

 leviter angustato, anguhs posticis obtusis vel rotundatis, supra 

 subtiliter transversim striata; ehjtris ellipticis, apice fortiter 

 simmtis, striatis, mterstitio &° tripunctato ; metasterni epistemis 

 brenbus quadratis. r 



Tarsi articido 4 to latiusculo, profimde emarc/inato 



Long. 5 lin. 



Sab. Guatemala (Salvin). 



COLPODES PROLIXUS. 



Elongatus, gracilis, pedibus antennisque valde elongatis, castaneo- 

 piceus, palpis, pedibus et antennis rufo-piceis ; capite elonaato- 

 ovato post oculos crasso, rotundato, oculis vix prominulis, collo 

 paullo angustato, supra transversim depresso; thorace quam canut 

 vixlatiore, cordato, postice sinuatim angustato, anqulis postice 

 rectis, apice obtusis; elytris oblong o-ellipticis, apice extus oblique 

 truncatis, apud suturam triangular iter excisis, anquh apicali 

 deniformi, supra punctulato-striatis, interstitio 3*> tripunctato; ■ 

 metasterni epistemis brevissimis. 



Lon- Th? h At ° pr0funde emar 9 in «to, lobulis valde incequalibus. 

 Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu, 6000-7000 feet (Rogers). 



COLPODES PARVICEPS. 



Ellipticus, ceneo-olivaceus, politus, antennis tibiis et tarsis rufo- 

 testaceis; palpis piceis, articuh ultimo apice attenuato rufo; capite 

 parvo, ocuhs prominulis, mox pone oculos angustato ; thorace 

 quadrato antice long e postice paullulum angustato, marqinibus 

 explanatis, anguhs posticis rectis ; elytris oblongis, prope basin 

 transversa convexis, apice leviter simmtis, dorso sfriato-punc- 

 tutatis, strns prope basin evanescentibus, prope apicem incisis • 

 metasterni epistemis elongatis, angustis. 



