ART. 19 NEW BEETLES OF THE FAMILY CEKAMBYCIDAE FISHER 7 



Pronotum distinctly longer than wide, with the sides feebly, 

 arcuately rounded, slightly more strongly narrowed posteriorly, and 

 the base and anterior margin slightly elevated; disk moderately 

 convex, without tubercles or carinae; surface coarsely, confluently 

 ocellate-punctate, the yellow fasciae densely clothed with long, 

 recumbent yellow pubescence, and the black fasciae with a few long, 

 erect, inconspicuous hairs. Scutellum densely clothed with recumbent 

 yellow pubescence. 



Elytra extending to middle of second abdominal segment, with 

 the tips transversely truncate, and the sutural margins feebly ele- 

 vated, slightly narrowed, and moderately dehiscent posteriorly; 

 surface with the dark margins coarsely, confluently punctate, the 

 vitreous areas sparsely, obsoletely punctate in basal region, and the 

 surface clothed with a few inconspicuous erect hairs. 



Abdomen beneath coarsely, vaguely punctate, except the basal 

 segments, and rather densely clothed toward the sides with recum- 

 bent yellow pubescence. Sternum rather densely clothed with long, 

 erect and recumbent yellow hairs intermixed. Legs sparsely clothed 

 with long, erect hairs ; anterior and middle legs rather short, and the 

 femora strongly, abruptly clavate; posterior legs long, the femora 

 gradually clavate, and the tibiae straight and cylindrical. 



Female. — Differs from the male in having a longitudinal black 

 vitta and a narrow longitudinal groove on front of head between the 

 eyes, which are separated from each other on the front by nearly 

 twice the width of the labrum. 



Length, 11-14.5 mm. ; width, 2-2.6 mm. 



Type locality. — Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. 



Type^ allotype., and paratypes. — Cat. No. 42822, U. S. N. M. 



Described from eleven examples, four males and seven females 

 (one type), all of which were reared August 8, 1927, by James 

 Zetek, from a small Jbranch of an unknown tree, which had been 

 girdled by a cerambycid, and collected at the type locality. In the 

 series examined scarcely any variation was observed except in size. 



This species resembles fasciata Olivier very closely, but can be 

 easily distinguished from that species because it has three black and 

 two pale j^ellow transverse fasciae on the pronotum, whereas in 

 fasciata there are four black and two pale yellow fasciae and a 

 median brownish yellow fascia on the pronotum. Odontocera fas- 

 ciata is also more robust, and the elytra are longer, extending to the 

 base of the fourth abdominal segment, the tips being acute and 

 strongly emarginate. 



