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ccnces s lightly impressed so tha.t each appears to beIlr 11 rounded tubercle anteriorly I
base nearly impullctate. Scutellum transverse, sides short, straight, oblique, apex
strongly rounded. Elytm with sides tapering gradually posteriorly, apices separately
rounded; disk at base coarsely, not densely punctate, punctures gradually
finer and denser behind middle; humeri prominent, anterior margin slightly arcuate,
oblique, angle with a rather indistinct tubercle, from which 0. short, rccurvcd carina
extends to basal quarter or one-third. Prostemum simple, Il!l.rrow, slightly widencd
behind middle. Procoxae anteriorly with a strong uncus; femora clavate, profemor3
very robust, on basal half bene.'tth and above trunsvcrsciy rugose; protarsi. strongly
widened. Fifth sternite one-half again as long as fourth, apex subtruncate. Antenn:te
nearly two-thirds IIgain as long as body, seventh segment surpassing elytral
apex, first five segments fimbriate beneath; scape slender, gradually clavate from
base, entire basal h:\lf tmnsversely rugoe; third segment about onc and one-third
times length of first, moderately sinuous ; fourth and fifth successively shorter, rest
subequal, eleventh slightly elollgnte, acicular, with a short, curved process at apc:x.
Fm.IALrJ. More robust; antenna! tubercles less strongly dentate at :tpex; procoxae
with a broad, feebly elevated tubercle allterioriy; profemora not rugose;
protarsi less strongly e:.:-p:mded; fifth sternite with apex rctuse, apical portion of
disk flattened triangularly, not impressed ; antennae only slightly longer than body,
scnpe not rugose, regmcnts from fourth gradually shorter.
LENGTH 8.5-13.5 mm.; width 3.6-5.5 mm.
Type locality.-Zapote, Guatemala.
D·istribution.-Southern Mexico southward to northern Colombia.
GUATEMALA: ; Alta Vera Paz, on Cacao; (Barber and Schwarz) ; [U.s.N.M.).
PANAMA: , 3 ; Bugaba, 800-1500 fect; (Champion); [M.C.Z.-2 ; U.sN.},'l.
-t , .]. 2 t, 2 ; Cerro Zunil; (Champion); [U.s.N.M.t, ; M.C.Z.
-t, .].
CoLOMBIA: t; Sta. Martha; [M.C.Z.1.
Bates, in the 1885 reference above, lists localities from soutllern
Mexico to Panama.
Furona corniculata Bates
PLATE V, FIGURE 4.
llypmoma corniculata Bates, BioI. Centr.-Amer., Col. v, suppl., 1885, p. 365.
Differs from degenera in the robust body form; humeri more
strongly projecting; elytl'a at base more finely punctate; scape ill
male coarsely grooved on basal half.
MALE. Elongate-ovate, rather robust, body tapering posteriorly; piccous,
covered with light grayish pubescence, variegated and indistinctly mottled with
brown. Head with front largely dark brown, irregularly variegated with ashy and