Cephaloleia nigropicta Baly, 1885
ADULT
Elongate; head yellow; antennae black, except antennomere I or I and 2 which are yellow; pronotum yellow with black triangular macula; scutellum black; elytra yellow with black humeral maculae and black transverse band beyond middle; legs yellow. Head: eyes darker; vertex smooth; medial sulcus present; slightly depressed between eyes; frons not projecting. Antenna: filiform; less than ½ body length; antennomeres 1 or 1-2 yellow, rest black; 1 cylindrical; 2 transverse; 3-4 cylindrical, shorter than 1; 5-10 transverse; 11 pointed at apex, subequal in length to 1; 3-11 setose. Pronotum: subquadrate, wider than long; slightly convex; disc impunctate; slight depression on side near base; large black macula from apical margin to near base; side margined, straight; anterior angle rounded, not produced; posterior angle rectangular; pronotal length 1.0-1.2 mm (n=15); pronotal width 1.3-1.5 mm. Scutellum: pentagonal; micropunctate. Elytron: yellow with black humeral maculae, black fascia just after midline from suture to lateral margin; wider than base of pronotum; side margined, smooth, slightly dilated at apex; apices cojointly rounded; convex, slightly flattened along suture; punctate-striate, striae finely sulcate; puncture rows converge and unite on apical 1/5; humerus virtually impunctate; elytral length 4.3-4.7 mm; elytral width 1.8-2.0 mm. Venter: yellowish; abdominal sterna 1 and 2 fused in middle; 3-5 setose. Leg: yellowish, apex of tibia and tarsi darker. Total length: 5.8-6.3 mm.
Heliconia sp. (Heliconiaceae) (Strong 1977b).
COSTA RICA: Alajuela- Río Sn Lorencito, 900 m, R. F. San Ramón, 5 km N de Colonia Palmareña, 13-18 Jun 1993, Mar 1990 (INBIO); 20 km S Upala, 11-21 Jun 1991, 10-19 Mar 1991, 20 Jan- 12 Feb 1991, 24 Jun- 22 Jul 91 (EMUS). Guanacaste- 3 km SE R. Naranjo, 1-10 Oct 1992, 25-29 Jun 1992, 11-21 Apr 1992, 1-15 May 1992, 1-5 Jun 199-, 11-18 Feb 1993, 11-20 Nov 1992, 16-31 Oct 1992, 14-21 Jun 1993 (EMUS); Río San Lorenzo, 1050 m, Tierras Morenas, Z. P. Tenorio, Feb 1993, Abr 1992, 23 mar a 21 abr 1992, 10-20 feb 1992 (INBIO). PANAMA: no further data (USNM). Bocas del Toro- 6 km N Punta Peña, V-27-1993 (CDFA). Chiriquí- no further data (PSUC); V. de Chiriquí (BMNH); Reserva Fortuna, Continental Divide Trail, V-26-1993 (CDFA).