New species of Scolytodes (Coleoptera : Scolytidae) from Costa Rica and Panama

Seven species of Scolytodes (tribe Ctenophorini) are described as new to sc ience: S. concavus and S. circumsetosus (from Ficus branches, La Selva), S. montanus (Monteverde), S. nudifrons (Las Cruces near San Vito), and S. tri angulus (fogging sample, La Selva), all from Costa Rica, and S. ungulatus ( Cerro Punta) and S. punctifrons (from Astronium graveolens, Canal Zone), bo th from Panama. New distributional and host plant data are given for the fo llowing species: S. amoenus (Ficus branch, La Selva, and the first record s outh of Mexico), S. immanis (Cerro de La Muerte), S. impressus (Xylopia bra nch, Peninsula de Osa), S. ochromae (Ochroma branch, La Selva), S. piceus ( fogging sample, La Selva, the first low altitude record), and S. swieteniae (fogging sample, La Selva and Braulio Carrillo, the first exact locality d ata), all from Costa Rica, and S. nanellus (Barro Colorado Island) from Pan ama.