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especially towards the apex, and the marginal groove of the pronotum a little more 

 distinctly crenulated. 



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5. Aspidoglossa brachydera. 



Aspidoglossa brachyderus, Bates^, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 589. 



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" In hoc genere "brevis ; thorace brevi et lato. Nigro-senea, palpis antennis pedibusque piceo-testaceis, elytris 

 apicem versus diffuse rufescentibus ; clypei margine haud emarginato, fovea frontali parva, simplici ; 

 thorace lato, convexo, antice angnstato, lateribus fere lit in A. subangulata angulatis ; elytris oblongo- 

 ovatis, versus basin paullo angustatis, fortiter striatis, striis passim crenatis, interstitio tertio tripunctato. 



" Long. 2± lin." 



Hal). Panama {coll. Bates). 



Distinguished from all other species by the very short and broad thorax. The fore- 

 head is smooth in the centre, and the anterolateral angles of the epistome only slightly 

 produced and rounded. 







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SCHIZOGENIUS. 



Schizogenius, Putzeys, Monogr. Clivinides, p. 131 ; id. Eevis. Gen. p. 222. 



Peculiar, like the two preceding genera, to America, and extending like them to the 

 temperate regions north and south. About thirty species have been described. 





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1. Schizogenius optimus. 



S. dyschirioicli proxime affinis, sed multo major. Convexus, fusco-cupreus, thorace viridi-aureo nitenti, 

 elytrisque marginibus viridibus ; fronte octocarinulata carinulis 2 medianis late separatis antice paullo 

 convergentibus, ante oculum utrinque carinulis duabus bxevibus ; epistomate medio carina semicirculare 

 tribusque anticis rectis ; thorace quadrato antice haud angustato, supra convexo, sulculis lateralibus 

 nullis ; elytris fortiter striatis, striis basin versus punctatis, interstitiis interioribus usque ad apicem 

 planatis absque punctis setiferis ; antennis pedibus elytrorumque margine deflexo piceo-rufis. 



Long. 2|-3 \ lin. 



Hob. Guatemala, Rio Naranjo {Champion). 







2. Schizogenius truquii. 



Schizogenius Truquii, Putzeys, Eevis. Gen. p. 224 l 



Hah. Mexico (Truqui 1 ). 







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3. Schizogenius tristriatus. (Tab. II. fig. 23.) 



Schizogenius tristriatus, Putzeys, Monogr. Clivinides, p. 133 \ 

 Var. Schizogenius longipennis, id. Eevis. Gen. p. 227 \ 





Long. ll-2| lin. 









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Hab. Mexico x , Cordova, Guanajuato, Playa Vicente (Salle), Jalapa, Bobo, Oaxaca 

 (H'dge) ; Guatemala, near the city (Salvin, Champion), San Geronimo, Eio Naranjo, 

 Panajachel, Paraiso, Pantaleon, Rio Maria Linda (Champion). 



The variety longipennis occurs in company with the type form at Cordova, San 





























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