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23. Chlaenius obscuripennis. (Tab. III. fig. 9.) 



Chlcenius obscuripennis, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 169 (1835) ; Chaudoir, Monogr. Chl£n. p. 245. 

 Chlcenius pauper, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1856, ii. p. 267. 





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Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Cordova, Tuxtla, Peras (Salle), Jalapa (Hoge) ; Guatemala 

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24. Chlaenius purpureus. 



Chlcenius purpureas , Chaudoir, Monogr. Chlen. p. 246. 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Salle), Actopan (Flohr) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt) 



25. Chlaenius perplex 



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Chlcenius per plexus, Dejean, Sp. Gen. Col. v. p. 655 



Chlcenius circumcinctus, Say, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. iv. p. 418 (1834) 2 . 



Chlcenius virens, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1843, p. 753 2 . 



Chlcenius poeyi, Chevrolat, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 194 3 . 



Hab. North America, Louisiana 2 . — Mexico, Vera Cruz (Hoge). — West Indies, 



Cuba 3 ; Senegal (by error) 1 . 



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1. Oodes mexicanus. 



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0. americano siniillimus, sed magis convexns elytrisque profundius striatis. Oblongus, in hoc genere valde 

 eonvexus, niger, antennis, palpis tarsisque rufescentibus ; thorace medio rotundato, dorso convexo ; elytris 

 oblongis, fortiter striatis, striola scutellari fortiter punctata, stria septima integra distincte punetulata, 

 interstitiis convexis. 



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