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perceptible and is variable in extent. The variety subaurata rests at present on a single 



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5. Notiobia melaena. 



Nigra, subtus interdum castanea (an immatura ?), supra leviter cyaneo tincta ; antennis tarsisque fulvis, his 

 basi nigro maculatis, foveis frontalibus profundis, oculis modice prominentibus ; tborace modice transverso, 

 antice rotund ato-dilatato, postice fortiter angustato, ante angulos posticos rectos leviter sinuato, foveis 

 basalibus latis, profundis ; elytris apice oblique ( $ magis profunde) sinuatis, grosse striatis, interstitiis 

 passim convexis, exterioribus $ sericeo-subopacis. <3 tarsis quatuor anticis ut in N. concolori minus 



dilatatis. 

 Long. 5 lin. c? $ • 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova [Salle). 



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6 . Notiobia gequata. 



UT. rnelcence coloribus simillima, differt tantum elytrorum interstitiis planissimis striis subtilibus, angulisque 

 thoracis posticis productis acutis ; ceteris ut in N. melcena. 



Long. 5 lin. 



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Hab. Mexico, Cordova {Salle). 



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The difference in the convexity of the elytral interstices is so great between this and 

 the preceding that, in the absence of connecting varieties, it is necessary to treat them 

 as distinct. 



7. Notiobia cupreola. (Tab. ill. fig. 16.) 



Notiobia cupreola, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 590. 



" Angustior, polita, nigro-asnea, elytris cupreo-violaceis ; antennis (articulis l°-3 m nigris exceptis), labro, palpis 

 et tarsis fulvo-testaceis ; thorace lateribus antice valde rotundatis, postice vix sinuatim angustato, angulis 

 posticis fere rectis, supra impunctato, foveis basalibus latis vagis ; elytris ( $ $ ) apice oblique leviter 

 sinuatis, supra striatis, $ subtilissime alutaceis sed politis, interstitio 3° postice unipunctato. 



" Long. 4f lin. 



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Hab. Costa Rica, Irazu, alt. 6000-7000 feet (Rogers).'' 



8. Notiobia championi. 



Elongata, capite thoraceque viridi-aeneis ; elytris purpureo-fuscis opacis, lsevibus, sutura splendide cuprea, sub- 

 tilissime striatis, interstitiis planissimis, apice oblique sinuatis ; oculis magnis modice prominentibus ; 

 tborace quam elytra vix angustiore, lateribus arcuatis, postice magis quam antice angustato, angulis 

 posticis obtusis nuilo modo productis ; pedibus nigris, tarsis fulvescentibus ; antennis fulvis, articulis 

 3 basalibus nigris. 



Long. 6| lin. $ . 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, alt. 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion). 



This beautiful species is conspicuously different from all others previously known by 



smooth opake ely 



the male is doubtless differently sculptured 



9. Notiobia leiroides. 



Notiobia 



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** Latior, supra seueo-olivacea, labro, antennis basi, palpis et pedibus rufis ; thorace valde transverso, medio 



rotundato-dilatato, postice angustato, angulis posticis rectangulis; elytris 



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