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regulariter striatis, interstitiis sequalibus, apicem versus angustioribus, marginalibus subopaeis, tertio 

 postice unipunctato, margine apicali testaceo. 





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•' Long 7 lin. $ ." 









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Sarstoon (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala, Zapote (Champion) 







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Var. thoraee antice paullo minus angustato, angulisque anticis a collo magis remotis. 



Hob. Guatemala, Zapote (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson) 

















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Described originally from a single female Mexican example. A longer series from 

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coppery aeneous. It is an elongate, rather parallel-sided species, with the apex of the 

 elytra very obliquely and slightly sinuated in both sexes and the interstices of the 



elytra differing little 



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the usual way. The legs and antennae are fulvous 



The th 



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from the anterior dilatation to the neck, except in two exampl 



which I can see little reason for separating specifically from th 





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10. Notiobia parilis. 



Notiohia parilis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 590 \ 



" Glabra, capite thoraceque chalybeis, elytris cupreo-violaceis, subtus nigra, antennis, pedibus antennisque 

 interdum. piceo-rufis ; thoraee valde transverse*, ante medium late rotundato, deinde sinuatim angustato, 

 angulis posticis rectis, anticis omnino rotundatis ; elytris utroque sexu politis, sulcato-striatis, interstitiis 

 omnibus valde convexis, apice sinuatis (nee dentatis). 





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Long. 6| lin. S $ • 



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Rah. Mexico, Cordova, Playa Vicente, Tuxtla {Salle) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt x ) 







Three examples of this distinct species in the Salle collection bear severally the MS. 



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names of Notiobia rana and rufipalpis, Chevrolat. 







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11. Notiobia umbrata. 



Latiuscula, brevis, minus convexa, aenea, nitida, antennis, partibus oris pedibusque fulvo-testaceis, ventre 

 lateribus fulvescente ; capite brevi, lato, foveis frontalibus profundis, tubere laterali supra antennas fulvo ; 

 thorace brevi, valde transverso, paullo ante medium rotundato-dilatato, postice oblique modice angustato, 

 angulis posticis rectis, basi paullulum ruguloso-punctato ; elytris apice utroque sexu for titer emarginatis, 

 sed angulo superiore nullo modo dentiformi, dorso versus basin late depresso, grosse striatis, interstitiis 





convexis in depressione dorsali et prope apicem profundius striatis et interstitiis angustioribus, striola 

 scutellari longissima usque ultra mediam elytrorum longitudinem prolongata; S umbra posteriore 



fulvescente interstitia 5 m -9 m tegente; $ toto disco obscuriore, opaco. 



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Long. 4-41 lin. S 2 • 







Rah. Guatemala, Zapote (Champion). 



Distinguished from all the allied species by the extraordinary length of the accessory 



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The opake fulvous patch is extended along the 9th (marginal) interstice to the shoulder, 

 and covers a large but diminishing portion of the 8th to the 5th and the extreme apices 





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