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The Chiriqui examples have the elytral striae often more distinctly punctured than 

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2. Selenophorus aequinoctialis. 



Selenophorus cequinoctialis, Dejean, Sp. Gen. Col. iv. p. 85 l ; Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 24 2 . 



, Hab. Mexico 2 , Yolos (Salle), Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Hoge) ; Guatemala, Paraiso 



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Mexican and Guatemalan examples agree precisely with Dejean's description. 

















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3. Selenophorus yucatairas. 



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Selenophorus yucatanus, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 24. 



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Hob. Mexico, Yucatan. 



According to an example of this species sent to me by the author himself, this is a 

 form extremely near S. stigmosus of the United States and S. cequinoctialis, having, like 



them, curiously abbreviated and shortened joints to the hind 



In his synoptical 



table, also, he pi 



the species in the group having short hind 



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description he compares the elytra with those of S. seriatop 



and an exampl 



communicated to me by M. Rene Oberthxir from the Chaudoir ollection with the 

 name yucatanas, Chd., answers to this description. Chaudoir's species is extremely 

 near Guatemalan specimens of S. seriatoporus, but has a much narrower thorax. 



4. Selenophorus alternans. 



Selenophorus alternans, Dej. Sp. Gen. Col. iv. p. 86 1 ; Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 13 

 Selenophorus lineatopunctatus, Dej. Sp. Gen. iv. p. 86 3 ; Putzeys, Stett. ent. 1878, p. 13. 



Hab. Mexico 2 



■West Indies, San Domingo 2 . 



South America, Venezuela 2 and 





Cayenne 3 to Brazil l 2 and Uruguay 





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 Mexican collections either of M. Salle or Herr Hoge. 



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5. Selenophorus sallaei 



(May) 



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Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Guanajuato, Capulalpam (Salle), near the city (Salle, Flohr 2 ) 

 Las Vigas, Oaxaca (Edge) ; Guatemala, Paraiso (Champion). 







6. Selenophorus rodriguezi. 



Selenophorus Rodriguezi, Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 22 



Hab. Guatemala. 



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