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4. Bradycellus limbicollis. 



Oblongus, subdepressus, testaceo-fulvus vix nitidus, fronfce, thoracis lateribus elytrorumque disco posteriore 





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lateribusque nigro-fuscis ; palpis, antennis basi pedibusque flavo-testaceis ; thorace cordato-quadrato, 

 postice modice rotundato-angnstato, lateribus ante basin breviter sed fortiter sinuatis, angulis posticis 



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productis, foveis basalibus latis plus minusve punctatis ; elytris apice obtusis perparum sinuatis, margine 

 basali utrinque fortiter arcuato, dorso argute striato, striola scutellari nulla, striis 8 a et 9 a ante basin 

 approximates, interstitiis planatis, 3° unipunctato. 



Long. 1| lin. 



Hab. Mexico {Salle) ; Guatemala, Paso Antonio (Champion). 



Yar. omnino testaceo-flava (immaturus ?). 



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Hab. Guatemala, Paso Antonio {Champion). 









5. Bradycellus nigrellus. 











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B. cirnumdato colore similis, multo minor, piceo-niger (elytris interdum subaBneo tinctis), nitidus, collo interdum 

 rufo ; palpis, labro, antennis basi, pedibusque flavo-testaceis, elytris margine suturaque (prsecipue postice) 

 rufo-testaceis ; thorace quadrato postice recte modice angustato, antice parum rotundato, angulis posticis 

 rectis, basi transversim depressa, fovea utrinque lata discrete fortiter punctata ; elytris subparallelis, apice 

 obtuse rotundatis, striatis, striola scutellari nulla, interstitiis planatis, 3° unipunctato. 



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Hab. Mexico, Cordova {Salle) ; Guatemala, near the city, Qniche Mountains, San 





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Geronimo, Capetillo, Zapote, Panajachel (Champion). 



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6. Bradycellus angulifer. 



B. nigrello quam maxime affinis, differt colore fulvo-castaneo, elytris utrinque disco, thoraceque dorso interdum, 

 infuscatis. Parvus ; thorace subcordato, antice sat rotundato-dilatato, postice magis angustato, margine ante 

 angulos productos acutos conspicue sed breviter sinuato, basi utrinque punctata ; elytris absque striola 

 scutellari ; antennis basi, palpis pedibusque testaceo-flavis. 



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Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz, Cordova {Salle), Guanajuato {Duges, coll. Salle), Oaxaca 

 {Hoge) ; Guatemala, Capetillo, San Geronimo {Champion). 



I adopt the name given to this species by Chaudoir in the Salle collection. It is 



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scarcely distinct from B 



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'grellus, differing only in colour and in the thorax b 



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