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nuliomodo angulatis, postice vix conspicue sinuatim modice angustato, angulis fere rectis, margine lateral! 



angustissime explanato haud pallido : piceo-niger, vix seneo tinctus, antennis palpis et pedibus piceo-rufis ; 



elytris ovatis, subtiliter striatis etc. lit in praecedentibus. 

 Long*. 3 lin. 













Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr 



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14. Colpodes gratus. (Tab. v. fig. 8.) 





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Colpodes gratus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 596 *. 



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" Elongato-ovatus, eonvexior, subaeneo-niger ; palpis, antennis, tibiis et tarsis piceo-rufis ; palpis articula 

 ultimo sublineari ; thorace ovato, lateribus sequaliter rotundatis, panllo ante basin sinuatim citius angus- 

 tatis, angulis posticis subobtusis, margine sequaliter anguste explanato ; elytris apice leviter sinuatis, 



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interstitiis paullulum convexis, 3° puncto unico solum conspicuo. 

 " Tarsi articulo 4° subtus longe setoso, quatuor anteriorum breviter bilobo, lobis insequalibus. 

 " Long. 4f-5 lin. <J $ ." 











Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu, 6000-7000 feet (Eogers 2 ). 







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M. Rene Oberthiir, to whom I sent examples for comparison with M. de Chaudoir's 







types, pronounced this to be unknown to the collection, but allied to C. morosus. 

















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15. Colpodes duplex. 



Colpodes duplex, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 596 \ 



" Elongato-ovatus, subseneo-niger, elytris purpureo-fuscis ; palpis, antennis (art. 5°-ll m dilutioribus) pedibusque 

 rufo-piceis ; thorace quadrato, ante medium rotundato-dilatato, deinde paullo vix sinuatim angustato, 

 angulis posticis subrectis ; elytris apice oblique sinuatis, striatis, interstitiis planis (versus apicem convexis), 

 3° tripunctato, puncto anteriore interdum deficiente ; elytris raro seneo-fuscis. 



" Tarsi, articulo 4° subtus sparsim longe setoso, quatuor anteriorum brevissimo bilobo. 



"Long. 3| lin. <J 9 » 







Hab. Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu, 6000-7000 feet (Rogers 



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Allied to C. nugax and allies, the form of 



resembling nearest that of 



C. simp I 



but it is a larger insect than any member of that group 









guished further by the strong purplish-copper tinge on the elyt 











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16. Colpodes durangensis. 



G. moesto affinis, sed multo major, thoracis angulis posticis rotundatis etc. Elongato-ovatus, parum convexus, 

 niger, subcyaneo tinctus, elytris sericeo-subopacis, palpis antennisque subrufo-piceis ; capite ovato, foveis 

 frontalibus vix impressis, oculis parum prominentibus ; palpis apice truncatis; thorace ovato, postice 

 paulo magis quam antice angustato, angulis posticis rotundatis, margine laterali reflexo ; elytris apice 

 conjunctim subacuminatim rotundatis vix sinuatis, margine basali utrinque valde arcuato, dorso acute 

 striato, interstitiis planis tertio conspicue tripunctato ; metathoracis episternis brevibus fere quadratis ; 

 tarsis subtus setosis, posticis quatuor utrinque sulcatis, articulo 4° emarginato (anticis breviter bilobatis), 











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5° ciliato. 

 Long. 6£ lin. 



Hab. Mexico, Ciudad in Durango (Forrer) 









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Closely allied to C. semiopacus, but differing in the much less polished thorax (which 



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