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Gracilis, castaneo-fuscus vel piceo-niger minus nitidus, antennis palpis et pedibus fulvo-castaneis ; capite post 



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oculos gradatim angustato (oculis vix prominentibus), occipite transversim depresso ; thorace quadrato- 

 cordato postice sinuato-angustato, antice sat rotundato, angulis posticis rectis plus minusve productis et 

 cum margine laterali elevatis ; elytris elongatis, basi angustis margine recto, deinde gradatim usque ultra 

 medium modice ampliatis, prope apicem parum sinuatis, dorso acute striato, interstitiis subtiliter alutaceis, 

 planis, 3° tripunctato (puncto primo ssepe deficiente) ; tarsis subtus minus dense setosis, posterioribus 



utrinque sulcatis, articulo 3° triangulari, emarginato, angulis paulo productis, unguiculari nudo ; episternis 

 posticis brevibus postice hand angustatis. 

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Hob. Guatemala, Totonicapam (Champion) 



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The penultimate joint of the tarsi is barely sufficiently emarginate or lobed to bring 



the species within the definition of the genus Colpodes ; in facies, too, it approaches 







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C.atrato similis, sed differt episternis posticis brevibus etc.: paullo major, niger nitidus; 



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(articulis basalibus exceptis) et tarsis (interdum autem tibiis) rufo-piceis ; capite breviter ovali, post oculos 

 tumidulo, collo constricto; thorace transverso, cordato -quadrato, postice sat sinuatim angustato, antice 



rotundato, angulis anticis obtusis (a collo sat distantibus), posticis productis subacutis, margine laterali vix 

 reflexo, dorso striguloso; elytris elongato-ovatis, postice paullo ampliatis, margine basali utrinque fortiter 

 arcuato, ante apicem sinuatis, dorso vix convexo, subtiliter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis, 3° tri- 





punctato ; tarsis subtus subdense setosis, posterioribus utrinque sulcatis, articulo 4° emarginato, angulo 





exteriore longiore, pedum anticorum bilobato ; episternis posticis brevibus, postice parum angustatis. 



Long. 5 lin. 











Hab. Guatemala, near the city (Salvin), Totonicapam (Champion). 









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Very similar to C. atratus (Chaud.), but a little longer and distinguished by the 

 sectional character of short metathoracic episterna. Similar also to C. lugens, but with 



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capite latius ovato, post oculos prominentes citius angustato, collo sat constricto ; thorace quam caput 



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tulatim striatis, interstitio tertio conspicue tripunctato ; tarsis subtus sparsim setosis, posterioribus haud 

 conspicue sulcatis, articulo 4° breviter bilobo (posticorum lobis brevissimis), lobo exteriore paullo longiore; 

 episternis posticis brevibus sed paullo angustatis. 



Var. 1. Thoracis angulis posticis obtusioribus fere rotundatis, pedibusque fusco-castaneis. 



Var. 2. Minor (3| lin.), thorace rufescente, angulis valde obtusis. 



Long. 4 lin. 



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