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Colpodes prolixus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 597 \ 



" Elongatus, gracilis, pedibus antennisque valde elongatis, castaneo-piceus, palpis, pedibus et antennis rufo- 

 piceis ; capite elongato-ovatb, post oculos crasso, rotundato, oculis vix prominulis, collo paullo angustato, 

 supra transversim depresso ; thorace quam caput vix latiore, cordato, postice sinuatim angustato, angulis 



postice rectis, apice obtusis ; elytris oblongo-ellipticis, apice extus oblique truncatis, apud suturam trian- 

 gulariter excisis, angulo apicali dentiformi, supra punctulato-striatis, interstitio 3° tripunctato ; metasterni 



episternis brevissimis. 

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armature of the apices of the elytra it bears some resemblance to C. melanocnemis ; but 

 the short metathoracic episterna place it in a totally different section. The head 

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33. Colpodes lyrophorus. (Tab. V. fig. 13.) 



Colpodes lyrophorus, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 319 







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34. Colpodes amplicollis. 



Colpodes amplicollis, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1878, p. 320. 



Hah. Mexico, Orizaba (Salle). 





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37. Colpodes purulensis. 



C. amplicolli simillimus, sed gracilior, episternis posticis (ut in C. cyanipenni) angustioribus elytrisque tripunc- 

 tatis. Gracilis, sicut Anchomenus, niger nitidus, palpis antennis pedibusque rufescenti-piceis ; capite sat 

 parvo, oculis modice prominentibus, collo subconstricto ; thorace late cordato vel subcyathiformi, medio 

 rotundato-dilatato, mox ante basin valde angustato, angulis posticis productis acutis, margine laterali toto 

 reflexo ; elytris elongato-ovatis, margine basali brevi valde arcuato, humeris late rotundatis, apice sat 

 sinuatis et apud suturam productis, dorso parum convexo, punctulato-striato, interstitiis paululum convexis, 





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