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Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt l ) ; British Honduras, Belize (Blancaneaux) 





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Guatemala, San Juan, Cubilguitz (Champion) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 







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Closely allied to C. orbicollis, and so much resembling that species that M. Oberth 







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ute and elevated hind angles of the thorax, the form of which is determined by 

 ght sinuation of the sides (near the angle) and an incurvation of the basal margin ( 









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f striae of the elytra vary much, examples from 



Guatemala and British Honduras being much more finely sculptured than those from 



Chiriqui 



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Colpodes lissomus 



C. orbicolli proxime affinis, differfc elytrorum striis obsoletis, thorace medio valde rotundato-dilatato. Oblongo- 



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ovatus, niger, politus ; elytris olivaceo-a3neis, antennis, palpis et tarsis piceo-fulvis ; thorace transverse* 

 lateribus valde et sequaliter arcuatis, angulis obtusis, margine laterali late explanato-reflexo rufo, tota basi 

 (foveis profundis) Levi; elytris parallelis, apice conjunctim produetis, dorso laevi, striis l a , 8 a et 9 a tantum 

 sat leviter impressis, ceteris punctulis minutis adumbratis; tarsis gracilibus, articulo 4° extus longo 

 lobato. 



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g. 3* lin . 





Hab. NicaeAgua, Chontales (Belt). 











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122. Colpodes hemicyclicus. (Tab. V. fig. 22.) 



C. orbicolli iterum affinis, differt thorace fere semicirculari, ad basin latissimo (angulis acutis), a qnarta parte 

 posteriore usqne ad apicem valde angustato, lateribus prope angulos posticos explanatis, sed margine ipso 

 incrassato et reflexo, foveis basalibus brevibus ab angulis valde remotis. Nigro-aeneus, politissimus, elytris 

 olivaceo-seneis, antennis rufis, palpis pedibusque rufo-piceis ; elytris sat convexis, apice conjunctim obtuse 

 rotundatis prope apicem paullulum emarginatis, dorso punctulato-striatis, striis versus apicem tantum 



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impressis, interstitiis planissimis. Csetera ut in C. orbicolli et affinibus. 

 Long. 3| lin. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 



































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123. Colpodes convergens. 



G. orbicolli affinis, major, thorace medio haud rotundato-dilatato, gradatim a basi usque ad apicem aicuato- 

 angustato, angulis anticis haud productis ad collum approximatis, angulis posticis ut in C. orbicolli obtusis 

 subrectis, margine laterali magis explanato (rufo), usque ad angulum arcuato ibique magis dilatato et 

 reflexo, foveis basalibus profundissimis punctatis, a linea dorsali et angulo aequaliter distantibus. iEueo- 

 niger politus, elytris fusco-cupreo-aeneis, antennis fulvis, palpis tarsisque rufo-piceis; elytris siibgrosge 

 striato-punctatis, striis versus apicem tantum acute insculptis. 



Long. 4-4-L lin. 







Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion 







Intermediate in form of thorax between C. orbicollis and C. hemicyclicus. 











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124. Colpodes ampliatus. 



C. metallico et 0. orbicolli affinis, sed multo major, niger nitidus, elytris viridi-seneis, antennis, palpis pedibusque 





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