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vel 6 m -8 m , secunda post medium interstitia 5 m et 6 m tegentibus, flavo-testaceis ; palpis fusif ormibus, versus 

 apicem acuminatis ; oculis magnis, prominentibus ; capite supra crebre rugoso-punctato, collo depresso 



constrieto, lsevi ; thorace anguste eordato, lateribus prope basin rectis, margine laterali subobtuso, dorso 

 coriaceo ; elytris apice obtuse rotundatis, plica basali obtusa juxta peduneulum nulla, dorso punctulato- 

 striato (striis versus apicem lsevibus, 3 a trifoveata), interstitiis punctulatis. 



Long. 2\ lin. 



Hab. Guatemala, San Gerdnimo (Champion) ; Panama, Bugaba, Caldera (Champion). 



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Allied to L. maculatus (Chaud.), but much darker in colour and the thorax smoother. 



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The pale spots of the elytra, always very small, vary in extent, being sometimes 

 restricted to one interstice, and sometimes extended, the first to all the interstices from 



the sixth to the margin, the second to interstices 4 to 7. 



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3. Lachnophorus semirufas. (Tab. VI. fig. 16.) 



Lachnophorus semirufus, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 603 \ 



" Breviter oblongus, erecte pilosus, capite thoraeeque rufis, elytris pectore abdomineque nigro-seneis, palpis 

 antennis pedibusque flavo-testaceis ; capite postice modice angustato, oculis minus prominulis, vertice 

 grossissime punctato ; thorace late eordato, versus basin modice angustato, grossissime intricato-punctato ; 

 elytris quadratis, fortiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis supra paulo planatis, crenulatis, tertio 3-foveato. 



" Long. 24 lin." 







Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 4000 

 feet (Champion). 



Chiriqni specimens have more richly coloured elytra than those from Chontales, 

 varying from greenish to tawny purplish, with a golden tinge. 











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L. semirufo proxime affinis, capite et thorace similiter grosse scabroso-punctatis, formaque eadem ; differt colore 

 supra seneo, elytris interdum subeupreo-seneis. Antennarum articulis l°-4 m pedibusque rufis ; thorace 

 (sicut in L. semirufo) late eordato, basi valde angustata, margine laterali acuto, seta posteriore ad an- 

 gulum sita ; elytris plica basali prope peduneulum obsoleta, striis usque ad peduneulum profunde insculptis. 



Long. 2\ lin. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 4000 feet (Champion). 



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L. corroso affinis et simillimus, sed differt capite fere lsevi sparsim punctato, coloreque supra lsetius pallide aeneo 



vel subaurato, pedibus pallidioribus, flavis. 

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Lachnophorus pictipennis, Bates, Entom. Monthly Mag. viii. p. 57 (1871) \ 



Hab. Mexico 1 , Cordova, Toxpam (Salle), Jalapa, Oaxaca, Cerro de Plumas (Hoge) ; 

 Hondueas (Salle); Guatemala, San Geronimo (Champion); Nicaeagua, Chontales 

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