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CALYBE.— EGA. 



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Sometimes brightly 



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of E. pubescens. It is scarcely 



distinct specifically from that species 



CALYBE 



Calybe, Castelnau, Etud. Entom. 

 Chalybe, Chaudoir ; Bates (olim). 



Six species of this genus are known, all Tropical- American 



It connects Lachnopho 



with the extreme form Ega, which, on account of its peculiarities, has been placed 

 separate group by Dr. Horn, and widely removed from its natural allies. 



l. Calybe belti. 



Chalybe belti, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 604 \ 



" Gracilis, subameo-nigra, breviter griseo-setosa, setis longioribus nigris commixtis ; antennis ut in gen. Ega 



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brevibus extus incrassatis, brevius hirsutis, articulis tribus basalibus flavis, 4 



fjm. 



nigro-fuscis, 8°-ll 



albis ; capite grosse reticulato-punctato ; tborace graciliter cordato, grosse discrete punctato ; elytris pone 

 basin valde transversim depressis, acute exarato-striatis, interstitiis summis planatis, distanter lineato- 

 pnnctatis, ntrinque fasciis angustis brevibus macularibus testaceo-albis duabus ; pedibus albis, femonbus, 

 tibiis tar sis que apice fuscis. 



M Long. If lin." 



Hah. Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt 



EGA 



(1835) 



Twelve species of this peculiar Tropical- American genus have been described, two of 

 which are of wide range in Central and temperate North America. 



l. Ega saUaBi. (Tab. VI. fig. 15.) 



Ega Sallei, Chevrolat, Eev. Zool. 1889, p. 308 '. 



Hab. North America, New Orleans 1 . — Mexico, Vera Cruz, Tuxtla (Salle), Jalap 

 (Hoge) ; Guatemala, Champerico, El Jicaro, Rio Maria Linda, Paso Antonio (Champion) 

 Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson). 



In some exam 



from Champ 



the second elytral 



impressed as the first, and the others extend beyond the basal dep 

 connect the species with the following. 



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Rah. North America, California 



Mexico (Truqui), Cordova (Salle), Jalapa 



(Hoge). — Guatemala, near the city, San Geronimo, Pantaleon, Rio Naranj 



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