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But in some of the Guatemala specimens a 



marked peculiarity is apparent, viz. a shallow alveolate punctuation of 



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it, however, sufficiently constant to warrant its being treated as of specific val 



7. Phloeoxena hogei. (Tab. VII. fig. 12.) 



P. signatce proxime affinis et similis, sed differ t thorace rufo-testaeeo immaculato, elytrorumque fasciis flavis 

 latissimis haud undulatis apiceque absque nebula fusca; tborace lateribus latius rotundatis; elytris 

 regulariter et late baud profunde sulcatis sulcis alveolatis, interstitiis angustis parum convexis. 



Long. 2f-2f lin. 



Hab. Mexico, Mirador, Jalapa (Hbge). 



The yellow belts of the elytra in this distinct species occupy a much greater surface 

 than the black ; so that the ground-colour may be said to be testaceous yellow, and the 

 black limited to a triangular spot in the scutellar region, and a broad belt, transverse 

 and with almost straight edges, a little behind the middle, joined to the scutellar spot 

 by a narrowish black sutural border. 



8. Phloeoxena geniculate 



Phlceoxena geniculata, Chaudoir, Mem. s. 1. Thyreopt. p. 41 l . 



Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca {Boucard x ), Yolos {Salle) 



CATASCOPUS. 



Catascopus, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 94(1825) ; Chaudoir, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1861, p. 116. 



A fine genus, distributed over the tropical regions of both hemispheres, but most 

 numerous in the Malayan region of the Old World. Tropical Australia, Africa, and 

 America have a much smaller number of species, less varied in form and colours. 

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Hab. Mexico, Orizaba \ Cordova (Salle), Jalapa {Hbge) 







2. Catascopus guatemalensis. (Tab. VII, fig. 13.) 



C. valido quam maxime affinis, sed differt elytris politis (minime sericeo-nitentibus) distincte punctato-striatis, 



coloreque seneo- vel cyaneo-viridibus ; interstitio tertio 6-punctato. 

 Long. 7-8 lin. 



Hab. Guatemala, Capetillo, Cerro Zunil, Panajachel {Champion). 











Similar in form to C. validus, the head prolonged, gradually and straightly narrowed 

 behind the eyes, and the thorax with much produced anterior angles, but distinct in its 

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