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ADEPHAGA. 



sxipra distinctius, transversim strigato, margine explanato grosse punetato ; elytris punctato-striatis, 

 interstitiis paullulum convexis. 

 " Long. 6 lin." 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge) ; Beitish Hondueas, Eio Hondo (Blaneaneaux) ; Gua- 

 temala, Zapote (Champion) ; Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt 1 ). 



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Distinguished from all the other species by the form of the thorax, which has a 

 small dentiform projection before the middle, the sides thence to the narrow anterior 

 angle being straight. 



COPTODERA. 



Mem 



Ma 



Similar in its distribution to Catascopus, but relatively more numerous in America, 

 and found also in South Africa, Madagascar, and Japan. About sixty species have 

 been described. 



l. Coptodera variegata. 



Coptodera variegata, Chaudoir, Mem. s. 1. Thyreopt. &c. p. 58 \ 



Hab. Mexico \ Cordova (Salle), Jalapa (Hoge) ; Guatemala, Cerro Zunil (Champion). 

























































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2. Coptodera aurata. 



Mem 



Mannerheim, Bull. M 



Hab. Mexico 1 2 , Cordova, Playa Vicente, Cosamaloapam (Salle), Bobo, Almolonga 

 (Hoge); Guatemala, Las Mercedes, El Tumbador, Pantaleon (Champion). 



3. Coptodera elongata. (Tab. VII. fig. 15.) 



Coptodera elongata, Putzeys, Mem. Soc. Roy. des Sci. de Liege, 1864, ii. p. 395; Chaudoir, Mem. 



s. 1. Thyreopt. &c. p. 60 \ 



Hab. Mexico \ Cordova, Chinantla (Salle), Misantla, Jalapa (Hoge) ; Guatemala, 

 Cerro Zunil (Champion). 



4. Coptodera schaumi. 



Coptodera Schaumi, Chaudoir, Mem. s. 1. Thyreopt. &c. p. 61 (1869) \ 

 Pericallus bifasciatus, Schaum, Berl. ent. Zeitsch. 1860, p. 191 2 (nom. prseocc.). 



Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; Costa Rica 1 ( Wagner 2 ) ; Panama, Volcan 

 de Chiriqui (Champion). 









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5. Coptodera championi. 



C. elongates similis, sed minor, supra omnino cuprea nitida, marginibus, antennarum basi labroque viridi-aeneis ; 

 corpore subtus et femoribus cyaneis; elytris apice utrinque quadrispinosLs, subtiliter punctato-striatis 

















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