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interstitiis (regione seutellari et spatio suturali post medium exceptis) valde convexis, signaturis flavis 

 sicut in C. elongata ; thorace angustius cordato-quadrato, lateribus valde sinuatis postice elevatis, angulis 

 reetis. 

 Long. 4-5^ lin. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



Similar in form and colours on the upper surface to C. elongata, and presenting the 



same arrangement of yellow lineoles on the elytra, the fourth interstice in the anterior 



belt having two detached lineoles, one much behind the other. It differs, however, 

 very greatly in the spinose angles of the truncature of the elytra, which are as strongly 

 developed as in C. megalojos, and also in the bright cyaneous colour of the whole 

 under surface and femora. The sculpture of the elytra differs from that of all the 

 allied species, in the strong contrast between the sulcated and the smooth portions — 

 a space round the scutellum, and an area over the suture, a little behind the middle, 

 being almost entirely smooth, whilst over the rest of the surface the striae are deeply 

 sunk in wide grooves, or, as may be otherwise expressed, the interstices elevated. The 

 sides of the forehead are multistrigose, nearly as in C. elongata. 



6. Coptodera scintillans. 



Coptodera scintillans, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 604 l . 



" C. acutipenni (_Buq.) affinis. Elongato-oblonga, supra capite thoraceque aurato-viridibus politissimis, elytris 

 aurato-cupreis ; partibus oris, epistomate, antennis, corpore subtus pedibusque fulvo-testaceis, tibiis 

 obscuris ; thorace valde transverso, lateribus rotundatis nullo modo angulatis, margine late elevato- 

 explanato, impunctato ; elytris amplis, truncaturse angulis aeutis sed non ut in 0. acutipenni productis, 

 subtiliter punctato-striatis, striis vix impressis, interstitiis planis. 



" Long. 5 lin." 



Hab. Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt) l . 



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I have seen only one example of this distinct species. 



7. Coptodera acutipennis. 



Lebia acutipennis, Buquet, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1834, p. 674 *. 

 Coptodera acutipennis, Chaudoir, Mem. s. 1. Thyreopt. &c. p. 66 2 . 

 Coptodera spinipennis, Bates, Ent. Monthly Mag. vi. (1869) p. 75 3 . 



Hab. Guatemala, Zapote (Champion). — South Ameeica, Cayenne 1 , Amazons 23 , 



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A single specimen of this rare species, taken by Mr. Champion, is not specifically 

 distinguishable from Amazons examples. It is a little less brilliant in colour. 



8. Coptodera unicolor. 



Coptodera unicolor, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. i. fasc. 2 (1834) l ; Chaudoir, Mem. s. 1. Thyreopt. &c. p. 68. 

 Coptodera obscura, Castelnau, Etud. Entom. p. 51 (1835). 



Hab. Mexico x , Cordova, Tuxtla, Playa Vicente (Salle), Cerro de Plumas, Oaxaca 





