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Eight species of this exclusively Tropical- American genus have been described 



1. Lelis bicolor. 



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Lelis bicolor, Chaudoir, loc. cit. p. 121 \ 



Hab. Mexico \ Playa Vicente, Cosamaloapam (Salle) 



2. Lelis rufipes. 



Lelis rufipes, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1877, i. p. 201 \ 



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3. Lelis insculpta. (Tab. VII. fig. 22.) 



A cseteris speciebus viridibus hujus generis diiFert elytrorum striis fortius punctatis interstitiisque convexis. 

 Testaceo-rufa, nitida, elytris laete viridi-aeneis margine laterali angustissime rufescente epipleurisque nigris ; 



capite tboraccque ut in L. rufipede oculis prominentibus ; tborace transverso, margine laterali explanato- 

 reflexo medio subangulato etc. ; elytris apice apud suturam minus productis haud subdentatis. 

 Long. 3-4 lin. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



EURYCOLEUS. 



Eurycoleus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1848, i. p. 124; Mem. s. 1. Thyreopt. &c. p. 125. 



Like the preceding, this handsome genus is peculiar to Tropical America, 

 species have so far been described. 



Six 



1. Eurycoleus macularius 



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Hab. Mexico 1 , Cordova (Salle, Edge), Tuxtla (Salle) ; Guatemala, Panzos (Champion) 

 Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson). 



Lacordaire, Gen. Col. 



2. Eurycoleus fasciato-punctatus. 



Coptodera fasciato-punctata, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842, p. \ 

 Eurycoleus fasciato-punctatus, Chaudoir, Mem. s. 1. Thy] 



Atlas, t. iv. f. 2. 



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Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson); Panama, Bugaba (Champion).— South 

 America, Colombia 1 . 



The differences pointed out by Chaudoir with regard to the shape and position of 

 the black spots between this species and the preceding do not hold good when a large 



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