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series is examined. E. fasciato-punctatus, however, always has the humeral spot 

 larger and less virguliform, and the accessory marginal spot near it is always absent. 



3. Eurycoleus belti. (Tab. VII. fig. 19.) 



Eurycoleus belti, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 606 \ 



" E. 13-punctato (Cbaud.) proxime affinis, differt maculis paucioribus magnitudineque sequalibus. Latus, ovatus, 

 testaceo-rufus ; elytris flavo-testaceis, maculis utrinque 7 margineque subapicali nigris ; antennis rufes- 

 centibus, articulis 1° (apice) et 2°-4 m , palpis (apice excepto), femoribus apice, tibiis et tarsi s nigris ; 

 elytrorum maculis 3 suturalibus (apicali communi antice dilatata), 1 subhumerali, 2 medianis, 1 rotunda 

 subapicali a margine laterali longe separata. 



" Long. 5 lin." 



Hab. Mexico, Cerro de Plumas [Edge), Tehuantepec (Sumichrast) ; Guatemala, 

 Zapote (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt 1 ). 



4. Eurycoleus octosignatus. 



E. belti affinis, sed differt tborace et elytris anguste nigro-marginatis, his maculis rotundatis subsequalibus octo, 

 scilicet duabus communibus ad suturam tribusque utrinque discoidalibus in linea dispositis (prima 

 marginem basalem attingente) ; antennis rufescentibus, articulis 3° et 4° fuscis ; tborace sicut in E. belti 

 transversim striguloso; elytris multo laevioribus absque interstitiis elevatis ; genibus, tibiis tarsisque 

 nigris, bis apice runs. 



Long. 4f lin. 



Hob. Mexico, Tehuantepec (Sumichrast). 



5. Eurycoleus ornatus. (Tab. vil. fig. 20.) 



E. octosignato affinis, sed differt tborace et elytris latius nigro marginatis, his novemmaculatis, scilicet tribus 

 suturalibus (tertia apicali) tribusque utrinque discoidalibus (quarum secunda multo major extus dilatata 

 et cum margine confluens, tertiaque ante apicem parva rotundata) ; antennis basi obscurioribus, articulo 

 1° subtus tantum rufescente; elytrorum interstitiis paullulum elevatis. 



Long. 5| lin. 



Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Salle). 



One example only. 



Subfam. CYMINDINjE. 



This subfamily was first treated as a separate group of Truncatipennes by Baron 



Chaudoir, who described its component genera and species in two monographic works 

 in his usual masterly style. He neglected, however, to define it, and we are left 

 to o-ather from his generic characters the points, if any, in which it differs from the 

 allied groups of the same rank. These seem to be the simple penultimate joint of 

 the tarsi, short tibial spurs, pectinated or serrated claws, truncated (often in male securi- 

 form) apical joint of labial palpi, paraglossse adherent to the sides, but never surrounding 

 the apex of the ligula, and unlengthened labrum. The occurrence of numerous species 

 in the subfamily with the middle as well as the anterior male tarsi dilated and squa- 

 mulated beneath shows clearly that the Cymindinse form a subtype quite distinct from 

 the Lebiinse, with which Lacordaire and Schaum combined them. 







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