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ADEPHAGA. 



The thorax is considerably narrowed behind, a feature which distinguishes the species 

 at once from the following. 







2. Dromius guatemalenus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 5.) 



D.flohri proximo affinis, elytris longioribus, parallelis, thoracisque marginibus fere ut in B. piceo late explanato- 

 reflexis rufis. Castaneo-fuscus, antennis basi, genibus tarsisque pallidioribns ; fronte juxta oculos longius 

 et aeutius plicata ; thorace quadrato postice minime plus minusve sinuatim angustato, ante medium paullo 

 rotundato, angulis postieis fere rectis, supra fortius strigoso ; elytrorum striis acute exaratis punctatis, 

 6 a pluripunctata. 



Long. 3| lin. 



Hab. Guatemala, Capetillo, Quiche Mountains (Champion). 



In one example ( 6 V) the palpi are distinctly although briefly truncated. 

























EUPROCTUS. 



Euproctus, Solier j Gay, Hist, de Chile, Ent. iv. p. 131 ; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callid. p. 90. 



A genus peculiar to the American continent, and distributed from Florida to Chile. 

 Six species have been described, a number which the industry of Messrs. Champion 

 and Hoge in Guatemala and Chiriqui and in Mexico has enabled us greatly to increase. 





















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1. Euproctus metricus. 



Subgracilis, melleo-flavus, capite thoraceque rufis, hoc margine laterali angusto nigro, elytris utrinque linea 

 angusta nigra submarginali circumscriptis alteraque obliqua mediana, hac apud lineam saturalem paullo 

 dilatata, linea suturali prope seutellum oblique versus humeros ducta ibique paullo latiore, area triangulari 

 scutellari cum marginibus omnibus (suturali angustissimo) maculaque utrinque basali (linea nigra fere 

 interrumpente) flavis ; thorace anguste cordato, postice valde sinuatim angustato, angulis postieis exstan- 

 tibus; elytris gracilibus subtilissime striato-punctatis, interstitiis planis. 



Long. 2f-3| lin. 



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Hab. Mexico, Jalapa, Almolonga (Hoge). 



Allied to E. quadriplagiatus (Eeiche), but longer, and diifering, as far as I can gather 

 from the description, by the black lines of the elytra being much narrower. The 

 scutellar area, as in that species, remains of the ground-colour of the elytra ; but the 

 dusky lateral border of the thorax is not shortened, but extends in all examples to the 

 hind angles. 







2. Euproctus fenestrellus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 10.) 



E. metrico affinissimus, sed signaturis elytrorum latioribus maculaque pallida scutellari nulla etc. Paullo 

 minus gracilis, prsecipue elytris relative brevioribus et latioribus; fulvo-flavus, capite thoraceque rufis, 

 hoc margine laterali angusto nigro, elytris utrinque vittis suturali (prope seutellum valde dilatata) et intra- 

 marginali (apud basin utrinque solum subinterrupta) f asciaque oblique mediana nigris ; thorace anguste 

 cordato, postice valde sinuatim angustato, angulis postieis exstantibus, acutioribus ; elytris postice ampliatis, 

 punctulato-striatis, interstitiis paullo convexis sparsim punctulatis. 



Long. 3^ lin. 



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











