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ADEPHAQA. 



OTOGLOSSA. 



Otoglossa, Ghaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 66. 



As far as at present known, peculiar to Tropical America. Six species have been 

 described. 









1. Plochionus pallens. 



Carabus pallens , Fabricius, Syst. Entom. p. 244 (1775) \ 



Monog 



Bonfil 



Manual 



Plochionus Boisduvalii, Gory, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1833, p. 189. 



Hob. North America 2 . — Mexico, Cordova, Yolos, Playa Vicente (Salle), Guanajual 

 (Luges, coll. Salle); Nicaragua, Chinandega (Salle). — South America, Colombia 

 Amazons ; Europe, Germany \ S. France 3 ; Africa, Senegal 2 , Mauritius 2 ; Asia, Java 

 I. of Formosa; Polynesia 2 . 



ONOTA. 



a, Chandoir, Monogr. des C 

 159, t. iv. f. 4, t. ix. f . 102. 



A genus peculiar to America ; the described species, six in number 



except one from Florida. 



all tropical 



l. Onota angulicollis. (Tab. VIII. fig. 19.) 



Mono 



Hdb. Guatemala, Teleman, Panzos (Champion)-, Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) 

 Panama, Bugaba (Champion). — South America, Colombia \ Amazons 2 . 



Central- American examples have the elytra nearly always of a bright brassy green 



instead of " violet-blue 



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almost g 



5J 



by Chaudoir 



and 



ey vary 



from 51 to 6 J millimetres. All except the few Guatemalan specimens have the 



palp 



and in 



the base of the terminal joint ( 



apex of some 



of the antennal ioints"), the knees 



often the tibise, are dark fuscous. The hind 



gles of the thorax also are less projecting than they appear to be in 0. angusticollis 



but all these characters are seen 



when a large series is examined, and. 



doubtful 



if 0. bicolor of South B 



black palp 



be maintained as 



distinct from the present species. 



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1. Otoglossa rufitarsis. 



Otoglossa rufitarsis, Chausioir, Bull. Mosc. 1877, i. p. 231 \ 

 Otoglossa ccelestina, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 607 2 . 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa, Cerro de Plumas (Edge) ; Guatemala, Capetillo, Cerro Zunil, 





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