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ASP A SIOL A. —CRYPTOBATIS . 



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glossse, though extending only to the anterior angles of the ligulse, are closely adherent, 

 broad, and naked, as in Calleida ; their elytra also have the peculiar depressions on 

 the anterior part of the disk which distinguish many of the genera of the subfamily. 

 Aspasiola has a similar geographical distribution to Hyboptera and its allies, and is 



nearest allied in form of body to the broader species of Onota, e. g. 0. tenuicincta. 



1. Aspasiola rutilans. 



Aspasiola rutilans, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1877, i. p. 209. 



Hab. Mexico, Toxpam (Salle) ; Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 



Among the few examples sent home by Champion from Chiriqui, some resemble 

 closely the Mexican specimens, differing chiefly in having three or four (instead of two) 

 red basal joints to the antennae, whilst two others differ in having only the scape red ; 



and these present a striking difference in the form of 

 following variety : 



g the 



Var. A. ignea. Thorax latior, marginibus lateralibus latins explanato-reflexis efc ante medium distincte 



angulatis. Antennarum articulo basali tantum rufo. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui [Champion). 



2. Aspasiola lemoides. (Tab. VIII. fig. 21.) 



A. rutilanti prima facie simillima ; panllo longior (postice ampliata), fulvo-rufa, leviter seneo-tincta ; antennis, 

 palpis apice, tibiis et tarsis piceo-nigris ; capite brevi convexo, paullo post oculos prominentes constricto ; 

 thorace late stibeordato, supra ante basin transversim depresso, lateribus modice explanatis et fortiter 

 reflexis medio subangulatis, angulis posticis exstantibus margineque basali prope angulum sinuato-obliquo 

 velut indent ato ; elytris minus insequalibus, disco anteriore utrinque sat depresso, sed callo marginali- 

 apicali nullo, dorso subtilissime striato-punctato, interstitiis planis. 



Long. 2| lin. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 



This curious little species resembles at first sight a small reddish-brown Lema. Only 

 one example appears to have been taken. 



CRYPTOBATIS. 



Cryptobatis, Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, Heft 2, p. 7 (1829) . 

 Aspasia, Dejean, Sp. Gen. Col. v. p. 363 (1831). 



Also an exclusively Tropical- American genus. Seven species have been so far 



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l. Cryptobatis j anthopter a. 



Aspasia janthopt era, Reiche, Rev. Zool. 1842., p. 310 *. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). — South Ameeica, Colombia l . 



The interstices of the elytra are sparingly and faintly punctured, probably less 

 biol. cente.-amee. , Coleopt., Vol. I. Pt. 1, March 1883. 2 dd 



