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3. Calleida 



IX. fig 



Pracedenti affinis. Piceo-nigra, capite thoraceque senescenti-nigris (hoc marginibus anguste rufescentibus), 

 scapo palpisque apice rufis, elytris aureo- vel cupreo-fuscis sericeo-nitentibus, lateribus laetius metallicis, 

 punctato-striatis, interstitiis planis distinctius punctulatis ; capite praeeipue prope oculos ruguloso, occipite 

 punctato; thorace cordato-quadrato, antice valde rotundato, postice sinuatim angustato, angulis fere 

 acutis, dorso acutius transversim strigoso, juxta lineam dorsalem marginesque sat crebre punctato. 



Long. 6 lin. $ . 



Hab. Guatemala, El Jicaro, San Geronimo {Champion). 



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4. Calleida lampra. (Tab. IX. fig. 2.) 



Callida dives ?, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Callidides, p. 22 1 (nee Calleida dives ejusd. Bull. Mosc. 1852, 



i. p. 50). 



Oblonga, planata, rufa, elytris splendide viridi-auratis, lateribus igneo-cupreis, epipleuris suturaque anguste rufis, 

 antennis (articulis l°-3 m exceptis), palpis pedibusque piceo-fuscis ; capite mox pone oculos subito subrotun- 

 dato-angustato, collo constricto, supra impunctato ; thorace oblongo, antice parum rotundato, postice modice 

 angustato subsinuato angulis subrectis, dorso lsevi, lateribus rugulosis, margine explanato-reflexo ; elytris 

 sinuato-truneatis, angulo exteriore obtusissime angulato, acute striatis (striis prope basin subpunctulatis), 

 interstitiis planis, tertio punctis duobus magnis, primo juxta striam tertiam paulo ante medium. 



Long. 5-5 1 lin. c? $ . 



















Hab. Guatemala 1 , Capetillo, Las Mercedes, Cerro Zunil (Champion). 



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Agrees precisely in form with the species Chaudoir described from Guatemala as 



referable to his previously published C. dives, but differs in colours, especially as to the 



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antenna? and legs. Chaudoir's second dives, however, cannot be the same species as his 



first, to the 



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5. Calleida pulcherrima. (Tab. IX. fig. 7.) 



Elongato-oblonga, latiuscula, subdepressa, laete fulvo-rufa, elytris fere dimidio basali splendide aurato-viridi, 

 deinde usque ad apicem marginibus auratis, margine reflexo epipleurisque rufis ; capite post oculos 

 rotundato-angustato fere tumido, collo distincto, supra impunctato; thorace oblongo, antice modice 

 rotundato, postice parum angustato, angulis posticis subrectis (apice acutis), marginibus lateralibus sat late 

 explanato-reflexis, dorso transversim obsolete striato ; elytris oblongis, postice haud ampliatis, apice sinua- 

 tim truncatis, angulo exteriore producto subdentiformi, dorso antico late depresso acute subpunctulatim 



striatis, interstitiis impunctatis, tertio puncto anteriore paulo ante medium sito. 



Long 



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Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 





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6. Calleida aureola 



IX. fig 



C. pulcherrimce proxime affinis : laete fulvo-rufa, elytris marginibus lateralibus ab humero usque ad apicem 

 splendide aurato-viridibus, colore viridi prope basin latiore sed striam tertiam tantum attingente ; capite 



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interdum antice magis rotundato, angulis 



prominentibus. 



Long, hh lin. tf $ 



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Hab. Guatemala, Capetillo, San Juan, Purula (Champion). 



















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