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afctingente) usque ad suturam paullo ante apicem ducta, relicta macula magna communi triangulari suturali 



cum margine basali per vittam suturalem connexa, et limbo toto, fusco-nigris, margine ipso laterali et 



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apicali fulvo ; thorace sicut in P. hifasciata valde transverso, margine ab angulo mediano usque ad basin 



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paullulum flexuoso; elytris amplis, subtilissime punctulato-striatis, interstitiis convexis juxta apicem 

 altioribus ; pectore et abdomine fusco-nigris. 





Long. 2£ lin. 







% Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 









One example only. 





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4. PentagOllica omostigma. (Pentagonica homostigma, Tab. IX. fig. 23.) 











P. gonostigmce affinis et similis, sed elytrorum signaturis aliis etc. Testaceo-fulva, antennarum articulis 4 

 basalibus fusco-maculatis elytrisque utrinque macula rotundata humerali et fascia lata ante apicem (ad 

 suturam et marginem dilatata) nigris, margine omnino testaceo-fulvo ; capite subopaco ; thorace valde 











transverso, margine ab angulo mediano usque ad basin flexuoso ; elytris distinctius exarato-striatis, striis 

 punctatis, interstitiis sat convexis, 9° (marginali) catenato-punctato. 





Long. 2| lin. 









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Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba {Champion). 









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5. Pentagonica picticornis. (Tab. IX. fig. 25.) 



P. gonostigmce iterum afflnis. Parum convexa ; capite supra et infra nigro ; antennis nigris, articulis 4 basa- 

 libus rufis, 2°-4 m pallidioribus ; thorace rufo valde transverso, postice minus rapide angustato margineque 

 valde flexuoso ; elytris elongato-ovatis, striis punctulatis vix impressis sed interstitiis convexis, 9° (mar- 

 ginali) catenato-punctato, fusco-nigris, vitta lata phumerali margineque toto testaceo-rufis ; abdomina 

 postice fusco-nigro. 







Long. 2| lin. 







Hab. Guatemala, El Jicaro (Champion). 











One example only. 







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6. Pentagonica semiMva. 











Rufescenti-fulva, elytris (margine excepto), meso- et metathorace abdomineque nigris, palpis et antennis nigro- 

 fuscis ; thorace transverso postice minus rapide angustato, margine mox pone angulum prominentem recto 







vel subsinuato, limbo antico ssepe infuscato ; elytris vix impresso-striatis, sed interstitiis sat convexis, 9 



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catenato-punctato, femoribus et tibiis anticis saepe subinfuscatis. 







Long. 2-2-1- lin. 







Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Salle), Jalapa (H'oge) ; Guatemala, Cerro Zunil, Pantaleon 









(Champion). 







This must approach very closely P. bicolor, Leconte, of the Western United States, 

 and may be the same species ; but the description does not mention that the meso- and 



metathorax are black as well as the abdomen. 









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7. Pentagonica macuKcornis. 





P. semifulvce simillima, differt tantum antennis fulvis, scapo toto easterisque articulis apice solum luscis ; 





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