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thorace utrinque vitta lata distincta piceo-nigra. Rufescenti-fulva, elytris (margine excepto) meso- et 

 metathorace nigris. 



Long. If lin. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



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8. Pentagonica albipes. 



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P. picece (Chaud.) proxime affinis et similis, sed differt elytris subtilius striatis. Parva, piceo- vel castaneo- 

 nigra, anteniiis testaceo-fulvis, scapo palpisque fuscis, pedibus testaeeo-albis ; thorace minus lato, lateribus 

 ante et post angulum subrectis ; elytris subtiliter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis interioribus usque ad 

 apicem convexis, exterioribus planissimis ; marginibus laterali et suturali angustissime rufescentibus. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Hab. Guatemala, Mirandilla (Champion) ; Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 





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Resembles much the Brazilian P. picea, and apparently also P.jflavipes, Lee, of 

 Louisiana, but differing from the latter strikingly in the colour of the antennee. 









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LOXOPEZA. 



Loxopeza, Chaudoir, Monographic des Lebiides, p. 28 (Bull. Mosc. vol. xliv. 1871) . 



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A genus exclusively American, and nearly restricted to the temperate zones, north 

 and south, the majority of the species belonging to the United States and Mexico. 

 Ten species were enumerated in Chaudoir's monograph. 









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l. Loxopeza hogei. (Tab. x. fig. l.) 



Late oblonga, rufa, elytris laete viridi-seneis apicem versus nitidioribus, epipleuris marginibusque explanatis 

 rufis, ventris segmentis posterioribus margine plus mimisve infuscatis ; capite sparsim punctulato rugu- 

 lisque obsoletis; thorace latissimo (duplo magis lato quam longo), a collo usque medium rotundato- 

 ampliato, deinde lateribus usque ad angulos fere rectis, margine late explanato modice reflexo, angulis 

 posticis apice obtusis, dorso grossius vermiculato-rugoso ; elytris acute striatis, interstitiis valde convexis 

 sed versus apicem deplanatis et apud apicem planissimis subtiliter alutaceis; tarsis posticis articulo 

 penultimo bilobato, lobis apice rotundatis. 



Long. 4|-4| lin. (8|-9| millim.). 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Edge). 



The elytra are similar in colour and striation to the same parts in L. tricolor, 



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igei proxime affinis, sed multo minor, elytris adhuc lsetius viridi-seneis etc. Testaceo-rufa, elytris lsetissime 

 viridi-aeneis ; capite subtiliter flexuoso-striguloso, nitido ; thorace valde transverso sed quam in L. hogei 

 istiore, dorso crebrius et subtilius vermiculato-rugoso ; elytris profundius striatis, interstitiis altius 















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