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convexis, juxta apicem tantum paullo deplanatis, marginibus viridibus, epipleuris versus basin obscure 

 castaneis ; tarsis posticis articulo penultimo bilobato, lobis oblongis apice late rotundatis. 



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Long. 4 lin. 





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Hab. Mexico, Orizaba (Salle) 







3. Loxopeza guatemalena 



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L: ocanthogastri simillima, differt solum tarsorum posticorum articulo penultimo haud bilobato sed emarginato 



angulis paullo productis acuminatis. Testaceo-rufa, elytris lsotissime viridi-seneis profunde striatis, inter- 



stitiis alte convexis ; capite flexuoso-striguloso, thorace vermiculato ; elytrorum epipleuris omnino 

 viridi-nigris. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Hab. Guatemala, Las Mercedes (Champion). 



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4. Loxopeza costulata. 



L. tricolori paullo latior. Testaceo-rufa, abdomine (segmento basali processuque intercoxali exceptis) nigro, 

 elytris olivaceo-nigris ; capite subgrosse rectius strigoso et punctulato ; thorace quam in L. tricolori 

 latiore, lateribus arcuatis, antice quam postice magis angustato, margine basali inter lobum et angulum 

 valde flexuoso, disco flexuoso-strigoso et punctulato ; elytris profunde striatis striis fundo crenulatis, inter- 

 stitiis valde convexis, versus apicem deplanatis, 7° versus basin conspicue angustato, epipleuris margineque 

 nigris ; tarsorum posticorum articulo penultimo emarginato. 



Long. 4-4i lin. <$ 2 • 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (H'dge). 















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5. Loxopeza urania. (Tab. x. fig. 2.) 



Oblongo-ovata, minus deplanata, testaceo-rufa, abdomine (basi juxta coxas vix rufescente) nigro, elytris 

 (margine epipleuraque inclusis) cseruleis; capite subtilius subrecte striguloso punctulatoque ; thorace 

 transverso ante medium usque ad collum citius angustato minus rotundato, dorso minus grosse vermicu- 

 lato-strigoso ; elytris elongatis versus apicem paullo ampliatis, crenulato-striatis, interstitiis valde convexis 

 prope apicem planioribus ; tarsorum posticorum articulo penultimo emarginato, angulis sat productis. 



Long. 5 lin. $ . 



Hab. Mexico (Edge). 



One example only. With the exception of the hind tarsi being certainly not 

 bilobed, it fits well Chandoir's description of L. grandis (Hald.), which, Dr. Horn tells 

 me, is not the L. grandis of Haldeman. 



















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6. Loxopeza translucens. (Tab. X. fig. 4.) 



L. costulata multo minor, testaceo-rufa, ventris segmentis apice infuscatis, elytris viridi-aeneis ferrugineo 

 (prsecipue postice) translucentibus, marginibus epipleurisque testaceo-rufis ; capite thoraceque obsoletius 

 strigulosis, nitidis, hoc quam in L. tricolori latiore postice vix angustato, lateribus late rotundatis et 

 explanato-reflexis, angulis posticis acutis (apice obtusis) margine basali inter lobum et angulum fere 

 recto; elytris acute striatis, interstitiis valde convexis sed haud tectiformibus ; tarsorum posticorum 

 articulo penultimo bilobato, lobis linearibus apice obtusis. 



Long. 3^ lin. S 2 • 





Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Edge) 



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