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cseruleis subviolaceis, minus nitidis. Testaceo-rufa, antennarum articulis 4°-ll m fuscis, ventre (proeessu 

 intercoxali excepto) nigro, elytris saturate cseruleis minus nitidis ; capite fere lsevi ; thorace transverso, 

 antice sat late rotundato, postice subrecte, modice sed distincte angustato, angulis posticis perparum 

 productis, disco subtiliter vage striguloso ; elytris quam in L. majuscula longius oblongis, acute striatis, 







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angulis vix elongatis. 



Long. 4| lin. 



Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Duges, coll. Salle), Mexico city (Flohr, Edge). 



Closely allied 



L. majuscula (Chaud.), which, I 



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refers to the prior-described L. grandis of Haldeman. It is, however, sufficiently 



distinct by its rather more elongate form and the different colour of its elytra, the 



Texan species being bright brassy g 



together half a dozen examples of each. 



with a bluish 



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8. Loxopeza rufosutura. 



Loxopeza rufosutura, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lebiides, p. 31 \ 

 Lebia rufosutura, Motschulsky, Bull. Mosc. 1864, ii. p. 225 2 . 



Hab. Mexico (Salle x ), Vera Cruz, Cordova (Salle), 



Salle), Jalapa (Edge) ; Guatemala x ; Nicaragua 2 . 



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 Motschulsky seems scarcely to apply to the Mexican examples (the only ones I have 

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9. Loxopeza chloroptera. 



Loxopeza chloroptera, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lebiides, p. 32 x . 



Lebia chloroptera, Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1835, p. 437. 



Lebia nigriventris, Putzeys, Mem. Soc. R. des Sci. de Liege, 1846, ii. p. 382 2 . 



Hab. North Ameeica, Florida] (Reiche 1 ). — Mexico x 2 , Ventanas (Forrer), Guajuco 

 in Nuevo Leon (Br. Palmer), Guanajuato (Buges, coll. Salle), Mexico city (Flohr), 

 Tlacotalpam, Oaxaca [Boucard, coll. Salle), Yucatan (Pilate x ). 



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the specimens collected by 



others in different parts of Mexico, this appears to be a very variable species, at least 



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the elytra and the more or less reddish hue of the 

 The rather broader thorax seems to be the only character 



which separates it from L. rufc 



10. Loxopeza atriventris. 



Lebia atriventris, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. ii. p. 13 * (1823) ; Dejean, Sp. Gen. Col. ii. p. 454. 

 Loxopeza atriventris, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lebiides, p. 32 2 . 



Hab. North America, Eastern States 1 . — Mexico 2 . 



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