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LOXOPEZA. — METABOLA 



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11. Loxopeza melanocephala 



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Hab. Mexico \ Cuemavaca, Yolos, Durasnal, Oaxaca (JBoucard, coll. Salle) 



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12. Loxopeza rufolimbata 



oeza rufolimbata, Chaudoir, Mono? 



Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca (Boucard, coll. Salle 1 ), Guanajuato {Luges, coll. Salle) 

 Cordova (Salle), Jalapa (Hbge). 





13. Loxopeza exarata. (Tab. x. fig. 5.) 



L. melanocepTialce quoad colores similis, sed differt elytrorum striis usque ad apicem et latera profunde insculptis 

 interstitiis sequaliter et valde convexis etc. Oblongo-ovata, testaceo-rufa, capite supra, genis lateribus 

 abdomineque nigris, elytris obscurius viridi-aeneis, antennarum articulis 4°-ll m interdum piceis ; capite 



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rotundato 



Long. 34 lin. 



longitudinaliter strigoso, verticej sublsevi ; thorace fere 



postice haud vel perparum angustato, angulis posticis rectis, disco subtiliter strigoso ; epipleuris 



versus basin rufo -piceis ; tarsorum posticorum articulo penultimo emarginato. 



jlas,±xq. t,o 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge). 



Var. yoloensis. Caput supra grossius strigosum et punctatum, infra nigrum linea angusta mediana ruf a ; thorax 



paullo exstantibus 



Hab. Mexico, Yolos (Boucard, coll. Salle) 



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14. Loxopeza eburata. (Tab. x. fig. 6.) 



L. obliquatce affinis. Breviter oblongo-ovata, testaceo-rufa, nitida, antennarum articulis 3°-ll m femorum apice, 

 tibiis et tarsis (unguiculis rufis exceptis) elytrisque nigris, his utrinque vitta eburnea, a basi interstitii 5* 

 usque fere ad apicem interstitii 4 1 ducta ; palpis piceis, apice rufis ; capite fere lsevi ; thorace valde trans- 

 verso (duplo magis lato quam longo), antice late rotundato fere angulato, postice haud angustato 

 lateribus et angulis posticis rectis, margine laterali oxplanato-reflexo latissimo, dorso vage ruguloso; 

 elytris profunde striatis, interstitiis valde convexis, quarto quam caetera latiore; tarsorum posticorum 

 articulo penultimo emarginato. 



Long. 3| lin. $ . 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 



The white stripe on each elytron runs for a short distance from the base along the 

 interstice ; it then leaves the fifth for the fourth, on which it commences lower 



fifth interstice; it then leaves 



down than it did on the fifth, and continues very nearly to the apex 



METABOLA 



Metabola, Chaudoir, Monogr 



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The following species is the only one at present known of this genus. 



1. Metabola rufopyga. 



Metabola rufopyga, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lebiides, p. 50 \ 



Hab. Mexico 1 , Cordova, Capulalpam, Coscomatepec (Salle), Mirador (Hoge 





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