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The decidedly convex interstices of the elytra would compel us to remove this species 



from the neighbourhood of L. croceicollis 





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classificat 

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gome 



be rigorously adh 



',, Sec, its nearest allies, if Chaudoir's 

 The species much resembles crocei- 



head is testaceous red, and the elvtra a little more aeneous in colour 







The head is free from striae, and narrowed rather 



behind the 



eyes 



The 



thorax is transverse quadrate, about twice as broad as long (excluding the basal lobe) 



and the lateral margins more broadly explanated than in C. croceicollis, viridis, and 







immediate allies, resembling in this respect L, jimlriolata 



flattened marg 





pands widely 



hind angles, but these 



b 



ular (a little produced at the 











and not prolonged behind as in L. goniessa. Although the interstices of the 



elevated, the striae are scarcely at all im 













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21. Lebia fiohri. 



L. oliviella? quam maxime similis, sect differt capite supra et infra aeneo-olivaceo-nigro 

 Long. 3^ millim. 



Hob. Mexico {Flohr). 









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of the same olivaceous brassy hue as the elvtra, and free from 



The 



thorax and legs, except the tarsi, which are blackish, and the three basal (and half the 

 fourth) joints of the antennae are pale reddish, the rest of the antennae being blackish. 









22. Lebia retusa. (Tab. x. fig. 15.) 









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L. bifasciatce (Dej.) affinis, quoad formam similis. Flavo-testacea, elytris laetissime cseruleis immaculatis 

 femoribus supra et apice nigris, tibiis et tarsis fusco-nigris (interdum tibiis partim pallidioribus) ; antennis 

 * nigris, basi et apice rufo-testaceis ; capite brevi et lato, lsevi, oculis valde prominentibus ; thorace valde 

 transverso, lateribus rotundatis late explanatis, postice perparum angustatis ; elytris subtilissime striatic 

 apud striam quartam longitudinaliter retusis ; tarsorum articulo 4° longe bilobato. 



Long. 5| millim. 





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Hob. Guatemala, Zapote {Champion) ; Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 





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23. Lebia pcecilura. (Tab. X. fig. 16.) 





























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L. bifasciatce (Dej.) affinis. Rufo-testacea, elytris cyaneis prope apicem solum flavo-fasciatis, fascia (juxta 

 angulum suturalem excepta) marginem apicalem attingente ; palpis, antennis pedibusque nigris, scapo 

 femorumque basi rufo-testaceis; capite supra sparse punctulato, oculis valde prominentibus; thorace 

 valde transverso, lateribus rotundatis, margine explanato, angulis posticis paullo exstantibus, dorso 

 perparum striguloso ; elytris subtiliter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis planis subtilissime alutaceis ; labro 

 medio nigro-fusco ; pygidio maculis 2 viridi-fuscis. 



Long. 5| millim. 



Hah. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion). 









24. Lebia callizona. (Tab. X. fig. 17.) 



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Lebia callizona, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 607 . 



"L. bifasciatce (Dej.) proxime affinis, differt fascia postica metallica apud suturam antice fere divisa. Lsevis, 

 testaceo-rufa, capite fasciisque duabus elytrorum latis et macula apicali caeruleis, fascia prima postice 



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