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ADEPHAGA. 



medio emarginata, fascia secunda antice ad suturam fere divisa ; antennis nigris articulo basali rufo ; 



pedibus caeruleis, femoribus basi rufis ; abdomine apice subtus rufo concolori, supra nigro. 

 " Long. 3 lin." 



Hab. Guatemala 1 , Dueiias, Capetillo (Champion). 



Var. a. Abdominis -apice subtus plus minusve nigro. 



Hab. Mexico, Ventanas (Forrer) ; Guatemala, Dueiias. 



Var. b. Elytris conspicue punctato-striatis, interstitiis subconvexis, fasciaque cyanea basali postice perparum 

 emarginata ; fascia fulva plerumque latiore ; caeteris sicut in typo. 



Hab. El Jicaro, San Geronimo (Champion). 



Var. a does not differ from L. bifaseiata, Dej\, from Guiana and the Amazons, except 

 in the posterior metallic belt of the elytra having its anterior margin strongly arcuated 



on each elyt 



Var. b is connected by 



varieties with 



type form 



L. gaudichaudi (Casteln.), of South Brazil, is distinguished from the Guianan L. bifi 



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ta by characters of less importance than those which are evidently 

 the Guatemala species : all three can < 



species ; all three can only therefore be geographical forms of < 

 and the same species, inhabiting the low forest-region throughout Tropical America 



25. Lebia bitaeniata. 



Mex. ii. no. 14 (1834) l ; Chandoir, Mono 

 Entom. p. 47 (1834) 2 . 



Lia femorata, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1864, ii. p. 228 \ 



Hob. Mexico x 2 , Vera Cruz, Tuxtla, Cordova (Salle); Guatemala. — Central America 3 . 



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Var. Elytris sicut in L. bifasciata, fascia cyanea posteriori antice minus rotundata. 



Hab. Guatemala, Dueiias (Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; Costa 

 Rica, Volcan de Irazu (Bogers). 



resembles L. callizona, var. a, and L. bif 



point, except th 



colour of the head and apex of abdomen (both red in L. bitoemiata) ; they appear 

 have been taken in company by Mr. Champion. 



26. Lebia bipunctata. 



Lebia bipunctata, Chevrolat, Col. Mex. ii. no. 133 ; Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lebiides, p. 96 * 



Hab. Mexico (Salle x ). 



27. Lebia charina. 



(Tab. X. fig. 18.) 



Lebia charina, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 607 \ 



"L. quinquenotatce (Chaud.) simillima, differt elytrorum maculis minoribus posticisque ad suturam conjunctis. 

 Late ovata, flavo-testaeea ; palpis, articulis 4°-H m antennarum, capite, femoribus apice, tibiis et tarsis, 

 abdominis segmento anali, et elytrorum utrinque maculis 3 nigris ; thorace quam in L. quinquenotala 

 angustiore ; eJytris obsolete striato-punctatis ; elytrorum maculis, 1 ovata communi scutellari, 1 virguli- 







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