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32. Lebia incommoda. 



Lebia incommoda, Chaudoir,, Monogr. des Lebiides,, p. 103 a . 



Hab. Mexico, Campeche (Pilate 1 ). 





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33. Lebia scalpta. (Tab. X. fig. 21.) 



L. subrugosce (Chaud.) similis, sed differt capite a collo usque ad epistoma subrecte multistriato. Oblonga, 

 flavo-testacea, capite supra et infra elytrisque signaturis nigris ; labro, parfcibus oris antennisque rufo- 

 testaceis ; capite supra acute striate), striis fere omnibus rectis a collo usque ad epistoma ; oculis 



magnis 



prominentibus ; thorace sat transverso, marginibus 



late explanato-reflexis ; elytris oblongis, 

 profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis, fascia ante apicem triloba vel lacerata, variabili, vitta submarginali 

 a fascia usque ad humerum gradatim attenuata, macula quadrata circumscutellari vittaque suturali inter 

 maculam scutellarem et fasciam nigris ; tarsorum 2 posticorum articulo 4° profunde emarginato, 4 ante- 













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 Long. 6 1 millim. 



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Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Hoge), Yucatan (Salle). 











Similar in the black markings of the elytra to L. subrugosa, Chaud., but differing 



the uniform nearly straight sculpture of the head 



black fascia is. in most 













examples, trilobed almost as regular as in L. variegata and L. anchora, but in others 







ular and ragged on both 



specimen, wrongly named L. subrugosa 



the Salle collection reaching an extreme in this respect, and agreeing, therefore, with 





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34. Lebia duillia. (Tab. xi. fig. l.) 



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L. striaticipiti (Chaud.) affinis. Oblongo-ovata, postice dilatata, flavo-testacea (capite thoraceque rufioribus), 

 elytris subcyaneo-nigris utrinque maculis duabus magnis marginibusque angustis flavo-testaceis, altera 

 prope basin oblique quadrata a stria l a usque ad striam 7 m extensa, interdum usque ad marginem extensa, 

 altera apicali transversa (sutura apiceque suturali fuscis) ; capite supra longitudinaliter striato, spatio 

 triangulari prope epistoma lsevi ; thorace brevi et lato, marginibus late explanatis, ante angulos leviter 

 sinuatis, dorso subtiliter (prsecipue longitudinaliter) strigoso ; elytris profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis 

 prope apicem deplanatis ; tarsorum 4 anter. articulo 4° bilobato, 2 poster, lobis brevioribus. 



Long. 4^ millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (Edge). 









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L. cegra, striaticeps> &c, but in the elytral markings it very much resembles L. chiri- 

 quensis, nemoralis, and allies ; it wants, however, the long linear lobes of the fourth 



which distinguish the latter subgroup. 



joint of the hindmost tarsi, 



the elytral markings is deep black, sometimes with a bluish tinge. 



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Lebia subrugosa, Chaudoir, Monogr. des Lebiides, p. 118, t. 1. fig. 49 \ 





Hab. Mexico 1 , Capulalpam (Salle), Jalapa (Edge); Guatemala, San Gerdnimo 





(Champion). 











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