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LEBIA.— LIA. 



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The very obtusely rounded angle of the elytral truncature, the arcuated sides and 

 short basal lobe of the thorax, and the broad lobes of the fourth tarsal joint, distinguish 



this species from all the other Lebioe above recorded as belonging to the Central- American 



fauna. It may possibly belong to the genus Poecilostola, Chaud. ; but that genus is 

 evidently an artificial assemblage, and it seems preferable to leave the species in Lebia 

 until the whole of this difficult group is again thoroughly revised. 



84. Lebia 



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Hob. Costa Rica (Bogers). 



One specimen, in bad condition and discoloured ; but evidently a distinct species 

 from any of the preceding. 



85. Lebia 



Hab. Guatemala, San Geronimo {Champion). 



A species different from any here recorded, and allied to L. rhodop 



with 



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quadrangular and smooth th 



It is apparently immature, and I 



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Chelonodema, Castelnau, Etud. Entom. i. p. 49 (1835). 



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Although founded 



characters of apparently less importance than those 



which led Chaudoir to separate Aphelogenia, Dianchomena , and Pcecilostola from Lebia, 



this genus recommends itself for adoption on account of its homogeneity — the species 

 composing it being evidently closely allied, and distinguishable from the Lebiw, forming, 



ghteen 



described, all inhabiting 



tris 



in short, a natural assemblage. E 

 Tropical America. 



1. Lia championi. 



L. 12-punctatce similis, sed angustior, elytris convexioribus etc. Oblongo-ovata, fulvo-testaeea, antennis 



articulis 5°-ll m et 4° (basi excepta) nigris ; thorace sicut in L. 12-punctata fere semicireulari ; el; 

 (basi excepta) angustissime nigro-marginatis, apice minus profunde emarginatis, dorso subtiliter stri 



punetato, interstitiis punctulatis, nitidis, utrinque maculis subsequalibus nigris 5, viz. ; ;. 

 Long. 10 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 



Similar to L. 12-punctata in the black spots of the elytra, which differ, however 



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being 



ly equidist 



the hindmo 



pair 



pecially being at the same distance 



from the apex 



from the 



pair 



The insect is moreover smaller 



and more convex, the elytra being similar in shape to those of L. eleg 

 has concolorous margins. 



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