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2. Lia melanocrepis. (Tab. XTI. fig. 10.) 



L. championi simillima ; differt thorace ante medium sat late dilatato, nigro-marginato, tarsis nigris, antennis 

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Long. 10 millim. 



Hdb. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui {Champion) 





















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3. Lia quadrinotata. (Tab. XII. fig. 7.) 



Lebia quadrinotata, Chevrolat, Mag. Zool. 1835, pi. 136 \ 



Lia quadrinotata, Chaudoir, Monogr. d. Lebiides, p. 221, t. 3. ff. 158, 159 









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Hdb. Mexico 1 2 , Cordova, Vera Cruz (SallS), Misantla {Edge) ; Nicaragua, Chontales 











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4. Lia ocelligera. (Tab. XII. fig. 8.) 



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L. quadrinotatce affinis et similis ; differt elytris subtilissime punctatis nitidis, palpis pedibusque omnino rufis. 

 Latius ovata, minus oblonga et magis convexa, rufo-testaeea ; antennis nigris, artictdis l°-3 m rufis ; thorace 

 fere semicirculari ; elytris subtilissime striato-punctatis, interstitiis nitidis vix perspicue punctulatis, 

 utrinqne maculis rotundatis nigris duabus, flavo-marginatis. 









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Long. 10-12 millim. 





Hdb. Mexico, Orizaba {Salle), Misantla {Hoge) ; British Honduras, Belize {Blan- 







caneaux) ; Guatemala, San Juan, Senahu {Champion). 









The black spots are similar in form and position to those of L. 4c-notata, typical form 





according to Chevrolat's figure, but they differ in being set each in a buff-yellow ring. 





5. Lia zunilensis. 



L. ocelligerce proxime affinis, forsan ejus varietas localis ; differt thorace minus semicirculari, antice ante collum 



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latius rotundato, antennisque articulis 1° 2°que vel 1° solum rufis; elytrorum maculis nigris multo minoribus 

 vix perspicue flavo-marginatis. 

 Long. 11 J millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, Cerro Zunil [Champion). 



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6. Lia quadriannulata. (Tab. XII. fig. 9.) 





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Lia quadriannulata, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 607 \ 



" In hoc genere convexa, polita, subcastaneo-rufa, subtus et pedibus testaceo -rufis ; antennis articulis 4°-ll m 







piceis ; thorace angustiore, antice gradatim angustato ; elytris utrinque annulis duobus flavis, primo 



mediano-laterali, secundo versus apicem, macula autem flava subhumerali. 

 « Long. 5 lin." 



Hob. Nicaragua, Chontales {Belt l ) ; Panama, Bugaba ( Champion) . 













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In Chontales examples the antennal joints fourth to eleventh 



those from Bugaba they are only slightly darker than the three basal joints 



blackish brown 



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elytra have, besides the yellow rings, a lunule of the same colour near the shoulder 



Bugaba examples, and a 







gular spot in the Chontales typical specimens 



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