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A. purpurea affinis, sed multo minor et gracilior, supra cupreo-f usca, versus elytrorum margines laetius rubro- 

 cuprea, epipleuris viridi-seneis, antennis pedibusque piceis; capite post oculos modice elongato, ovato, 

 occipite punctis magnis paucis; thorace medio sat rotundato, prope apicem angustato, dorso grosse 

 punctato, punctis numerosis plerumque confluentibus, interspatiis lsevibus, angustis, longitudinalibus ; 

 elytris angustis, apice flexuoso-truncatis, sutura dehiscenti angulo haud producto, angulo exteriori 

 breviter dentato, punctato-striatis, striis seeunda et quarta punctis majoribus sat conspicuis. 



cJ metasterno ventreque medio, coxis trocbanteribusque 4 posterioribus intus, dense pilosis ; femoribus fere 

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mala, Teleman, Cubilguitz (Champion). 





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of the elytra is dullish purple coppery, a little brighter sometimes 







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margin of the 



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The thorax is sometimes bright brassy, and the punctu 



ation, as in other species, is variable 



however, more crowded than 



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A. mexicancB primo intuitu similis sed elytris laete viridi-auratis, antennis, palpis maxillaribus pedibusque rufis, 

 geniculis fuscis ; capite post oculos valde elongato quadrangulato, lsevi ; tborace sicut in A. mexicana 

 punctis lineatis paucioribus ; elytris apice utrinque valde bispinosis, punctulato-striatis, striis seeunda et 

 quarta punctis plurimis modice conspicuis. 













$ segmento ultimo ventrali medio apice profunde et anguste inciso ; antennis articulo octavo prgecedenti multo 



breviori. 

 Lone:. 15| millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, Teleman (Champion). 



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24. Agra panamensis. 



Agra panamensis, Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 609 l . 



"Ad sectionem A. mum (F.) pertinet; at cseteris speciebus distinctissima. Latior, nigra, partibus 





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antennis, trochanteribus, genibus, tibiis et tarsis fulvo-castaneis ; capite lato, pone oculos quadrato, 

 margine posteriore ante collum exacte recto, supra impunctato; thorace quam caput longiore, pone 

 medium rotundato-dilatato, antice usque ad apicem gradatim angustato, supra medio fere lsevi, juxta 

 marginem sparse punctato-impresso ; elytris apice arcuatim truncatis, angulo exteriore fortiter spinoso, 

 suturali acute dentato, supra vix insequalibus, punctato-striatis, striis seeunda et quarta seriatim rotun- 

 dato-foveolatis, sexta et octava magis confuse foveolatis. 



" <5 antennis articulo octavo multo abbreviato. 



" Long. 12 lin." 



Hab. Panama (Mr. E. Bartlett). 









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