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3. Laccophilus spergatus. 
Ovalis, sat convexus, elongatus, testaceus, elytris crebre fere equaliter fusco-irroratis, haud maculatis, margine 
laterali pallido ; pectore nigro. 
Long. vix 3, lat. vix 12 lin. 
Hab. Muxico, Toluca (Sallé). — 
I have seen only the female of this species. It is closely allied to L. meaxicanus and 
L. mistecus, but readily distinguished from the corresponding sex in each of those 
species by the strongly truncate last ventral segment; the hind margin of this segment 
is, moreover, a little sinuate on each side, so that it projects a little in the middle; 
there is an excessively fine coxal file, which no doubt is more evident in the male; the 
surface is not so distinctly alutaceous as in the corresponding sex of L. mistecus. The 
minute fuscous irrorations on the elytra are very evenly distributed, and leave no trace 
of spots; they are scarcely less numerous even at the apex than elsewhere. 
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4. Laccophilus salvini. 
Laccophilus salvini, Sharp, Trans. Roy. Dubl. Soc. n.s. 11. p. 291. 
Hab. GuatEMALA, near the city, 5000 feet (Salvin), Guatemala city, Duefas, San 
Gerénimo (Champion). 
5. Laccophilus apicalis. 
Laccophilus apicalis, Sharp, Ent. Mo. Mag. x. p.53; Trans. Roy. Dubl. Soc. n.s. 1. p. 291. 
Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca, Jalapa (Hoge), Vera Cruz (Sallé); Guaremata, San Geronimo, 
3000 feet, Paso Antonio, 400 feet (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt). 
6. Laccophilus decipiens. 
Laccophilus decipiens, Lec. Ann. Lyc. N. York, v. p. 205; Sharp, Trans. Roy. Dubl. Soc. n.s. ii 
p. 289. 
Laccophilus truncatus, Mann, Bull. Mosc. 1853, ii. p. 160°. 
Hab. Nortu America, California, Utah, “ Russian America” !.—Mexico, Guanajuato 
(Dugés, coll. Sailé). 
7. Laccophilus fuscipennis. 
Ovalis, sat convexus, sat nitidus, testaceus, elytris crebrius fusco-irroratis, apice margineque laterali pallidis, 
absque maculis basalibus. 
Long. 27 lin. 
Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Hoge). 
Head and thorax yellow, approaching to orange; elytra closely irrorated with dark 
specks, so as to assume a dark fuscous appearance ; these specks are absent from, or less 
numerous at, the apex and the lateral margins, which are therefore paler ; a little before 
the middle the pale lateral colour extends inwards, giving rise to the appearance of a 
spot; and behind this the fuscous colour extends nearly or quite to the lateral margin ; 
