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82. Philonthus duploseriatus. 
Philonthus duploseriatus, Solsky, Hor. Soc. Ross. v. p. 186’. 
Hab. Mexico 1, 
83. Philonthus optatus. 
Rufus ; capite cum antennis, thorace, scutello abdominisque apice nigris, palpis pedibusque testaceis; capite 
oblongo, fortiter punctato ; thorace seriebus dorsalibus octo-punctatis. 
Long. 10 millim. 
Hab. Muxico, Guanajuato (Sallé). 
Antenne with three or four of the joints before the terminal one slightly trans- 
verse. ‘The head is channelled in front, and bears numerous very coarse punctures, 
only a very small area on the middle being free from them. The thorax is oblong, 
straight at the sides, scarcely at all narrowed behind; obscurely canaliculate along 
the middle, and the eight punctures on each side forming the dorsal series coarse 
and deep. The scutellum is densely punctate. The elytra are bright red and rather 
sparingly punctured. The hind body is quite sparingly punctate, with the armature, 
the terminal and the greater part of the penultimate segments, black. 
This insect bears the greatest resemblance to Belonuchus formosus, and was labelled 
with that name in Sallé’s collection, but the head and thorax are quite different. Only 
a single female example is known. 
84. Philonthus punctifer. | 
Philonthus punctifer, Nordm. Symb. p. 107*; Er. Gen. et Spec. p. 498°. 
Hab. Mexico 12; Costa Rica (Van Patten). 
I have not seen any example I can refer to this species, other than one labelled as 
found by Van Patten in Costa Rica; it does not agree very satisfactorily with the 
descriptions of Nordmann and Erichson (made, I believe, from one and the same 
example), and perhaps may prove not to be entitled to the name I assign to it at 
present. 
85. Philonthus discretus. (Tab. X. fig. 24.) 
Philonthus discretus, Sharp, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1876, p. 428°. 
Hab. Mexico ! (Flohr), Las Vigas, Jalapa (Loge). 
Of this remarkable species a male example from Jalapa is represented on our Plate. 
86. Philonthus championi. (Tab. X. fig. 25.) 
Gracilis, niger ; antennarum basi pedibusque piceis ; capite subquadrato, crebrius subtiliter punctato ; antennis 
elongatis ; prothorace elongato, posterius angustato, serie discoidali irregulariter circiter €-punctato ; 
elytris abdomineque crebrius sat subtiliter punctatis. 
Long. 8 millim. 
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