LEMOPHLGUS. 515 
M. Grouvelle, who examined males of these two species, thought them distinct and 
suggested that L. distinguendus might perhaps be referable to L. terminalis, Casey. 
L. terminalis is, however, described and figured as possessing an emarginate labrum ; 
this is not the case with L. distinguendus and L. suturalis, in which the labrum is 
truncate in front and very slightly asymmetrical. The colour of L. terminalis, moreover, 
is apparently different from that of our species. Twenty-four specimens, most of them 
from Zapote. The unique individual from the Volcan de Chiriqui is a well-developed 
male. ‘The variety is represented by a single example. 
Reitter’s description of LZ. suturalis was made from a male from Colombia, in the 
von Bruck collection, and a female from Guatemala. This female has now passed 
into the possession of M. René Oberthiir, who has been so kind as to send it for my 
inspection. Although a poorly developed example, I think it pertains to the species 
now described. Reitter’s description applies, however, only in a very dubious manner 
to our insect, so that it is quite probable that the male he had before him was that of 
some other allied species. 
3. Lemophleus germaini. (Tab. XVI. fig. 13, ¢.) 
Lemophleus germaini, Grouv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1896, p. 200°. 
Latus, depressus, politus, nigricans, antennis articulo ultimo, tibiis tarsisque rufis; elytro singulo medio plaga 
magna testacea ; fronte profunde triangulariter foveolata. 
Long. 23-3 millim. 
Hab. Guatemaa, Las Mercedes (Champion).—CotomBia!; Bontvia!. 
Var. Paullo minus brevis, elytrorum plagis testaceis majoribus. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Antenne thick, not at all clavate, distinctly pubescent ; the terminal joint paler than 
the others. Head very broad and short. Epistomal line absent in the large males, in 
the smaller examples present and connected with the deep triangular fovea on the 
middle of the front; the lateral striae very distinct, as well as the posterior line; the 
surface very flat and polished. Thorax short and broad, greatly narrowed behind ; 
the lateral strize very deep, the sides with an obscure denticle in front of the hind angle, 
this latter minutely prominent; the disc very polished and flat. Scutellum large, 
triangular. Elytra short and broad, very highly polished, with a large pale mark about 
the middle of each; with a distinct sutural stria and a fine intra-lateral carina, and 
between the two a broad but abbreviated stria. Five specimens from Guatemala; six 
from Bugaba. 
I cannot distinguish between small males and females, except by the number of 
joints in the hind feet. 
I am indebted to M. Grouvelle for communicating to me a pair of L germaini from 
Colombia. They are of paler colour than any of our specimens, the yellow mark on 
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