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CHRYSOBOTHRIS. 



Chrysobothris, Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas, i. p. 9 (1829) ; Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 67 (1886). 

 Species of this genus are found in all parts of the world. 



1. Chrysobothris sex-punctata. 



Bupresiis sex-punctata, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. ii. p. 206 \ 



Colobogaster sex-punctata, Lap. & Gory, Mon. ii. p. 9, t. 2. f. 7 2 (nee Montrouz.) . 



Bab. Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt); Panama (Janson). — South America 1 , Cayenne 2 , 

 Brazil. 



I think it is open to question whether the Brazilian specimens usually associated 

 with C. sex-punctata (Fabr.) really represent the same species; Central- American 

 examples appear to me to be less strongly sculptured. 



2. Chrysobothris ichthyomorpha. (Tab. III. fig. 3.) 



Chrysobothris ichthyomorpha, Thorns. Typi Bupr., Append., i. p. 42 (1879) \ 



Hab. Mexico \ Orizaba, Playa Vicente (Salle), Juquila (Hbge) ; Guatemala, Sabo in 

 Vera Paz, Capetillo (Champion), Yzabal (Salle); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt); Costa 

 Eica (Salle) ; Panama, Volcau de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion). 



In examining a long series of this species I find two forms of the terminal segment 

 of the abdomen among the females (Tab. III. figg. 3 a, 3 b), that represented by fig. 3 a 

 being the commoner. Both forms are found in the same locality, and the difference 

 cannot be specific. The male has the apex of the terminal segment sinuate, with a 

 semicircular emargination in the middle (Tab. III. fig. 3 e). 



3. Chrysobothris thomsoni. 



Chrysobothris collaris, Thorns. Typi Bupr. 1878, p. 76 x (nee Deyr.). 



Hab. Costa Rica (Van Patten); Panama, Bugaba 800 to 1500 feet, Volcan de 

 Chiriqui 2500 to 4000 feet, David, Tole (Champion). — Colombia (Brit. Mus.); Vene- 

 zuela, Caracas 1 . 



Only distinguishable from the preceding species by the coppery-red posterior angles 

 of the thorax ; but a large series from Bugaba shows no variation. 



4. Chrysobothris belti. (Tab. III. fig. 4.) 



Obscure cupreo-senea, nitida ; tborace lateribus sinuatis, crebre punctulato ; elytris purpureo-nigris, singulo 



guttis quinque laete viridibus ornato. 

 Long. 6| lin. 



Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). 



This species is very close to C. duplicata, Chevr. The thorax, however, is rather less 



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