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7. Chrysobothris astuta. (Tab. III. fig. 5.) 



Tota senea, nitidiuscula ; thorace parallelo, ante apicem utrinque paullo angulato ; elytris convexis, sat crebre 

 evidenter punctulatis, singulo guttis rotundatis viridibus (cupreo cinctis) quatuor ornato ; corpore subtus 

 ad latera dense flavo-griseo pubescente ; abdominis segmento ultimo apice cyaneo, bispinoso. 



Long. 5 1 lin. 



Hab. Mexico,. Cordova (Salle), Jalapa (Hbge). 



This species greatly resembles C. megaeephala, Lap. & Gory, from San Domingo ; 

 but is relatively longer, and has the thorax less angular at the sides anteriorly, &c. 

 The head is densely punctured and clothed with sandy pubescence, with a smooth 

 straight raised line between the eyes ; the top is rather closely and strongly punctured, 

 with an impressed line on the vertex. The thorax is rather closely and very distinctly 

 punctured, and transversely strigose as is so commonly the case in this germs. Each 

 elytron has a round coppery impression at the base, another on the disc rather before 

 the middle, and two others just behind the middle ; these impressions are green in the 

 middle and encircled with coppery, and are deeply impressed ; there is also a slight 

 impression just above the humeral callus, but it is not coloured, and the sides are 

 rather strongly impressed below the shoulder. Tarsi blue. The apex of the abdomen 

 is bidentate (Tab. III. fig. 5 a), or with a slight projection in the middle in addition to 

 the lateral teeth (fig. 5 b). 



y 8. Chrysobothris sallsei. (Tab. III. fig. 6.) 



JEnea ; elytris purpureo-nigris, guttis lsete aureo-viridibus (cupreo tinctis) ornatis. 

 Long. 4|-5 lin. 



Hab, Mexico, Cordova (Salle)-, Guatemala, Chacoj and Cahabon in Vera Paz 

 (Champion) ; Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt). 



This species differs from the preceding in having the elytra dark purple, with the 

 spots rather larger and brighter. There is, moreover, a bright spot on the humeral 

 callus ; and on the suture below the scutellum there is a small elongate spot which does 

 not appear in C. astuta. The lateral angles of the terminal segment of the abdomen 

 are very acute (Tab. III. fig. 6 a). 



9. Chrysobothris phoebe. 



Chrysobothris phcebe, Thorns. Typi Bupr. p. 77 (1878) \ 

 Hab. Mexico 1 . 



Known to me only from description. It appears to be allied to C. frontalis, Oliv. 



10. Chrysobothris viridi-impressa. 



Chrysobothris viridi-impressa, Lap. & Gory, Mon. ii. p. 27, t. 5. f. 39 \ 



Hab. Guatemala, Yzabal (SalU) ; Nicakagua, Chontales (Janson) ; Panama (Boucard), 

 Taboga Island (J. J. Walker). — Colombia 1 . 



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