42 SEKKICOKNIA. 



C.femorata stated by Dr. Horn (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 78) to come from Mexico 

 are referable to this species. 



It would appear that C. inea 3 is only C. inea 2 accidentally redescribed ; the de- 

 scriptions are nearly identical. 



In the absence of all evidence to the contrary I am compelled to regard C. inea as 

 synonymous with C. chactas, Lap. & Gory. 



23. Chrysobothris inaequalis. (Tab. III. fig. 13.) 



Oblongo-ovata, depressa, opaca, cupreo-genea, subtns cuprea ; thorace late transverso, brevi, creberrime punctate, 

 lineis duabus discoidalibus parum elevatis nitidis, parce punctatis : elytris confertim rugoso-punotatis, 

 lineis elevatis nitidis nigricantibus ornatis ; prosterno medio lsevi. 



J fronte dense pilosa ; prosterno a3neo ; abdominis segmento ultimo late emarginato. 



5 fronte vix pilosa ; abdominis segmento ultimo anguste emarginato, utrinque dentato. 



Long. 5-6 lin. 



Hab. Mexico, Pinos Altos in Chihuahua (Buchan- Hepburn), Suapam (Salle). 



This species is certainly allied to C. femorata, but is shorter, broader, and more 

 depressed, and has the thorax much more transverse; and the smooth prosternum at 

 once separates it. The head has on the vertex a smooth ridge ; the smooth frontal 

 ridge is divided into two in the female, in the male it is completely hidden by the 

 peculiarly dense fine sandy-grey pile. The thorax is impressed on each side and densely 

 and roughly punctured, and has a small irregular raised spot at the base on each side 

 of the smooth discoidal lines ; the basal lobe is slightly truncate. The elytra have the 

 ridge next to the suture broad, flat, and smooth at the base, but becoming narrow and 

 costiform posteriorly ; the second costa is rather irregular, almost completely interrupted 

 by a large obliquely quadrate impression before the middle ; the third costa only appears 

 as an outer boundary of this impression ; between the first and second costse behind the 

 middle there are two quadrangular shining patches, which have some strong punctures 

 scattered over them ; there are also two or three smooth transverse lines dividing the 

 surface into irregular quadrate spaces. The apical segment of the abdomen in the male 

 is emarginate, but not so deeply as in C. guatemalensis ; in the female it is slightly 

 notched (Tab. III. fig. 13a). 



24. Chrysobothris acutipennis. (Tab. III. fig. 14.) 



Chrysobothris acutipennis, Chevr. Col. Mex. Cent. ii. fasc. 8, no. 190 (1835) 1 ; Horn, Trans. Am. 



Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 107, t. 6. figg. 188-192 \ 

 Chrysobothris cupreo-cenea, Lap. & Gory, Mon. ii. p. 39, t. 7. f. 55 3 . 

 Chrysobothris acuminata, Lee. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 2nd ser. xi. p. 237 (1860) \ 

 Chrysobothris cupreo-signata, Thorns. Typi Bupr. p. 80 (1878) 5 . 



Hab. Nokth America, Texas 2 , Arizona 2 . — Mexico 25 , Tuspan 1 , Tamaulipas to Mata- 

 moros 4 , Izucar, Orizaba (Salle), Cerro de Plumas (Hoge); British Honduras (Blanca- 

 neaux); Guatemala, Chacoj in Vera Paz, TorolalOOO feet, Pantaleon 1700 feet, Volcan 



