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This species is very near to L. pulchra, but is rather narrower, the thorax is a little 

 more narrowed in front, and the dark colour covers the whole disc. The elytra are 

 distinctly but not much widened posteriorly, the broadest part being at about three- 

 fifths their length ; each elytron has a bright green stripe, commencing close to the 

 scutellum and continued somewhat obliquely to the middle of the elytron, where it 

 meets the slightly oblique transverse band ; at a short distance from the apex there is 

 a transverse spot, which does not reach the suture. The head is rather less convex 

 than in L. pulchra, and is distinctly and much more closely punctured. The thorax 

 has the sides scarcely impressed ; the transverse basal impression is less marked, but 

 limited externally by a fine, short, oblique ridge, which is generally of a coppery 

 colour. 



A specimen from Bugaba, apparently referable to the same species, has the basal 

 stripe of the elytra almost separated from the median fascia, and the subapical spot 

 more suffused. 



Another specimen from Bugaba has the green stripe and fascia of the elytra replaced 

 by a bright coppery-red band extending from the scutellum to the middle of the side 

 of the elytron. 



8. Leiopleura venusta. 



Oblonga, convexa, nitida ; capite viridi, crebre punctato ; thorace viridi, medio infuscato, lateribus subtiliter 

 rugosis ; elytris nigro-violaceis, macula magna scutellari, altera laterali ad medium vix connexis viridibua, 

 fascia lata ante apicem cyaneo-viridi. 



Long. If lin. 



Eab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 3500 feet (Champion). 



Closely allied to L. pulchra, but much larger and more convex. The head is more 

 closely punctured. The thorax has the sides only slightly flattened near the posterior 

 angles ; the punctures are distinct, but not close together ; the surface at the sides is 

 densely and finely rugose, the rugosity extending at the base for nearly one quarter the 

 width of the thorax. The elytra are relatively a little shorter and more obtuse at the 

 apex, more convex, and less distinctly margined ; dark violet ; each elytron has a 

 large green spot at the scutellum and a transverse lateral one at the middle ; these 

 spots are rugose, and are connected by a narrow line ; the subapical band is broad, 

 and gradually increases in width till it reaches the suture. 



The following may be varieties of this species ; they are not quite so broad as the 

 type, but agree in all essential characters : — 



Var. 1. Each elytron with an oblique green stripe extending from the scutellum to near the middle of the 

 elytron, where it meets a fascia of the same width which extends to the margin. At a short distance 

 from the apex there is a transverse narrow green fascia, which does not reach the suture. 



Hal. Guatemala, San Geronimo (Champion). 



