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9 (a). Paradomorphus carissimus. (Tab. IX. fig. 16.) 



Sat brevis, erassus, seneo-griseus, pubescens ; capite leviter convexo, crebre evidenter punctato : thorace sat 

 lato, crebre evidenter punctato, lateribus arcuatitn rotundatis ; elytris cyaneis, sat crebre tenuiter punc- 

 tulatis, dimidio basali aureo-cuprea, rugosa, macula sat magna communi cyanea, fascia ante apicem et 

 apice ipso griseo-pubescentibus ; corpore subtus dense albo-pubescente. 



Long. 3| lin. 



Hob. Mexico, Amula in Guerrero 6000 feet (E. H. Smith). 



This very handsome species is allied to P. biplagiatus, but is a much broader insect. 

 The head has a slight impression above the clypeus. The thorax is without impressions, 

 sparsely clothed with short grey pubescence, rather strongly punctured, the punctures 

 often touching each other in a transverse or oblique direction, the sides slightly rugose ; 

 the anterior part is gently convex, the base lightly impressed. The elytra have no 

 costa. The prosternal chin-piece is gently emarginate. The abdomen has the lateral 

 carina of the basal segment nearly rectilinear posteriorly. The basal joint of the 

 posterior tarsi is very short. 



13. Paradomorphus gibbifrons. (Tab. IX. figg. 20, 20 a.) 



Obscure cupreus, parum nitidus ; capite longitudinaliter suleato, fronte bigibbosa ; thorace medio et ad latera 

 impresso, impressionibus sordide aureo-pubescentibus, lateribus leviter arcuatis ; elytris obscure purpureo- 

 cupreis, rugosis, ante medium macula communi quadrata postice rama transversa juncta, fasciaque ante 

 apicem sordide aureis ornatis. 



Long. 2| lin. 



Hah. Mexico, Mescala in Guerrero (H. H. Smith). 



This species has the form of Agrilus pullulus (Tab. VI. fig. 10), but the forehead is 

 more prominent than in that insect. The head is shining, obliquely striolate in 

 front, strongly punctured on the forehead, which is prominent and biconvex. The 

 thorax is shining, moderately closely punctured, with slightly raised oblique lines near 

 the front angles ; the disc is longitudinally impressed, and the impression diverging in 

 front and at the base forms a letter X ; the posterior ridge is well marked, short, nearly 

 straight, not quite reaching the base. The elytra are darker than the rest of the insect, 

 with the sutural area tinted with dark blue, and the subcosta fairly well marked ; the 

 dull golden pubescence forms an oblong quadrangular spot just before the middle 

 (leaving a round bare spot in the centre), emitting an oblique band posteriorly to the 

 margin ; there is also a band before the apex. The prosternal chin-piece is very widely 

 but very slightly emarginate. The prosternum is finely margined, finely and moderately 

 closely punctured, arcuately acuminate posteriorly. The abdomen has the lateral carina 

 deeply sinuate about the middle, with a golden spot on the upper margin (fig. 20 a). 



AGRILUS (p. 57). 



I regret that in numbering the species in my manuscript I accidentally omitted to 

 number A. sublateralis, and the printer numbered it 61 instead of 60 (a), and altered 



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