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the female. The genital in the male is produced as a bifid organ, with each side 
grooved, and spoon-shaped at its apex above. This fine Cymatodera is in size and 
colour rather like C. californica, Horn. It is, however, at once to be distinguished by 
the large punctures of the elytra. Only two specimens have been seen by me. 
6. Cymatodera pallidipennis. 
Cymatodera pallidipennis, Chevr. Mag. Zool. 18438, p. 8°. 
Hab. Muxtco! (Sailé, coll. Chevrolat); British Honpuras, Rio Sarstoon (Blanca- 
neaux). &. 
M. Chevrolat has kindly intrusted his type of this species to me; and I am able to 
join with it, as identical, a single specimen which I had before doubtfully assigned to 
C. championi as a very small variety of that species, but which I feel now convinced is 
distinct. The size given by Chevrolat is, as he tells me, printed “ millim.” in error, 
lines of the Parisinch being intended. The type, in fact, measures 103 millim.; Blan- 
caneaux’s specimen 9 millim. The latter is rather more pitchy than the type, but has 
rufous legs; three very indistinct pitchy-red fasciz are to be traced. It agrees with 
C. championi in the punctuation of the head, thorax, and elytra, but differs from it in 
having shorter antennz (both specimens are females), and particularly in the elytra not 
being in the least truncate at their apex. 
7. Cymatodera parallela. 
Oblongo-elongata, picea; ore, antennis, palpis, abdominis apice, geniculis tarsisque ferrugineis; thorace 
ineequali, obsolete punctato; elytris brunneo-testaceis, prope basin et apicem fuscis, et fasciis duabus 
interruptis serratis (posteriore lata fere integra) piceis, striato-punctatis, striis ante apicem desinentibus. 
Long. 8-10 millim. ¢ 9. 
Hab. GuateMata, Cerro Zunil, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
A species which will, I think, be easily recognized by its general parallel shape and 
the dark posterior fascia, which has deeply indented edges. The head is rugosely 
punctured, the rugze being longitudinal; it is not very large, but is wider than the 
thorax. The thorax is of nearly even width before and behind, tolerably well con- 
stricted behind; the two basal tubercles and two others just behind the anterior 
constriction are evident, the punctuation and ruge very obsolete. The elytra are deeply 
punctured in obsolete stria, terminating a very short distance from the apex; the 
punctures are coarse and irregular, confluent often laterally as well as in the rows. 
The legs are dark brown, with paler tarsi. | 
A series of this species, all agreeing very nearly in colour and form, were taken at 
Cerro Zunil; and a single specimen from San Gerénimo is, I think, the same species, 
but is paler, and has pale legs and antennew, probably owing to immaturity. 
