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close series, vanishing a very little way before the apex, not ending in united strie. In 
colour and form it is very like C. cylindricollis; but the sides of the thorax are more 
compressed below the middle, and hence the sides are more prominent in the widest 
part; it is also like C. undulata, Say, but is smaller, and the puncturing is quite 
different. The Nicaragua specimen agrees. Sexual characters not apparent; it 1s 
probable both are females. 
11. Cymatodera nitida. 
Picea, nitida, antennis, palpis, pedibus basi, tarsis, abdominisque apice obscure rufis; elytris testaceis, puncto 
humerali, fascia irregulari basali, ad suturam et ad marginem latiore triente apicali et sutura tenuiter 
piceis ; capite thoraceque minute et sparsim punctulatis, elytris punctis subequaliter remotis seriatim 
impressis. Long. 7-8 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Capulalpam (Sailé) ; Guatemata, Capetillo (Champzon). 
Distinguished by the shining head and thorax, which only show few and remote 
small punctures under a powerful lens, and by the dark somewhat cruciform mark on 
the basal half of the elytra and their entirely dark apex. Only two specimens have 
been sent. 
12. Cymatodera texana. 
Ferruginea, supra picea; capite crebre, prothorace obsolete punctatis, hoe postice fortiter late constricto ; 
elytris depressiusculis, piceis, striatis, striis crebre subcrenato-punctatis, fere integris, fascia mediana 
apiceque rufis. Long. 7-8 millim. 
Hab. Norvn America, Texas (Belfrage).—Mexico, Jalapa (Hége). 
I have received several specimens of this insect from Mr. Belfrage as a new species; 
and a single specimen, which only differs in the darker colour of the elytra, without any . 
apical yellow spot, was taken by Hége. It is a very distinct species, perhaps in its 
broad evenly striated elytra most resembling C. cylindricollis, but not so bulky and 
more shining. The legs in Texan specimens are rufous; but in the Mexican one each 
of the femora has a pitchy cloud on the thick part. It is also rather like C. geniculata 
in colour ; but the striae and close obsolete punctures at once remove it from that species. 
13. Cymatodera liturata. 
Oblonga, postice paulo ampliata; capite thoraceque piceis, elytris pallidis, seriebus punetorum triente ante 
apicem desinentibus; humero, plaga subhumerali, regione scutellari lituraque tenui ante apicem fuscis ; 
antennis, palpis, pedibus abdomineque ferrugineis. Long. 10-12 millim. @Q. 
Hab. Guaremata, Cerro Zunil (Champion). 
This resembles C. Junulata in form, but is much less pubescent and differently 
coloured: though impressed with series of strong punctures, it is not striate; the 
punctures are often fuscous, and can thus be traced, even where quite obsolete, as 
fuscous spots as far as the oblique fuscous band before the apex. The breast is 
pitchy red. 
