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27. Clerus cylindricus. (Tab. VIII. fig. 6.) 
Clerus cylindricus, Gorh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1878, p. 164). 
Hab. Guatemaua, near the city (Salvin +), Capetillo, Duefias (Champion). 
An abnormally coloured species, the markings of which are difficult to define. The 
head is dark pitchy; the thorax the same, but reddish in front and sometimes on the 
disk. The elytra are mottled with dark and pitchy brown and whitish yellow. The 
suture and a spot on each side above the middle, and another subapical one, are pitchy, 
varying in depth. , 
Many specimens of this species have now been taken by Champion. It was origi- 
nally described from a single one taken by Mr. Salvin, in the environs of the city of 
Guatemala, at 5000 feet elevation. 
The specimen figured is one from Capetillo. 
28. Clerus anceps. 
Niger, nitidus; pectore rufo, prothorace quam elytra angustiore, margine antico albo; elytris basi rufis, fasciis 
duabus albis—una mediana leviter arcuata, altera ante apicem recta integra; elytris basi subtiliter granu- 
losis prope scutellum leviter elevatis. Long. 9 millim. 
Hab. GuateMaLA, Cerro Zunil (Champion). 
Head and thorax very narrow, smooth, with very few hairs; antenne black, with the 
basal joint reddish beneath ; the front margin of the thorax is distinctly, and the hind 
margin very narrowly, white. The elytra are shining, but rough at the base ; punctures 
are not present; near the suture in the middle a few grauulations are to be seen, 
arranged in rows. ‘The first white fascia is bordered with black, which shades off into 
the red of the base; it is a little recurved and scarcely interrupted by the sutural 
margin. The space between it and the subapical fascia is black, with a faint violet 
tinge. The second fascia is nearly straight and quite entire. Legs black, with the base 
of the femora and trochanters white. 
This species (of which I have only seen a single specimen) has a very striking likeness 
to C. laportei, but it is essentially distinct in several of its characters. The narrow 
thorax and its colour, and the black legs, are sufficient to prevent their being confounded. 
C. laportei, Guérin, is a Brazilian species, and, although attributed to Mexico by Spinola, 
was so, I believe, incorrectly. I possess Guérin’s specimen, which appears to have been 
unique in his collection, and which is from Brazil. 
29. Clerus guatemalensis. 
Niger, nitidus; antennis articulis quatuor primis, palpis elytrorumque basi rufis ; his fascia paulo post medium, 
sutura interrupta, sat lata, flava, apice cinereo-pubescente ; prothorace quam elytra angustiore. Long. 
9 millim. 
Hab. Guarema.a, Sinanja valley (Champion). 
Head and thorax clothed with rather dense hairs, but their surface, which is black, 
quite visible, narrower than the elytra, very obsoletely punctured. LElytra with rather 
