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middle, base emarginate, humeral angles obtuse, a little raised and creased within; anterior tibiz with a 
rather long tooth at outer apical angle. Beneath almost smooth. 
Length 20-26 millim. 
Hab. Mexico (coll. F. Bates), Guanajuato (Sallé). 
Six examples. Belongs to the Huschides group. 
32. Asida obovata. 
Euschides obovata, Lec. Ann. Lyc. New York, v. p. 127 (1852)". 
Asida obovata, Horn, Revis. Ten. N. A. p. 288 (1870). 
Hab. Norta America, Gila river 1—Muxico, Alamos (Buchan-Hepburn). 
Three examples taken by Mr. Hepburn agree fairly well with the description of this 
species, except that the elytra are smoother and depressed along the suture, and the 
thorax a little less convex. 
33. Asida blapsoides. 
Stenomorpha blapsoides, Sol. Ann. Ent. Soc. Fr. 1836, p. 491, t. 12. f. 12-14°. 
Hab. Mexico! (coll. F. Bates, Truqui), Puebla, Guanajuato (Sallé), Mexico city, 
Oaxaca, Jalapa (Hége). 
Apparently common in Mexico. The examination of a considerable number of 
specimens has convinced me that this is a most variable species. ‘The prothorax is 
in some examples very finely, in others coarsely and closely punctured, with the 
extended lateral margins raised, though scarcely reflexed, and feebly or strongly 
rounded, transverse, or as long as broad; the elytra very variable in shape and 
sculpture, the marginal carina obsolete, or represented by a raised line from the 
shoulder to a little beyond the middle, the humeral angles usually a little prominent, 
the surface finely and sparingly or closely and coarsely (rarely the punctures confluent 
and almost rugulose) punctured; intermediate forms occur so that it seems impossible 
to separate them. ‘Three examples from Puebla have the thorax transverse; the elytra 
shorter and broader, and the marginal carina distinct towards the base ; the upper surface 
closely and rather coarsely punctured. Another example has the elytra reddish brown 
along the suture; others have the elytra, instead of being nearly smooth, coarsely punc- 
tured and rugulose. 
34. Asida blanda. (Tab. III. fig. 19.) 
Closely allied to A. blapsoides, but with the lateral margins of the smooth more convex prothorax a little 
narrower, reflexed, and swollen (anteriorly); the elytra smooth, less parallel, more swollen behind, and 
depressed along the suture; the anterior tibiw with a short, blunt tooth at outer apical angle; with 
no trace of punctuation, except along the lateral margins of the thorax and on the anterior margin of 
the head. 
Length 20 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Sad/é). 
