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lobe), and with an abrupt notch on the inner side above; the central sheath broad, narrowed, and 
acuminate towards the apex, the apical portion strongly recurved and hooked beneath. (Figg. 214, 6.) 
Length 83-11} millim.; breadth 33-4 millim. (3 9.) 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova (Sallé), Jalapa (Hége), N. Yucatan (Gaumer). 
A large number of examples. This species is distinguished by its fusiform shape, 
anteriorly narrowed and convex thorax, and by the very peculiar structure of the 
‘ eedeagus of the male; in the last-named character it departs widely from the other 
Lobopode here enumerated. Labelled Z. levicollis, Chevr., in the Sallé collection. 
The North-American Allecula erythrocnemis (Germ.) is an ally of this species. 
27. Lobopoda proxima. (Tab. XVIII. fig. 1.) 
Moderately elongate, subfusiform, brownish-piceous or black, slightly shining. Head very sparsely punctured ; 
eyes very large and approximate in the male, more distant in the female; prothorax transversely convex, 
comparatively broad, the sides straight (or a little narrowing) behind, the hind angles subrectangular or 
obtuse, the disc obsoletely canaliculate, the basal fovese very shallow, the surface finely and very sparsely 
punctured; elytra with closely punctured rather deep strie, the interstices feebly convex at the sides and 
apex, flat on the disc, and finely and very sparsely punctured; beneath sparsely and somewhat coarsely 
punctured ; legs brownish-piceous or ferruginous, the tarsi and antenne ferruginous. 
3g. Anterior tibie sinuous within. The lateral lobes of the last ventral segment long, parallel to the middle, 
and then inwardly curved, the apices very bluntly rounded off, and furnished with short teeth within ; 
the central sheath narrowing towards the apex, the latter slightly rounded. (Fig. 1.) 
Length 83-94 millim.; breadth 3-33 millim. (¢ @.) 
flab. Mexico, Temax in N. Yucatan (Gaumer). 
Five examples, two of which are males. This species closely resembles ZL. levicollis ; 
but differs in the thorax being relatively broader and more transverse, in the rather less 
elongate shape, and in the wholly different structure of the cdeagus. From ZL. oblonga 
(which it more nearly resembles in the last-named character) it is distinguished by the 
much sparser punctuation of the head and thorax. In the female examples the hind 
angles of the thorax are more obtuse than in the males. 
28. Lobopoda jalapensis. (Tab. XVIII. fig. 2.) 
Moderately elongate, subfusiform, piceous-black, not very shining, thickly pubescent. Head with rather coarse 
scattered punctures ; eyes moderately large and subapproximate in the male; prothorax convex in front, 
the sides rather strongly narrowed and rounded anteriorly and almost straight behind, the hind angles 
rectangular, the disc very obsoletely canaliculate, and a little flattened behind, the basal foves: small and 
shallow, the surface closely, subequally, and moderately coarsely punctured ; elytra distinctly wider than 
the prothorax at the base, narrowing gradually from a little below the shoulders, with moderately deep 
and closely punctured striz, the interstices feebly convex, and rather coarsely punctured; beneath coarsely 
and somewhat closely punctured, the middle of the metasternum more closely so in the male; legs and 
antennee dark ferruginous, the femora darker. 
g. Anterior tibiee sinuous within, The lateral lobes of the last ventral segment rather short and broad, 
deeply notched within on the lower side about the middle, behind which the sides are angularly 
extended inwards, the apices broadly rounded; the central sheath rather narrow, acuminate towards 
the end, the apical portion setose beneath and slightly recurved, the apex a little thickened. (Fig. 2.) 
Length 10-104 millim.; breadth 33-4 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (fHége). 
