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2. Huparius polius, (Tab. XIII. figg. 8, 3a.) 
Euparius polius, Jordan, Nov. Zool. xi. p. 803. n. 131 (1904) *. 
This species is almost intermediate between £. tapirus and E. tigris, Gyll. (1833), but is structurally 
more closely allied to the latter. It differs from Z. tapirus especially in the prominent lateral carina of 
the pronotum, in the smaller number of spots on the thorax and elytra, in the broad black mesial area 
of the abdomen not being interrupted at the apices of the segments, in the abdomen possessing only one 
series of black spots on each side, and other details. 
The two specimens in the collection, both from Panama, differ slightly from the pair upon which the original 
description was based in being yellowish in tint, and in the elytra bearing a distinct black spot on the 
humeral callosity. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion).—Cotromsia! (Mus. Tring). 
Two males. 
3. Euparius ajax. 
Cratoparis ajax, Jekel, Ins. Saund. i. p. 124, t. 1. fig. 8 (1855)*; Gemm. & Har. Cat. Col. ix. 
p- 2745 (1872)’. 
The pronotal carina is biconvex, being angulate in middle. The pro- and mesosternites are punctured at the 
sides, the former also in front of the cox, the mesesternum granulose in middle. The abdomen is deeply 
impressed in ¢ and the apices of the segments are clothed with a long pubescence in the groove. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson).—Amazons ! ?. 
Three males and one female. 
4, Huparius torquatus. 
Cratoparis torquatus, Jekel, Ins. Saund. i. p. 127 (1855) *; Gemm. & Har. Cat. Col. ix. p. 2746 
(1872) *. 
A common species, which varies a good deal in size and shape. Four of the specimens from Mexico and 
Guatemala bear a white angular sutural spot on the elytra at the base pointing forward, the scutellum 
and a mesial line on pronotum being also white. In other specimens that patch is vestigial, while the 
majority of individuals are practically without a trace of it. 
Hab. Mexico 2, Sierra de Durango ? (Mus. Tring), Jalapa, Cerro de Plumas, Cordova 
(Hoge), Toxpam, Playa Vicente (Sallé); British Honpuras, Belize, Rio Hondo 
(Blancaneauz); GuatTeMata, Yzabal (Sallé), Teleman and Panzos in Vera Paz, Hl 
Tumbador, El Reposo, San Isidro, Zapote (Champion) ; Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, 
Janson) ; Costa Rica, San José (Schild-Burgdorf, in Mus. Tring); Panama, Volcan de 
Chiriqui (Champion). 
5. Euparius luridus. 
Cratoparis luridus, Fabreus, in Schoenh. Gen. Spec. Cure. v. p. 229. n. 18 (1839) *; Jekel, Ins. 
Saund. i. p. 129 (1855) °; Gemm. & Har. Cat. Col. ix. p. 2746 (1872) °. 
Cratoparis apicicornis, Gemm. & Har. (ex Dejean, Cat.), l.c.*. 
Cratoparis luridus var. lignarius, Gemm. & Har. (ex Dejean, Cat.), l.c.*. 
This is the only known species in which the eye has a distinct, though small, sinus behind the insertion of the 
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