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Posterior tibiae penicillate and the other tibiae sinuate and ciliate in £ , 



the fifth ventral segment with a cluster of long erect hairs in this sex. 



c l . Prothorax and elytra each with an interrupted red fascia, the pro- 



thorax with a deep coarsely punctured depression . . . . . . 



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d l . Prothorax with an oblique stripe on each side, and the elytra with 



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an oblique median fascia, red, the prothorax with a shallow depres- 

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Prothorax and elytra variegated with red, the prothorax parallel- 



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ifomaculatus 



sided at the base and with a shallow basal depression 

 d. All the tibise fringed with short hairs within in both sexes. 



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cirratus y sp. n. 



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thorax and elytra red. spotted or variegated with black : size large . sierrakowskyi, GylL 



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elytra each with a rufous or orange fascia ; rostrum comparatively 



short : size smaller, body less elongate 



pulcherrimus , Chevr, 



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1. Cactophagus fahrasi. (Tab. IV. figg. 5, 5 



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fahrm 



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<J . Anterior tibiae densely fringed with rather long hairs ; ventral excavation shallow. 



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Hab. Mexico, b 



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and Acapulco 



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Holm.), Acapulco, O 





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(Hoge), Capulalpam (Salle), Mochitlan in Guerrero (B 



Sent 



us in profusion from Oaxaca by the late F. Hoge, the specimens showing 

 of variation in the colour of the elytra. 



The two red fasciae 



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transverse 



series of somewhat tumid, shining, oblong, coalescent spots, these being 



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much more prominent than in 



oblong deep fovea?, except in the space occupied 



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impressed with 



tumid 





impressions are sm 



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The prothorax is usually of a dark rufc 



tint. The 



length 



from 16-25 mm 



following is 



probably 



thing more than an 



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form of the same 



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Cactophagus striatoforatus 





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nophorus striatofi 

 Cactophagus striatofo 



nophorus p erf oral 





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. Anterior tibiae densely fringed with moderately long hairs ; ventral excavation rather deep. 



Mexico, Orizaba (Salle), Jalapa, Mexico city (Hoge) ; Guatemala, El Rancho 

 Deam* in U.S. Nat. Mus.) ; Salvador, Izalco (Knab, in U.S. Nat. Mus.) ; Costa Rica 



tr de Cartago (Underwood), San Jose (Biolley), 



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Van Patten, Salle), Azah 





Piedras Negras (U.S. Nat. Mus.). — Colombi 





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Trinidad [coll. Fry) 





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