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elongate pruinosus, sp. n. 













Metasternum feebly swollen anteriorly j eh 



fascia below the base, sometimes obsolete 



aurocinctus, sp. n 



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1. EucactophagUS duplotinctus, sp. n. (Tab. IV. figg. 31, 31a, 6; 32 J, 



33, $ , vars.) 



Oblong-rhomboidal, opaque above, black, the elytra with two transverse sanguineous fascia of variable width 

 and development (sometimes reduced to three or four spots, and sometimes broad and almost reaching 

 the suture and outer margin) — one a little below the base and the other far beyond the middle. Rostrum 

 stout, arcuate, in some specimens fully half the length of the body, obsoletely punctate. Prothorax a 

 little broader than long, conical, strongly bisinuate at the base, very sparsely, finely punctate, the disc 

 broadly excavate in the middle behind. Scutellum large, triangular, arcuate-emarginate in front. 

 Elytra oblong-suhcordate, finely striate, the striae very feebly punctate. Pygidium sparsely punctate, 

 and with a stout fusco-pilose median ridge. Beneath very sparsely, finely punctate, smoother down the 

 middle. Metasternum strongly protuberant. Pirst ventral segment slightly hollowed down the centre 









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Var. a. The elytral fasciae broader, subangulate, ochreous. (Fig. 32.) [Chiriqui, one large S •] 



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Var. fi. The elytral fasciae rather narrow, sanguineous, the anterior one complete and enclosing a small black 



humeral spot; the femora and tibiae sanguineous to near the tip. (Fig. 33.) [Mexico, one small 5 .] 

 Length 15-24, breadth 6 T V~10§ millim. ( J $ .) 



Hab. Mexico, Santacomapan in Vera Cruz (Salle : var. )3) ; Guatemala (coll. Fry) ; 

 Nicakagua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; Costa Rica, Cache (Rogers), Miravalles ( Under- 



; Panama, Chiriqui (Trotsch: type and var. a). 



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Twelve specimens in all have been seen of this species, varying as above 



described, the ochreous colour of the fasciae in one example being perhaps due to 



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JB. duplo 



bifasciate elytra readily 





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2. Eucactophagus orizabensis. (Tab. IV. figg. 34, 34 a.) 



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Phyllerythrurus orizabaensis, Chevr. op. cit. 1885, pp. 92, 93 2 . 



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Khomboidal, broad, robust, opaque above, black, the elytra with a broad, shining, transverse, ochreous fascia 

 before the middle, the fascia narrowing inwards and almost or quite reaching the suture, the abdomen 

 sometimes with a small reddish spot on each side of the pygidium. Eostrum arcuate, very stout, as long 

 as, or a little longer than, the prothorax, gradually thickened basally, sparsely, finely punctate, the frontal 



fovea small. Prothorax conical, slightly broader than long, strongly bisinuate at the base, finely punctate 



disc broadly and deeply excavate posteriorly. Scutellum elongate-triangular, flat. Elytra much 

 wider than the prothorax, cordate, finely punctate-striate, the interstices flat, convex and shining on the 



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ochreous portion of the surface. Pygidium sparsely punctate, and with a stout median ridge. Beneath 

 very sparsely punctate ; first ventral segment broadly subdepressed in the <$ . Prosternum with a 

 compressed tubercle between the anterior coxae. Metasternum strongly protuberant. Tibiae with a 



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dense fringe of very short hairs. Tarsi with a few scattered long bristly hairs above. 



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Length 15-16 *, breadth 7-7f millim. 



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The length is given as 10 mm. by Chevrolat, evidently a misprint for 16 mm. 



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