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Hab. Mexico (Mus. Brit.), Orizaba (Salle) ; Guatemala, Tamahu in Vera Paz 



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The three examples of this species before me are assumed to include both sexes. 

 E. orizabensis is a northern representative of the Colombian E. aurofasciatus, Breme, 





from which it mainly differs in the position of the elytral fascia and the flatter 



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3. Eucactophagus grapliipterus, sp. n. (Tab. IV. figg. 35, 35 a, $ .) 













Oblong-subelliptic, broad, robust, opaque, black, the elytra with a very broad, common, irregular, narrowly 







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interrupted, saddle-shaped, ochreous patch, extending from a little below the base to near the apex and 



enclosing a common, transverse, fusco-cast aneous patch at the middle of the suture and a spot on the disc 



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between it and the shoulder, the punctures on this portion of the surface black. Rostrum very stout, 



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arcuate, about as long as the prothorax, closely punctate, shallowly sulcate beneath in the <$ , ««*« 

 widened basal portion narrowly grooved above, the frontal fovea deep. Prothorax a little broader than 

 long, the sides parallel behind and strongly rounded anteriorly, the base deeply bisinuate and with the 



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median lobe considerably produced ; very sparsely, finely punctate, the disc broadly depressed posteriorly 

 and with two widely-separated fovese at about the middle. Scutellum rather small, elongate-triangular, 

 flattened. Elytra much wider than the prothorax, subcordate, finely striate, the striae with scattered 

 coarse punctures, the interstices feebly convex. Pygidium sparsely punctured, subcarinate. Beneath 

 very sparsely punctate; first ventral segment hollowed down the middle in the J. Metasternum 







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strongly protuberant. 

 Length 16-17, breadth 7f-8 millim. ( <$ $ .) 



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Hab. Costa Rica, Miravalles ( Underwood : 2 ). — Colombia (coll. Fry : 6 ). 



Two specimens, with the markings very similar *. The latter form an irregular saddle- 

 shaped patch occupying at least half the length of the elytra, enclosing a common 



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transverse sutural spot, two smaller spots on the disc, and a small dot on each of the 

 seriate punctures. The median basal lobe of the prothorax impinges on the scutellar 





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4. Eucactophagus carinipyga, sp. n. (Tab. V. figg. 1, 1 a, b, $ .) 



Elongate-rhomboidal, opaque above, black, cinereo-pruinose, the elytra each with a very large velvety-black* 

 patch on the disc a little before the middle extending inwards to near the suture. Rostrum feebly 

 curved, moderately stout, much longer than the head and prothorax, obsoletely punctate, gradually 









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widened towards the base, the frontal fovea small. Prothorax nearly as long as broad, conical, strongly 



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bisinuate at the base, broadly and deeply excavate on the disc posteriorly, sparsely, finely punctate. 

 Scutellum large, triangular, flattened. Elytra oblong-subcordate, much wider than the prothorax, 



transversely depressed at the base ; very finely punctate-striate, the interstices flat, each with an 

 irregular line of excessively minute punctures. Pygidium (fig. 1 b) sparsely punctate, and with a stout, 

 prominent, median ridge. Beneath very sparsely punctured, almost smooth down the middle of the 

 metasternum and abdomen. Metasternum strongly protuberant. 

 Length 17-18, breadth 6f-7£ millim. ( $ .) 



Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson, Richardson). 



Two females, both somewhat worn. In this insect the rostrum ( $ ) is very elongate, 

 feebly curved, and obsoletely punctate, the metasternal protuberance is greatly developed, 



* There is also an example in the U.S. Nat. Mus., found by Prof. Britton in a greenhouse in Connecticut. 





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