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EHTNCHOPHOEA 







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Recognizable by the comparatively short rostrum, the long pro- 



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thorax the rather small, narrow scutellum, the crenate-striate, ochreo-maculate elytr? 



the prominent, coarsely sculptured pygidium, the rugose subpilose prosternum, th 

 comparatively short legs, and the moderately separated anterior and intermediate coxa 







resemblance to Heterotoxus transatlanticus, Kirsch 



M. rugipe? us bears a certain 



that insect has sharply-toothed femora, more hairy tarsi, &c 



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2. Metamasiopsis flavopictus, sp. n. (Tab. V. figg. G, 6 a, e .) 







Elongate-elliptic, somewhat convex, opaque above, shining along the middle beneath, subglabrous ; black, the 

 elytra each with two angulate, transverse, ochreous fasciae on the disc (one before and the other just 

 beyond the middle, the anterior one extending forwards, and the posterior one downwards, on the fifth 

 interstice), the covered dorsal portion of the abdomen ferruginous. Rostrum stout, curved, cylindrical, 

 much shorter than the prothorax, very sparsely, minutely punctate, smooth at the tip, shallowly sulcate 

 beneath, the frontal fovea conspicuous. Prothorax a little longer than broad, gradually narrowing from 



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the middle, bisinuate at the base, flattened on the disc, and with very minute scattered punctures. 



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Scutellum elongate-triangular, narrow, hollowed down the middle. Elytra considerably wider than the 

 prothorax, finely punctate-striate. Pygidium rather convex, coarsely punctate, fulvo-cristate at the tip. 

 Beneath very sparsely punctate; ventral excavation rather deep, the fifth segment with a few short hairs 

 at the tip. Femora almost smooth, glabrous. 







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Length 12|, breadth 4| millim. ( 3 .) 



Hah. Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (H. H. Smith). 







One specimen 



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fasciae on the disc of each elytron, the long and comparatively smooth prothoi 





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tooth at the outer apical angle of the tibiae, &c. This species is not unlike Mata- 

 masius callizona (Chevr.), but the elytra are less widened anteriorly (the general shape 



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being more oblong) and irregularly bifasciate on the disc, &c. 





3. Metamasiopsis decempunctatus, sp. n. (Tab. V. figg. 1,1 a, $ .) 











Elongate-elliptic, opaque above ; black, the elytra each with five small ochreous spots — three placed in a 

 transverse row before (on the interstices 3, 5, and 7), and two in a more oblique line beyond (on the 

 interstices 3 and 5), the middle; the prothorax in one specimen (c?) with a patch on each side 

 behind and two very faint spots in the middle at the base, rufous, liostrum stout, cylindrical, curved, 

 about two-thirds the length of the prothorax, very sparsely obsoletely punctate, smooth at the tip, 



• distinctly sulcate beneath in the S , feebly so in the £ > the frontal fovea small. Prothorax a little 

 longer than broad, gradually narrowing from the middle, flattened on the disc, with a few scattered 

 punctures at the base. Scutellum elongate-triangular, narrow, hollowed down the middle anteriorly. 

 Elytra much wider than the prothorax, gradually narrowed from the rounded humeri, finely punctate- 

 striate, the punctures distant one from another, the interstices feebly convex. Pygidium sparsely 

 punctate, subcristate at the apex. Beneath very sparsely punctured ; ventral excavation Jong, deep, 

 and almost smooth in the $ , nearly obsolete in the $ . Femora smooth, glabrous. 

 Length 18jg-15|, breadth 4f-5^ millim. ( tf $ .) 



Edb. Mexico, Cinco Senores (Salle), Jalapa (Edge). 





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five small ochreous spots arranged 



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