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shoulder, extending inwards to the fourth stria, one, subtriangular and oblique, near the suture just 



before the middle, one, smaller, triangular, in a line with it on the outer margin, one, oblique, midway 



between the latter and the apex, and one, oblong, along the suture (in one specimen coaleseent with the 



corresponding spot on the opposite elytron) at the apex ; the femora and tibiae ferruginous, the former 



with a black spot towards the apex ; the under surface in great part black, rufo-maculate along the 



sides, cinereo-pruinose. Rostrum moderately stout, about as long as the prothorax, curved and 



compressed from the broad, narrowly sulcate basal portion, opaque, obsoletely punctate, in the 5 much 



longer, unarmed at the tip beneath in both sexes. Prothorax subconical, about as long as broad, 



flattened on the disc posteriorly, sparsely, finely punctate. Scutellum oblong-subtriangular. Elytra 



considerably wider than the prothorax, gradually narrowing from the base, separately rounded at the 



apex; finely punctate-striate. Pygidium conical, sparsely punctate, setulose. Beneath very sparsely, 



finely punctate ; first ventral segment unimpressed. 



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Hob. Guatemala, near the city 5000 feet (Salvin). 



One pair, the female with th 



ved streak below the base showing a tendency 



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a narrow, oblique, faint, additional spot 



the scutellum, and the oblong 



pical patch coaleseent with the one on the opposite elyt 



Very near B. pantherinus 



but with the apical portion of the rostrum duller and more compressed, the prothorax 



subconical 



unimpressed 



elytral markings differently arranged (the common 



oblong apical patch being completely disconnected from the third spot), and the 

 femora spotted with black. 



Amongst the varieties of B. pulchellus and B. 13-punctati« 



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Sphenophorus pulchellus, Gyll. in Schonh. Gen. Cure. iv. p. 898 1 ; viii. 2, p. 239 2 [nee S. pulchellus, 



Eiley, Ins. Missouri, iii. p. 60, fig. 23 (1871)]. 

 Rhodobanus pulchellus, Chevr. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1885, p. 276 3 . 

 Rhodobanus 13-punctatus, 111., var. /9. 12 -maculatus ; Chevr. loc. cit. pp. 275, 276 4 . 

 Rhodobanus 13-punctatus, 111., var. 7. metropolitanus , Chevr. loc. cit. pp. 275, 277 5 . 



6. Eostrum barely as long as the prothorax, arcuate from the broad, narrowly sulcate basal portion, 



punctured to about the middle ; first ventral segment very slightly depressed down the centre. 



$ . Eostrum with the apical portion longer and almost smooth ; the peduncle of the submentum with a 



dentiform prominence in front. 

 Var. niger, n. Entirely black. 



Length 8^-104, breadth 2|-3± millim. 









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Madre de Tepic (Richardson), Toxp 



Capulalpam, Parada (Salle), Oaxaca (Salle, Ubge), Misantla, Cerro de Palmas (Edge) 



Temax 



N. Yucatan (Gaumer 



var.) ; Gu 



Mus. Brit.), Purula, San 



Costa Rica C Van P< 



typical form 



Geronimo (Champion), Coban (Conradt: var, 

 and var.). 



The long series of this insect before me, mainly from San Geronimo, Misantla 



Temax, divide 

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sharply contrasted form 



the other wholly black. B. pulch 



rufous and nigro-maculat 



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