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minus confertim grosse striato-punctato; scapo incrassato basi compresso, toto aspere et grosse rugoso ; 
femoribus inermibus ; corpore subtus levi. 
Long. 7 lin. ¢ ? 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
One example. 
5(c). Distenia spinosa. (Tab. XIX. fig. 18.) 
D. rugiscapi similis, sed differt inter alia femoribus 4 posticis longe bispinosis. Subchalybeo-nigra, partibus oris, 
epistomate, antennis totis pedibusque fulvis; capite post oculos elongato, rotundato-angustato; oculis. 
magnis sed minus exstantibus; thorace impunctato, dorso 5-tuberoso impunctato, spina laterali longissima 
et acutissima ; elytris subtilissime pubescentibus, parce setosis, apice late et recte truncatis, angulo exteriori 
longissime spinoso, suturali breviter dentato, dimidio basali striis 5 grosse punctatis quarum 2* valde 
abbreviata ; scapo versus apicem crasse clavato, basi angusto sed compresso, punctato-rugoso ; femoribus 
4 posticis bispinosis ; corpore subtus levi. 
Long. 8 lin. ¢. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
One example. 
5(p). Distenia sallei. (Tab. XVII. fig. 13.) 
D. splendenti (Bates) proxime affinis, differt preecipue elytris sicut in D. rufipede et D. pheocera confuse 
punctulatis 4-striatis. Major, nigro-enea; elytris viridi-eneis, densius brevissime setosis; antennis 
versus apicem piceo-rufis, pedibus castaneo-rufis; capite post oculos (vix exstantes) rotundato- 
angustato ; thorace haud elongato, transverso, parce punctato quinque-tuberoso, tuberculo laterali magno 
conico acuto; elytris apice breviter sinuato-truncatis, angulo exteriori spinoso, suturali acuto, undique 
minutissime punctulatis et utrinque striis punctulatis distantibus quatuor, interstitiis (versus apicem 
exceptis) confuse punctulatis; metasterno sparsim punctato; scapo versus apicem crasse clavato, basi 
compresso et antice lineatim impresso, toto rude punctato ; femoribus inermibus. 
Long. 11 lin. ¢ ? 
Hab. Mexico (Sallé). 
One example. 
5 (z). Distenia limbata. (Tab. XIX. fig. 14.) 
D. viridicyanee (Thoms.) affinissima, differt solum coloribus. Castaneo-rufa, corpore subtus vittaque elytrorum 
lata submarginali cyaneis metallicis; capite post oculos tumido; thorace minus elongato, sparsim 
punctato, 5-tuberoso, tuberculo laterali conico; elytris apice rotundatis, angulo suturali paullulum 
producto, utrinque striis punctatis tenuibus quatuor, interstitiis usque ad apicem confuse punctulatis ; 
femoribus 4 posticis extus apice longe spinosis; scapo gradatim modice clavato punctato ; corpore subtus 
polito; metasterno sat grosse abdomineque subtilius sparsim punctatis. 
Long. 93 lin. ¢. 
Hab. Mexico (Sallé). 
One example. Belongs to Thomson’s genus Thelriope, which he distinguished from 
Distenia by the four posterior femora being unispinose. 
5(r). Distenia fuscula. (Tab. XIX. fig. 19.) 
Fusca vel castanea, setosa ; elytris subtiliter griseo-pubescentibus, femoribus basi tibiis et tarsis pallide testaceis ; 
capite post oculos (modice prominentes) recte elongato ; thorace antice et postice equaliter angustato, 
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