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24. Chlamys fulvicolHs. (Tab. V. fig. 6.) 



Oblong, cylindrical ; below black, variegated with rufous ; bead and thorax fulvous, closely rugose ; elytra 

 rufous with black punctures, each elytron with five elevated lines and the interstices excavated, the exca- 

 vations black. 



Length 1| line. 



Head finely rugose, fulvous ; antenna; half the length of the thorax, fulvous, the last four joints black ; thorax 

 much wider than long, with a rounded and rather high elevation, the latter very obsoletely channelled at 

 its posterior part, surface closely and rather deeply rugose, fulvous, with or without traces of black spots ; 

 elytra deeply punctured with five very distinct lines, arranged as follows :— the first, commencing at some 

 . distance from the suture, approaching the latter at the middle, and finishing almost directly below the 

 latter • the second line, commencing from the middle of the base, after joining the first by a short trans- 

 verse line at the middle, runs nearly to the apex of the elytron ; both these lines commence with a distinct 

 tubercle at the base ; the third line starts between the shoulder and the second line, and, after joining the 

 latter before the middle by an oblique branch, continues parallel with the preceding, in a curved shape, to 

 some distance from the apex; the fourth line runs parallel with the lateral margin, and is also joined 

 before the middle to the two preceding ones ; the fifth line runs at the posterior part of the elytron almost 

 parallel and very close to the exterior line ; the spaces between the first and second and the two following lines 

 are rather deeply excavated and of black colour; apex of the elytra deeply reticulate ; pygidium closely 

 rugose, with a central ridge and four more or less distinct black lateral impressions ; legs and underside 

 fulvous, variegated with black, deeply punctured; presternum narrowed behind; elytral suture closely 

 serrate through its entire length. 



Eab. Mexico, Juquila, Tehuantepec {Salle). 



This is another rather troublesome species to distinguish from the many almost 

 similar ones described in Lacordaire's monograph ; and I am in doubt whether to com- 

 pare it with C.ferrugata, C. mixta, C. rimosa, or others. It will be necessary to follow 

 attentively the direction of the elytral ridges to separate it from the above-named species. 

 The uniform fulvous colour of its thorax, however, together with the deep and black 

 elytral interstices, will help to make it recognizable, although I am not at all certain 

 that it may not represent one or other of Lacordaire's species, if only as a variety. I 

 have, however, three specimens to compare, and cannot find any species with which I 

 may 'identify it, although C. mixta seems to approach it nearest; but from that 

 species the colour, the less strongly rugose thorax, and the extra transverse elytral 

 ridges separate it. 



25. Chlamys stictica. (Tab. V. fig. 1.) 



Chlamys stictica, Lacord. Mon. p. 767 K 



Eab. Mexico \ Oaxaca (Salle) ; Guatemala, Zapote, Capetillo (Champion). 



The light brown general colour closely covered with blackish spots, together with the 

 two dark bands at the thorax, will help to distinguish this species from those which 

 have a similar elytral sculpture. The specimen figured is from Zapote. 



26. Chlamys granulicollis. 



Chlamys granulicollis, Lacord. Mon. p. 768 \ 

 Eab. Mexico \ Cordova (SalU). 



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