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Head impunctate ; ocular grooves very narrow ; clypeus finely punctured, its apex nearly straight ; vertex of 

 the head with a hlack longitudinal spot ; antennae with the basal three or four joints fulvous, the rest 

 black ; thorax rather transverse, and narrowed anteriorly ; surface impunctate, with central black spot ; 

 scutellum broader than long, subpentagonal ; elytra elongate, scarcely depressed below the base, distinctly 

 and rather closely punctate-striate near the base and the suture ; the apex impunctate, the punctures near 

 the basal margin deeply impressed ; surface of each elytron with a very indistinct spot near the base and 

 below the middle ; tibiae fulvous, varied with piceous. 



Hah. Guatemala, Panzos (Champion). 



Of this species two specimens are before me, which I believe to be distinct from 

 P. Icevipennis, on account of their much more elongate shape and more distinct punc- 

 tuation ; they differ in coloration, but not in other respects, one specimen being almost 

 piceous on its upper surface as well as its legs, the knees only of the latter being 

 fulvous. 



PHANjETA. 



Phanceta, Lefevre, Mittheil. Munch, ent. Verein, 1878, p. 132. 



The only known species of this genus was described by the author from a Colombian 

 insect, the principal characters being the dentate lateral thoracic margin, and the 

 broad truncate prosternum, in connexion with the convex anterior thoracic epi- 

 sternum. All these characters are well expressed in the insects from Guatemala 

 which I refer to this genus ; but the antennae, which in M. Lefevre's type are described 

 as having the second joint slightly longer than the third, differ in the species before 

 me, in which the third joint is distinctly longer than the second. Whether I am right 

 or not in referring the insect in question to the present genus I am unable to say, not 

 having seen the type. 



1. Phanaeta ruficollis. 



Pharueta ruficollis, Lefev. Mittheil. Munch, ent. Verein, 1878, p. 132 \ 



Hab. Guatemala, Purula, San Juan, Sinanja, Tamahu, Cubilguitz (Champion); 

 Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000-3000 feet (Champion).— Colombia K 



In every respect the insects obtained by Mr. Champion agree with the description 

 given by M. Lefevre. The thorax is rather closely and strongly punctured, as well as 

 the elytra, which in the female show some distinct costse near the base. The head 

 and thorax are rufous ; the elytra violaceous blue. 



COLASPOIDES. 



Colaspoides, Castelnau, Silb. Rev. 1833, i. p. 20. 

 Pleuraulaca, Chevrol. Dej. Cat. 2nd edit. p. 109. 



Colaspoides is a genus principally known to inhabit the eastern hemisphere, nearly 



biol. CENTE.-AMEE., Coleopt., Vol. VI. Pt. 1, August 1882. 2 b 



