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thorax (which is shorter and less rounded than in Plagiodera, and has, moreover, a 

 shallow groove at each side) justify its separation from the latter genus. The meta- 

 sternum (not mesosternum as misprinted in Chapuis's ' Genera') is similarly shaped as 

 in the preceding genus. Although the genus is found in all parts of the globe, the 

 Central- American species are but few in numbers, and those principally confined to 

 Mexico. One species has been described from Chili ; and two specimens of a known 

 form were obtained by Mr. Champion in Guatemala. 



1. Lina scripta. (Tab. X. fig. 2.) 



Lina scripta, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. i. p. 438 x ; Olivier, Entom. v. p. 559 a ; Sufir. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1858, 



p. 389 3 ; Stal, Monogr. Chrys. Amer. p. 294 \ 

 Lina lineatopunctata, Forst. Nov. Spec. Ins. 1771, p. 22. 



Eab. Noeth Ameeica 1234 . — Mexico 3 , Guanajuato (Duges, coll. Salle). 



This species seems to have its most southern limit in Mexico, and there even seems 

 to be rather rare, only four specimens being contained in M. Salle's collection, and none 

 having been met with by Herr Hoge. One of the former is figured. 



2. Lina depressa. (Tab. X. fig. 3.) 



Lina depressa, Suffr. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1858, p. 390 1 ; Stal, Monogr. Chrys. Amer. p. 295 2 . 



Eab. Mexico 1 2 , Oaxaca, Puebla, Jalapa, La Parada (SalU, Hoge) ; British Hon- 

 duras, river Sarstoon (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala, San Geronimo (Champion). 



Although similarly marked to L. scripta, the very rugose upper surface of the 

 present species is a good distinguishing character. The species is liable to variation in 

 regard to the elytral marks, which sometimes are confluent, or disappear altogether, 

 or nearly so, as shown in the two specimens from Guatemala. A specimen from Oaxaca 

 is figured. 



3. Lina scabricula. 



Plagiodera scabricula, Stal, Diagn. 1860, p. 466 ; Monogr. Chrys. Amer. p. 297 \ 



Eab. Mexico, Oaxaca \ Guanajuato (Duges, coll. Salle), Cordova, Juquila (SalU). 



Of a fulvous colour throughout, the elytra with a more or less distinct violaceous tint. 

 The sculpturing is almost identical with that of L. depressa ; but the present species is 

 much smaller and without any elytral markings. It is a true Lina, not Plagiodera, in 

 which genus Stal included it. From unspotted varieties of L. depressa it may be distin- 

 guished by the narrower thorax, the anterior and posterior margins of which are much 

 more semicircular than in L. depressa, in which the thorax is longer. 



