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before me. Numerous specimens were obtained by Herr Hoge. A specimen from 

 Cordova is figured. 



10. Calligrapha labyrinthica. (Tab. XI. figg. l, 2, 3.) 



Calligrapha labyrinthica, Stal, Diagn. 1859, p. 324 ; Monogr. Chrys. Amer. p. 282 \ 

 Calligrapha flavosignata, Sturm, Cat. 1843, p. 288. 



Hab. Mexico l (coll. Baly), Yolos, Mazatlan, Cuernavaca (SalU). 



I have great doubt as to the specific distinction of this species from C. notatipennis. 

 Both insects agree exactly in the elytral design ; but in the last-named species the band 

 which occupies the extreme lateral margin from the middle to the apex is often, but 

 not always, absent, and intermediate forms from the same locality may be referred to 

 either species. The markings, it will be seen, are broader than in C. notatipennis ; the 

 shoulder-spot is connected with the suture, the attached branches of which are less free 

 at their extremities than in this insect generally ; but, as I said before, intermediate forms 

 are before me which show the variability of the elytral markings of these insects within 

 certain limits ; perhaps the best distinctive character between the two allied species is 

 the fuscous margin which generally surrounds all the elytral markings in the present 

 one ; these latter are often confluent, and occupy nearly the entire disk, as shown in fig. 2 

 (from Mazatlan) ; fig. 1 is from a specimen in Mr. Baly's collection named by Stal, the 

 third being taken from a specimen formerly in Sturm's collection, and named by him. 



11. Calligrapha suffriani. (Tab. XL fig. 16.) 



Obscure greenish Eeneous; thorax, antennae, and legs obscure rufous; elytra testaceous, the suture, an elongate 

 shoulder-spot, posteriorly divided into three parts, three spots at the lateral margin, eight or ten smaller 

 ones below the middle, another attached to the suture near the apex, and a sutural curved stripe below 

 the middle rufous. 



Length 4-4| lines. 



Head closely and rather finely punctured ; antennae with the last six joints distinctly thickened, the last joint 

 longer than broad ; thorax with the sides but very slightly rounded, surface very remotely and finely 

 punctured, the sides subfoveolate-punctate. Elytra rather elongate, moderately convex, light testaceous, 

 the suture and extreme lateral margin, as well as the epipleurse, rufous ; attached to the suture is a short 

 curved stripe below the middle and a spot near the apex ; at the shoulder an elongate stripe extends 

 nearly to the middle of the elytra, and is divided at its end into three narrow branches, the inner one of 

 which curves towards and nearly touches the sutural margin, the middle one being directed towards the 

 sutural stripe and the outer one towards the lateral margin ; near the latter are placed three spots, one 

 below the base, the second at the middle, and the third near the apex; the rest of the disk is occupied by 

 about ten very small spots, placed remotely and at irregular distances from each other. 



Eab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Duges, coll. Salle). 



The only species with which I can compare the present one is C. notatipennis ; but 

 in that insect the thorax is much more transverse, and very nearly as wide as the elytra, 

 while in the present species the latter are much wider at the base, and the sutural 

 brown stripe is not split near the base, but extends almost as far as the latter; in 

 C. notatipennis the two posterior spots near the lateral margin are absent, and those at 



