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band; elytra distinctly punctate-striate, a transverse band at the base, and another at the middle, and a 
sutural spot at the apex, dark violaceous; abdomen black. 
Length 2 lines. 
Head flattened, finely granulate and opaque, subremotely punctured, the anterior margin of the epistome nearly 
straight ; the base of the mandibles metallic green; antenne black, the basal joint metallic green above ; 
thorax impressed with a few scarcely perceptible punctures, metallic green, the middle of the disc with a 
narrow (sometimes divided) dark violaceous band ; elytra rather elongate, narrowed posteriorly, somewhat 
strongly punctate-striate, with two transverse bands (the first occupying less than the basal third of the 
elytra, the second, placed at the middle, not extending to the lateral margin and more or less widened 
outwardly), a subapical spot placed across the suture, and the latter itself, narrowly, violaceous ; the 
abdomen and tarsi black; the prosternum longer than broad, nearly smooth, and shining. 
Hab. Mexico, Juquila (Sallé). 
L. imitans, I have no doubt, is quite distinct from ZL. opulentum; the head is flat 
and has no depression at its lower portion, and the elytral markings are quite different 
in shape and position. ‘Three specimens have been received from Juquila; a fourth, 
without exact locality, contained in my own collection, resembles these, but has the 
head bright metallic cupreous, and the thorax distinctly punctured; the latter may 
prove to be distinct. 
Lamprosoma refulgens (p. 95). 
To the Mexican localities given, add:—Acapulco (Hége); Panama, Bugaba 
(Champion). | 
The Guatemalan locality given is erroneous; it refers to L. guatemalense. A single 
specimen obtained by Mr. Champion at Bugaba seems only to differ from those from 
Mexico in its rather smaller size. 
14 (a). Lamprosoma aureolimbatum. 
Black ; the head and thorax reddish-cupreous, finely punctured ; elytra distinctly punctate-striate, violaceous- 
blue, a small spot at the middle of the base and the sides (rather narrowly at the base but gradually 
becoming more broadly so towards the apex) golden-cupreous, 
Length 2 lines. 
Head extremely minutely granulate, finely but not very closely punctured, bright reddish-cupreous, the 
anterior edge of the epistome nearly straight and narrowly black; antenne black, the basal joint fulvous 
below; thorax punctured like the head (without being granulate), very shining, bright reddish-cupreous ; 
scutellum black; elytra with rather deep punctured stris, violaceous-blue, with the sides from the base to 
the apex, but gradually becoming more broadly so posteriorly, golden-cupreous ; underside and legs 
entirely black. 
Hab. Mexico, Tapachula in Chiapas (Hége). 
This species, of which a single specimen only was obtained, may be at once distin- 
guished from L. refulgens and the allied species by the shape of the cupreous limb of 
the elytra (the cupreous colour extending upwards to the base), and by the entirely 
black underside and legs; at the middle of the base of each elytron there is another 
small cupreous spot. 
