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contained in the Sallé collection; two of these are metallic green above, and one is 
nearly black. The three others obtained by Herr Hoge are bluish-green. 
28. Noda hondurensis. 
Oblong-ovate, metallic green, the antenne and legs fulvous; thorax closely and irregularly punctured, the 
interspaces very finely granulate, the anterior angles produced ; elytra rather irregularly punctate-striate, 
the strive almost equidistant from each other, the interstices minutely granulate. 
@. Elytra with three or four lateral coste and a small tubercle. 
Length 13-2 lines. 
Head minutely granulate, rather closely and distinctly punctured, longitudinally depressed between the eyes ; 
anterior margin of the epistome but moderately emarginate; mandibles piceous; antenne entirely 
fulvous; thorax strongly transverse, more than twice as broad as long, the sides strongly rounded, the 
anterior angles produced outwardly into a small tooth, the surface closely but rather regularly impressed 
with punctures of unequal size, the interspaces very finely granulate; scutellum with its sides oblique, the 
apex pointed, its surface slightly concave or depressed ; elytra moderately convex, more strongly punc- 
tured than the thorax, the punctures arranged in close but not very regular rows, the interstices flat and 
minutely granulate ; legs robust, entirely reddish-fulvous; prosternum longer than broad, constricted at 
the middle, and clothed with rather long yellow pubescence. 
Hab. British Honpuras, R. Sarstoon (Blancaneaux). 
_ The principal characters by which this species may be recognized are the transversely- 
shaped thorax and its acutely produced anterior angles in connection with the fulvous 
antenne and legs and the finely granulate upper surface. The female has the frontal 
groove between the eyes more deeply impressed, and the elytra furnished with three 
or four more or less distinct coste at the sides, the innermost of which is interrupted 
and preceded before the middle by a small tubercle, the base in front of this tubercle 
being somewhat transversely depressed. Some specimens are of a very obscure 
brownish-eneous colour, but this is probably due to immaturity. 
N. hondurensis is very closely allied to NV. acutangula; the latter, however, has the 
head, thorax, and elytra still more closely punctured, the elytra with the punctures 
much less distinctly arranged in rows and the interstices not granulate. 
29. Noda obliterata. 
Blackish-green, above metallic blue, greenish, or cupreous ; antenne and legs fulvous ; thorax finely and closely 
punctured ; elytra very finely punctured at the base, the punctures nearly obsolete below the middle. 
.Q. Of a darker cupreous tint, the antenne and legs sometimes infuscate, the elytral interstices at the sides 
slightly convex. . 
Length 14-13 line. 
Generally of a bright pale cupreous or green colour, with entirely fulvous antenne and legs; the head distinctly 
but not very closely punctured; the antenne about two-thirds the length of the body, the terminal joints 
strongly thickened ; thorax twice as broad as long, narrowed in front, the sides distinctly rounded, the 
anterior angles produced into a small tooth, the surface closely and irregularly punctured, the punctures 
of unequal size; scutellum with a few fine punctures ; elytra convex, subcylindrical, with a shallow 
depression below the base, the shoulders prominent, the punctuation very fine (but well marked in the 
female), arranged in single not very closely approached rows, and almost obsolete below the middle. 
Hob. Mexico, Xucumanatlan and Chilpancingo, both in Guerrero (H. H. Smith). 
The generally cupreous colour and the fine and nearly obsolete punctuation of the 
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