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Central-American examples agree in all essential details with typical forms contained 
in my collection; the insect varies considerably, Teapa specimens being very little more 
than half the size of those from Colombia. 
23 (a). Colaspis sculpta. 
Fulvous, the apical joints of the antenne fuscous; above metallic green or eneous; thorax subremotely and 
strongly punctured, the sides angulate at the middle; elytra punctate-striate near the suture, the lateral 
interstices strongly transversely rugose. 
Length 23 lines. 
Hab. PanaMa, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui, Tolé (Champion). 
Closely allied to C. compta, from which it differs thus :—The four or five lower joints 
of the antenne are fulvous; the punctuation of the thorax is coarser and much more 
remote, with the interspaces smooth and somewhat raised; the elytra are more strongly 
punctured, the lateral interstices are rugose, and the basal depression is much shallower. 
In C. compta the elytra have a cupreous basal spot and band, this being entirely absent 
in C. sculpta. A dozen specimens were obtained. 
25. Colaspis dugesi. 
Colaspis dugesi, Lefévre, Cat. Eumolp. in Mém. Soc. Roy. Liége, xi. p. 32 (1885) 
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“ Suboblongo ovalis, subtus cum pedibus obscure cerulea, supra subcyaneo-fusco-eneo, parum nitida, labro, 
palpis antennisque (basi excepta obscure fulva) piceis ; capite dense punctulato; prothorace lateribus 
utrinque in medio bisinuato, creberrime confluenter foveolatim punctato, in medio disci spatio levi 
tumido; elytris densissime undique foveolatim punctatis, punctis confluentibus, interstitiis subelevatis, 
strigas irregulares formantibus.—Long. 4, lat. 23 millim.” 
Hab. Mexico, Tupataro!. 
Unknown to me. 
26. Colaspis jacobyi. 
Colaspis jacobyi, Lefévre, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1885, p. exc’. 
Hab. Muxico, Tapachula in Chiapas (Hége); Guaremata, Zapote (Champion) ; 
Panama, Bugaba (Champion '). 
This is a species of rather robust and parallel shape; fulvous, with the terminal 
joints of the antenne, the apices of the tibie, and the tarsi black; the elytra are 
metallic green, or fulvous with a metallic-green gloss, strongly transversely rugose at 
the sides, punctate-striate near the suture; the punctuation of the thorax is remote 
but strong; the length is four lines. The posterior femora in the male insect are 
unusually thickened, almost as much as in a species of Halticide. 
Found in numbers in Chiriqui; single specimens only have been obtained from 
Mexico and Guatemala. 
