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Lefévre, and contained in my collection. The entire upper surface of C. fulgurans is 
bright metallic aureous; the underside and legs are metallic violaceous blue, and the 
tarsi are fulvous. 
PHZEDON (p. 188). 
5. Pheedon fusculum. 
Ovate, obscure fusco-zneous, the basal joints of the antenn# and (sometimes) the head and thorax obscure 
fulvous; thorax irregularly and finely punctured; elytra finely punctate-striate, the interstices very 
finely coriaceous. 
Length 12 line. . 
Head finely and somewhat closely punctured, the clypeus separated from the face by a narrow triangular 
groove; antenne extending to the base of the elytra, fulvous, the terminal five joints black, transverse ; 
thorax more than twice as broad as long, the sides straight at the base, slightly rounded anteriorly, the 
surface irregularly and very finely punctured, the punctures of elongate shape and closely placed along 
the posterior margin; scutellum impunctate; elytra nearly parallel, generally darker in colour than the 
thorax, fusco-seneous, the shoulders not prominent, but marked within by a rather distinct depression, the 
punctured striz very distinct and regular, the interstices finely coriaceous; underside obscure fulvous 
with a slight seneous gloss. 
Hab. Mexico, Huetamo and Tacambaro in Michoacan, Acapulco in Guerrero (Hége). 
P. fusculum may be principally distinguished by its obscure fulvous head and thorax 
and eneous or fuscous elytra; the basal joints of the antenne are also obscure fulvous. 
6. Phedon varicolor. 
Subelongate, metallic green, the antenne and tarsi black; thorax cupreous (or green), closely and finely punc- 
tured ; elytra finely punctate-striate, the interstices very finely transversely rugose. 
Length 13-2 lines. 
Head greenish or cupreous, finely and rather closely punctured; the antenne black, extending to the base of 
the elytra; thorax scarcely widened at the middle, transverse, the sides straight at the base, rounded in 
front, the surface punctured like that of the head, not more strongly so at the sides than at the middle ; 
scutellum cupreous or green; elytra rather elongate in shape, the punctured striw fine, the punctures 
themselves closely placed, the interstices very finely transversely strigose or wrinkled. 
Hab. Mexico, near the city (1. H. Smith). 
Two examples. More elongate and less convex in shape than its allies from our 
region, and principally separated by the evenly distributed punctuation of the thorax, 
the finely transversely strigose elytral interstices, and the bright green metallic colour ; 
one specimen has the head and thorax cupreous. In these particulars P. varicolor 
differs from any of its North-American congeners. 
7. Pheedon seticornis. 
Obscure greenish-black, the antennze and tarsi black; head and thorax greenish-cupreous, closely punctured ; 
elytra obscure violaceous, finely punctate-striate. 
Length 13 line. 
Of ovate, convex shape; the head finely and rather closely punctured, without distinct depression between the 
eyes, obscure greenish-cupreous, semiopaque ; antenne black, the terminal joints gradually widened and 
strongly transverse, each joint furnished with a few erect hairs; thorax nearly three times as broad as 
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