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and regularly punctured in not very closely placed rows; the tibie and tarsi more or 
less piceous. The allied H. teapensis differs in having the five or six basal joints of 
the antenne and the anterior and intermediate legs flavous. 
7. Hermezophaga semistriata. 
Entirely fulvous; the thorax with a few fine punctures; elytra obscurely depressed below the base, finely 
punctate-striate, the interstices finely punctured. 
Length 1 line. 
Head impunctate, the frontal elevations oblique ; the antenne scarcely extending to the middle of the elytra, 
the lower seven joints shining, the others more opaque, pubescent, and slightly infuscate, the third and 
fourth joints equal; thorax one half broader than long, the anterior angles oblique, the sides straight, 
the posterior margin produced in the middle, the basal suleus moderately deep and extending to the 
posterior angles, the surface with a few very minute punctures; elytra with a shallow depression below 
the base, finely and regularly punctate-striate, the interstices finely punctured; underside and legs 
fulvous. 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
H. semistriata may be easily recognized by the punctate-striate elytra and the 
entirely fulvous colour; the strie of the elytra are widely separated. 
8. Hermzophaga teapensis. 
- Black, above obscure greenish-ceneous; the basal joints of the antenne and the legs (the posterior femora 
excepted) flavous ; the thorax impunctate, the elytra distinctly and rather regularly punctate-striate. 
Length #-1 line. 
Head impunctate, the frontal tubercles in the form of narrow oblique ridges; eyes large, not narrower than 
the interocular space ; antenne very long and slender, the lower five or six joints flavous, the others 
fuscous, the second, third, and fourth joints equal; thorax transversely convex, the sides straight, slightly 
converging anteriorly, the anterior angles oblique, the posterior margin arcuately produced in the middle, 
the transverse sulcus deep and extending completely’ across, the surface impunctate; scutellum small ; 
elytra cylindrical, slightly widened towards the middle, the disc with close rows of fine punctures which 
become entirely obliterated below the middle; underside black; legs flavous, the posterior femora 
piceous. 
Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 
9. Hermxophaga fulvitarsis. 
Ovate, convex, black, above metallic dark blue, the basal three joints of the antenne and the tarsi fulvous ; 
thorax finely, the elytra more distinctly, punctured. 
Length 13 line. . 
Head impunctate; the frontal elevations strongly raised, transverse, each divided at the middle by a broad 
and deep depression ; the carina acutely raised ; antenne slender, filiform, black, the lower three joints 
fulvous, the first joint long and slender, the third, fourth, and fifth joints each twice as long as the second, 
the others shorter; thorax transversely convex, the disc swollen, the sides straight, the anterior angles 
oblique, thickened, the posterior margin arcuately produced in the middle, the basal sulcus deep, sinuate, 
and bounded at the sides by a deep longitudinal groove, the surface very finely punctured, bluish-black ; 
elytra widened towards the middle, not depressed below the base, convex, more strongly punctured than 
the thorax, the punctures somewhat regularly arranged in rows; underside and legs black, the extreme 
apex of the tibiee and the tarsi fulvous. 
Hab, Guatemata, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
