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rounded before the middle, the anterior angles slightly tuberculiform, the surface very finely and 
sparingly punctured, with an obsolete transverse depression at the base, limited by a short longitudinal 
groove at the sides; elytra dark metallic blue, very closely and finely punctured in irregular rows; 
underside and legs fulvous, the tibie and tarsi black or piceous; the posterior tibise: mucronate ; the first 
joint of the posterior tarsi as long as the following two joints together; prosternum narrow but distinct ; 
the last abdominal segment grooved in the middle in the male. 
Hab. Muxico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 
Allied to C. nigripes, but with differently coloured elytra and legs. 
; BLEPHARIDA (p. 385, and Suppl. p. 306). 
13. Blepharida singularis. (Tab. XLIII. fig. 23.) 
Flavous, the legs and abdomen fulvous ; thorax strongly punctured, with a broad central mark and two small 
lateral spots; elytra closely and strongly punctured, a humeral and a lateral spot, a common triangular 
patch on the suture below the middle, and several small spots on the anterior and posterior portions, 
dark fulvous. 
Length 3 lines. 
Head fulvous, strongly punctured on the vertex, the clypeus and labrum testaceous; antenne long and 
slender, flavous, the fourth joint slightly longer than the third, the tenth only half the length of the 
preceding joint ; thorax more than twice as broad as long, the posterior angles rounded, the basal margin 
sinuate, the sides very slightly rounded before the middle, the surface closely and strongly punctured, 
pale flavous, the disc with a broad quadrate spot in the centre, the sides with two smaller spots placed 
one below the other ; scutellum dark fulvous; elytra very strongly and closely punctured in irregular 
rows, pale flavous, with a spot at the shoulder, another surrounding the scutellum, a subovate spot below 
the middle near the lateral margin, a common triangular patch on the suture nearly in a line with it, 
and some small spots placed irregularly on the anterior and posterior portions, dark fulvous, the interior 
of the punctures also dark fulvous ; legs dark fulvous ; tibise broadly sulcate, the posterior pair emarginate 
at the apex; the first joint of the tarsi broadly dilated ; claws bifid; the last abdominal segment of the 
male trilobate. 
Hab. Mexico (Flohr), Atlixco in Puebla (Hége). 
Differs from all of its congeners in the markings of the thorax and elytra. 
MESODERA (p. 344). 
2. Mesodera brevicollis. 
Piceous, the head, antenne, thorax, and legs fulvous or flavous; thorax transverse, impunctate; elytra dark 
fuscous or piceous, finely punctate-striate, the punctures obsolete near the apex, the base with a depression. 
Length 14 line. 
3. Rather broadly ovate; head broad, not narrowed at the base, the frontal tubercles very strongly developed, 
the clypeus triangularly raised; antenne extending a little below the middle of the elytra, fulvous or 
flavous, robust, tapering towards the apex, the third and following joints rather flattened at the base, 
nearly equal, each joint furnished with some hairs at the apex; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides 
slightly dilated towards the apex and rounded, the basal sulcus deep, sinuate at the middle, and not 
extending to the lateral margins, the surface impunctate, fulvous or flavous ; scutellum flavous; elytra 
depressed below the base, distinctly punctate-striate anteriorly, more finely so towards the apex, the 
interstices flat and impunctate; epipleure very broad, extending to the apex of the elytra; legs robust; 
posterior tibiee mucronate ; anterior coxal cavities closed. 
Hab. Mexico, Zacualtipan in Hidalgo (Hége). 
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