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This species, of which a single specimen only is known to me, differs from the 
preceding in having the five instead of the four outer joints coalescent. 
b. Antenne distinctly longer than the head and thorax together, the amalgamated 
apical joints compressed or cylindrical. 
MICRORHOPALA. 
Microrhopala, Baly, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. xiv. p. 268 (1864). 
The insects entering into the present genus form a natural group, closely allied to 
Uroplata, but separated by the nearly plane interocular space and by the more regular 
oval form. The present species, four in number, inhabit North and Central America, 
one (I. sallat) being also found in Colombia. ' 
Y 1. Microrhopala pulchella. 
_ Microrhopala pulchella, Baly, loc. cit. p. 270°. 
Var, A. Elytris rufo-fulvis, plaga communi subscutellari, macula parva subhumerali, fascia communi vix pone 
medium maculaque subapicali, metallico-cieruleis. 
Var. B. Thorace fusco maculato. 
Hab. Mexico! (coll. Baly, type), Teapa (Pilate), Cordova, Vera Cruz (Sallé) ; Hon- 
puras (Sallé). 
Y 2. Microrhopala perforata. (Tab. IV. fig. 4.) 
_ Microrhopala perforata, Baly, loc. cit. p. 269°. 
Var. A. Elytrorum macula posteriori obsoleta. 
Var. B. Elytrorum macula obliqua antice dilatata, trigona. . 
Var. C. Elytrorum maculis fere deletis. 
Hab. Guatnmata (coll. Baly, type).—Cotompra}, Cartagena (coll. Baly ex coll. Laferté, 
vars. A, C). 
The present and the preceding species stand very close to each other; the differences 
in coloration between the two are, however, constant, and they come from distinct 
localities. 
8, Microrhopala sallzi. 
- Microrhopala sallei, Baly, loc. cit. p. 271°. 
Hab. Mexico 1, Oaxaca, Capulalpam (coll. Baly, type ; Sallé); Guatemaa! (coll. | 
Baly). 
4. Microrhopala rubrolineata. (Tab. IV. fig. 5.) 
Microrhopala rubrolineata, Mann. Bull. Mose. ii. p. 807 (1843)!; Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. x. 
p. 292%. . 
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