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the broad, truncate median lobe, the disc deeply foveate in the middle before the base, the surface smooth, 
the margins concave in front. Elytra wider than, and nearly three times as long as, the prothorax, 
rounded at the sides, very obtuse behind, and with rounded humeri; the disc moderately convex, hollowed 
behind the humeral callus, with fine, deep, very widely scattered punctures, some of which form a row 
near the suture, and a deep sutural stria; the margins very broadly expanded, becoming narrow at the 
apex, with a few scattered punctures, separated from the disc by a row of coarser, somewhat closely placed 
impressions. Beneath almost smooth; the prosternum not sulcate. Claws simple. 
Length 127, breadth 10} millim. 
Hab. Nicaraaua, Chontales (Janson). 
One specimen. This species is very closely allied to the Amazonian C. speculata, 
Boh., the type ( 2?) of which is contained in the Baly collection ; but differs from it in 
having the scattered punctures on the elytra finer and less numerous, and not black, 
those along the outer limit of the disc more closely placed. The elytra are very simi- 
larly coloured in the two species; the prothorax, however, has the broadly expanded 
margins flavous. C. difenestra, Boh., from Brazil, is another allied form. 
2. Coptocycla nigropunctata. (Tab. IX. fig. 2, 3, var.) 
Coptocycla nigropunctata, Wag. Mittheil. Miinch. ent. Ver. v. p. 51°. 
Hab. Cuntrat America!; Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
A single specimen from Chiriqui no doubt represents a variety of this species. It 
has the elytra sanguineous, with the suture and base, the exterior limb very narrowly, 
and the apical fifth, black, the disc with widely scattered coarse black punctures, a few 
of which are present on the margins; the prothorax with the disc black, with an 
angular projection extending from it in the middle in front, and a transverse ramus at 
the sides. 
3. Coptocycla wagneri. (Tab. IX. fig. 1.) 
Coptocycla wagneri, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. iv. p. 391°. 
Hab. Costa Rica }. 
The type of this species, which we figure, is contained in the Baly collection. This 
and the preceding species differ from typical Coptocycla in having the elytra less deeply 
emarginate at the base, with the humeri not prominent in front. 
4, Coptocycla leprosa. (Tab. X. figg. 1, 2; 14, profile.) 
Psalidanota leprosa, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. iii. p. 86", and iv. p. 389°; Cat. Col. Ins. Brit. Mus. ix. 
p- 157°. 
Hab. Mexico 12 (Sallé, ex coll. Sturm), Ventanas in Durango, Huetamo in Michoacan, 
Iguala and Acapulco in Guerrero, Tapachula in Chiapds ({16ge), Mescala in Guerrero 
(Hl. H. Smith), Tuxtla (Sallé); Britisu Honpuras, R. Hondo (Blancaneaur); Guate- 
MALA, Panzos, Teleman, and San Juan in Vera Paz, Capetillo, Zapote, Pantaleon, Cerro 
