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Of the forty-nine specimens before me, thirty-two are typical wesmaeli, three belong to 
the var. a (scutigerula), one each to the vars, B, y, and e, and eleven to the var. 8 
(puerilis). We figure a typical wesmaeli from Zapote, the var. B from Cerro de Plumas, 
and the var. 6 (puerilis) from Cordova. 
13. Coptocycla ephippiata. (Tab. X. figg. 9; 10, var.) 
Coptocycla ephippiata, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. iii. p. 214', and iv. p. 4257; Cat. Col. Ins. Brit. Mus. 
ix. p. 170°. 
Hab. Muxico!~8, Oaxaca (Sallé); British Honpuras, R. Hondo (Blancaneauz) ; 
GuaTeMALA, Cerro Zunil, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
I have seen nine examples of this insect. The common dorsal patch on the elytra, 
which extends to a little beyond the middle, and is continued for some distance along 
the suture towards the apex, varies in colour from sanguineous or castaneous to black 
(or black, with a spot on the humeral callus, or the outer edge, sanguineous), and it is 
usually marked with a yellow or brownish oblique spot near the suture before the 
middle; in one specimen (fig. 10) from Cerro Zunil this mark is <-shaped, and nearly 
meets the one on the opposite elytron at the suture. The elytra are rather coarsely 
seriate-punctate, the punctures, as usual, becoming almost obsolete on the flavous apical 
portion ; the disc (as in C. amena &c.) is deeply foveate before the middle. The third 
joint of the antenne is much longer than the second. 
14. Coptocycla amena. (Tab. X. fig. 11.) 
Coptocycla amena, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. iil. p. 189°, and iv. p. 4167; Cat. Col. Ins. Brit. Mus. 
ix. p. 168°. 
Hab. Mexico, Pinos Altos in Chihuahua (Buchan-Hepburn), Ventanas in Durango, 
Colima city, Cuernavaca in Morelos, Jalapa and Misantla in Vera Cruz, Tapachula in 
Chiapas (Hége), Chilpancingo in Guerrero (Hoge, H. H. Smith), Guanajuato, Juquila 
(Sallé); Guatemata!  (Sallé), San Gerénimo, Duenas, Capetillo, Guatemala city, 
Aceituno (Champion); Costa Rica (Van Patten); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 
(Champion). 
A common insect on the central plateau of Guatemala and Mexico; it ranges from 
: Northern Mexico right down to the State of Panama, but becomes rarer southwards. 
The narrow annulus is usually sanguineous or dilute castaneous; but in some specimens 
it is bordered externally with black and in others it is partly obliterated. In this and 
the following three species the elytra are deeply foveate on the disc before the middle, 
and the third joint of the antenne is much longer than the second. We figure a 
specimen from Aceituno. 
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