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48. Coptocycla leprieuri. 
Coptocycla leprieuri, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. iii. p. 2231, and iv. p. 429°; Cat. Col. Ins. Brit. Mus. 
ix. p. 171°. . 
Hab. Honvuras? (Dyson ?).—Vunezveta ; Guiana, Cayenne }~3; Ecuapor ; AMAZONS, 
Ega??; Prrv. | 
There is a single specimen of this species in the British Museum, labelled as from 
Honduras. 
49. Coptocycla clavata. 
Cassida clavata, Fabr. Ent. Syst., Suppl. p. 83 (1798)!; Herbst, Kafer, viii. p. 311, t. 185. fig. 757; 
Oliv. Ent. vi. p. 963. no. 97, t. 5. fig. 87°. 
Coptocycla clavata, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. iii. p. 391‘, and iv. p. 461°; Cat. Col. Ins. Brit. Mus. ix. 
p- 189°; Crotch, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1873, p. 797. 
Hab. North America! *, Southern States’—Mexico, Guanajuato, Matamoros 
Izucar (Sallé), Acapulco (Hége), Cuernavaca in Morelos, Chilpancingo and Amula in 
Guerrero (1. H. Smith). 
This species is exceedingly closely allied to the following, C. testudinaria, Boh., and 
apparently replaces it in Western and Central Mexico. It differs from that insect in 
the less prominent elytral humeri (especially in the female), and in having the pro- 
thorax relatively broader and more expanded, with the disc (except at the base) opaque ; 
this last-mentioned character is apparently constant, though it is not mentioned by 
Boheman. The marginal fascie of the elytra vary in width in both species. The 
antenne are elongate and slender, thickening a little at the tip, the third and fourth 
joints elongate and equal, each very much longer than the second. 
50. Coptocycla testudinaria. (Tab. XI. figg. 17, 2; 17a, profile; 174, 
antenna.) 
Coptocycla testudinaria, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. i. p. 890°, and iv. p. 461°; Cat. Col. Ins. Brit. 
Mus. ix, p. 189°. . 
Hab. Mexico 1~%, Playa Vicente (Sallé), Cerro de Plumas, Misantla (Hége), Cordova 
(Sallé, Hoge), Vera Cruz, Teapa (Sallé, H. H. Smith), San Juan Bautista in Tabasco 
(Hége), Yucatan (coll. Baly); Guatemata, San Isidro, Capetillo, Duefias (Champion), 
Chimaltenango (Conradt); Costa Rica (Rogers, Van Patten); Panama, Bugaba, Volcan 
de Chiriqui (Champion).—CoLoMBIA ; VENEZUELA. 
Var. The elytra a little more rounded at the sides, with sharper humeri, and the smooth irregular callosities 
on the posterior part of the disc less raised. 
Hab. Guatemata, Panzos, Sabo, and Purula in Vera Paz (Champion), Coban (Conradt). 
A common insect in Eastern Mexico and Guatemala, extending southwards to 
Colombia and Venezuela. Some of the specimens from Costa Rica, and also those 
