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The males are more rotundate than the females, and they have the apex of the elytra 
more obtuse. We figure a typical male example from Orizaba, and a female 
specimen of var. a from Costa Rica. 
\/ 18. Ctenochira cumulata. (Tab. XIII. fig. 17, 2.) 
Coptocycla cumulata, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. iii. p. 5087, and iv. p. 4857; Cat. Col. Ins. Brit. Mus. 
ix. p. 202°. . 
Hab. Mexico, Tapachula in Chiapas (Hége); Guatemata, San Isidro, Zapote, Guate- 
mala city (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; Costa Rica (Van Patten), 
Caché (Rogers).—VenezvuELa, Puerto Cabello and Valencia 1%, 
The numerous examples from the above-mentioned localities agree with Boheman’s 
description of this species, except that the discoidal patch on the prothorax is black 
(instead of partly ferruginous), this patch enclosing nine flavous spot—four placed 
transversely at the base and five in a curved row in front. The antenne are flavous, 
with the tip of the apical joint black (in the allied C. retifera and C. reticulata two of 
the outer joints are also black). The scutellum is yellow. The disc of the elytra is 
black, variegated with raised, transverse or oblique, flavous callosities, which are here 
and there confluent. We figure a specimen from Tapachula. 
19. Ctenochira flavonotata. (Tab. XIII. fig. 18, ¢.) 
Coptocycla flavonotata, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. iii. p. 4577, and iv. p. 473°; Cat. Col. Ins. Brit. 
Mus. ‘ix. p. 197°. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt, Janson); Costa Rica (Rogers); Panama, Bugaba, 
David (Champion).—Cotomaia!~8; Guiana, Surinam 1~%, 
Not uncommon in the low country of Chiriqui. The antenne have their apical two 
or three joints infuscate or black ; the prothorax has a large subtriangular basal black 
patch, enclosing five yellow spots; the scutellum is yellow; the elytra have the disc 
black, each marked with ten slightly raised yellow spots, the posterior three of which 
form an interrupted arcuate fascia. We figure an example from Chiriqui. 
20. Ctenochira fairmairei. (Tab. XIII. fig. 19, var.) 
Coptocycla fairmairei, Boh. Monogr. Cassid. iii. p. 4531, and iv. p.473?; Cat. Col. Ins. Brit. Mus. 
| ix. p. 1963. 
Hab. Panama (Boucard).—CotomBia*~; PER t’. 
A single specimen from Panama. differs from the description of this species in 
having the post-median transverse flavous fascia on the elytra extending across the disc 
to the margins. The disc of the elytra is black, with a flavous ring on the basal part, 
this being connected posteriorly with a curved fascia. The elytral markings resemble 
those of Coptocycla annulus (Fabr.), except that the annulus and fascia are connected. 
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