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202 coccinellim:. 



Campeachy in Yucatan 1 ; Guatemala, San Juan, Chacoj, La Tinta, and Tamahu, all 

 in Vera Paz (Champion). 



Apparently a common insect where it occurs. A large number of examples were 

 obtained at Teapa. 



31. Hyperaspis pauperula. 



Luteola vel albido-testacea, elytrorum macula pone medium, haud bene discreta, nigro-picea ; sutura, disco et 

 margine tenui plus minusve infuscatis. Long. 2 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, San Geronimo (Champion). 



Near H. subsignata, but smaller. The elytral spot is distinctive, but is not constant, 

 and the thorax has the middle only very obscurely darker than the sides. 



32. Hyperaspis marmorea. 



Oblongo-ovata, albido-lutescens ; protboracis basi et disco (medio profunde diviso) nee angulos posticos nee 

 marginem anteriorem attingente nigris ; sutura (ante medium dilatata) punctoque calloso nigro-piceis. 

 Long. 3-3*5 millim. 



Eab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 4000 to 6000 feet (Champion). 



In form this species resembles those of the first section. In colour it is a little like 

 the Brazilian H. insignis, Crotch. The head is quite yellow in the male ; in the female 

 it is obscure piceous, with a brownish-yellow spot. The thorax in the male has a black 

 stripe along the base, which is produced into two horns in the middle ; while the 

 female has the disc more widely black, with a narrow division, not reaching the base. 

 The suture is not darkened at the scutellum, but below it, and is bordered with darker 

 brown than the rest of the elytra ; in some examples it has a very obscure, transverse, 

 subapical cloud. 



Five specimens were obtained. 



33. Hyperaspis terminata. (Tab. XL fig. 17.) 



Suborbiculata, pallide lutea ; capite prothoraceque albidis, illo disco nigro ; elytris aurantiacis, apice scutelloque 



nigris. Long. 2-5 millim. 

 Mas capite protboracisque limbo antico et lateribus late albidis. 

 Femina capite nigro. 



Hab. Guatemala, Zapote (Champion) ; Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Cham- 

 pion). 



Head in the male white, in the female black, with only the mouth yellow. Thorax 

 black, with the sides in the male white for a quarter the width, and the front margin 

 also narrowly so, invading the front of the black in the middle, but not dividing it ; in 

 the female only a spot on the sides is white. Scutellum black or rufous. The elytra 

 have sometimes the extreme edge at the base blackish ; the callus, a line of punctures 



