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to me to be in general uniform— strong, even coarse, in some ; the pubescence is thick, 

 often denuded in a patch. The tibiae are quite simple ; the claws simple (they are 

 said to be bifid in Ortalia and Zenoria). 



1. Neaporia plagioderina. (Tab. XII. fig. 2.) 



Ferruginea, capite prothoraceque testaceis, hoc medio, illo basi infuscatis ; elytris saturate caeruleis, crebre 

 fortiter punctatis, apice tenuiter rufo. Long. 4 millim. 



Eab. Panama, Bugaba {Champion). 



Orbicular, somewhat depressed ; head and thorax yellow, but clouded with black at 

 the base, and in the centre from the front to the base in the latter very finely punc- 

 tured. The thorax narrow in front, the sides but little rounded, the front angles 

 produced and depressed, neatly fitting the eyes, which, however, owing to their large 

 size, can, I think, hardly be withdrawn ; it is very transverse and arcuate, the base 

 gently bisinuate and finely margined. The scutellum is large and black. The elytra 

 have a depression on each side of the scutellum extending a little way down the suture ; 

 the callus is distinct, as in Porta ; their sides are very finely margined, not at all expla- 

 nate, sinuate for the reception of the hind coxae. 



One example. 



2. Neaporia indagator. (Tab. XII. fig. 3.) 



Testaceo-ferruginea, superne nigro-cserulea, ore epistomafceque ferrugineis ; prothorace brevi, tenuiter, elytris 

 fortiter crebre punctatis. Long. 3 millim. 



Eab. Guatemala, Sinanja in Vera Paz, Cerro Zunil, Las Mercedes, Volcan de 

 Atitlan (Champion); Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 



Var. ? Prothoracis angulis anticis testaceis. 



Eab. Guatemala, San Isidro, Volcan de Atitlan (Champion). 



Upperside dark indigo-blue, thickly clothed with silvery-grey pubescence, which is 

 generally more or less denuded on the front and middle of the elytra. The mouth and 

 front of the epistome, mouth-organs, antennae, legs, and body are ferruginous; the 

 breast darker and coarsely punctured. The head and prothorax are very finely, the 

 elytra strongly and sparsely, punctured ; the punctures on the latter are distinct 

 points, sometimes confluent, and becoming closer towards the sides. The prothorax is 

 very short, arcuate in form, the front angles being prominent and depressed ; the 

 whole width is four times the length. The scutellum is distinct and triangular, 

 punctured, and black. The epi pleurae are indistinctly yellowish, horizontally sinuate, 

 and slightly fossulate for the reception of the hind femora. 



Six examples of the type, and a single specimen of the variety. 



