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3. Neaporia cribrata. (Tab. XII. fig. 4.) 



Ore, antennis, pedibus corporeque infra ferrugineis ; capite prothoraceque nigris, fortiter crebre, illo confluenter 

 punctatis ; elytris laete caeruleis, parcius fortissime punctatis. Long. 2*5 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 



Of the same form as ¥. indagator, but less pubescent and more strongly and deeply 

 punctured, especially as regards the head and thorax. The palpi are stout, about as 

 long as the head, their terminal joint long and feebly securiform. The antennae are 

 very short, not longer than half the eye. The prothorax is as short and wide as in 

 N. indagator-, its front angles project about half round the eye (when the head is 

 extended) ; the sides are a little reflexed and very finely margined ; the punctuation is 

 very deep and here and there confluent. The elytra are of a beautiful steel-blue, very 

 sparingly pubescent. A single example. 



4. Neaporia cserulea. 



Ore, antennis pedibusque ferrugineis ; corpore subtus nigro vel piceo, superne nigro-cseruleo, nitido, parum 

 pubescente ; capite protboraceque subtilissime, elytris fortius punctatis. Long. 2 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



Smaller and more orbiculate than N. indagator, and differing, moreover, in the 

 following respects : — It is less pubescent ; the thorax is not so short, and has the sides 

 converging in front, but the front angles though acute are less prominent, and there- 

 fore the whole thorax is not arcuate ; the base is less rounded, the hind angles being 

 quite distinct. The body beneath is black. The sides of the elytra are narrowly 

 reflexed. 



5. Neaporia metallica. (Tab. XII. fig. 5.) 



Oblongo-ovata, subdepressa, supra viridi-metallica nitida, parce pubescens ; prothorace brevissimo, cum capite 

 crebre distincte minute, elytris parcius et profundius punctatis ; corpore subtus, palpis pedibusque piceis, 

 his articulo tertio, illis apicali nigrescentibus ; elytris singulis macula magna subrotuudata rufa. Long. 

 2-3 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 to 4000 feet, Tole (Champion). 



Head, especially the epistoma, golden pubescent ; palpi yellow at their base, the 

 apical joint and the tip of the second joint blackish ; antenna? very short, yellowish. 

 Thorax very short and very wide, quite four times as broad as long, with rounded sides ; 

 the margins are flattened and reflexed, the front angles acute and depressed, the base 

 with a very fine marginal line; sparingly pubescent. The elytra are oblong, with 

 straight sides, but their apex is widely rounded; they are shining metallic-green or 

 dark blue, with a brassy reflection ; their margins are finely reflexed ; the punctuation 

 is sparse but distinct ; the pubescence is sparse and very fine, nowhere hiding the 

 surface, but uniform and velvety. The yellow spots on the elytra are not of the same 

 size, that on the left being large and transverse, while the one on the right is rather 



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