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This species is larger than P. ovata and smaller than P. conspersa, from both of 

 which it differs in its narrower and regularly elliptic elytra, their hind margin less 

 curved. The hind femora are usually more or less spinose beneath, sometimes nearly 

 unarmed. 



Obs. — A female specimen presents a curious monstrosity : the right hind femur bears 

 on its middle the rudiments of a small hind leg, consisting of the end of an imperfectly 

 formed femur, a tibia, and a four-jointed tarsus. 



2. Paragenes ovata, Brunn. (Tab. xvi. fig. 5, $ .) 



Anepsia ovata, Brunn. v. W. Monogr. der Phaneropt. p. 271. 3 '{6). 



P. mexicance simillima at minor. Viridis vel fulvo-testacea. Pronoti eanthi recti. Elytra paulo latiora, 

 margine postico quam margo anticus magis arcuato. apice obtusiore ; vena media furcata, apice leviter 

 deflexa, ad marginem postieum excurrens, apicem elytri haud attingente, nisi per varietatem (fig. 5). 

 Alarum campus anterior minus acutus. 



$ . Ovipositor quam in P. mexicana latior, margine supero toto, infero apice, valde denticulate 



c? . Partes an ales illis P. mexicance conformes. 



Yar. In individuis nonnullis fulvescentibus elytra obsolete fuseo-maculata. 



$ . Long. corp. 20-5 ; pronot. 4-5 ; elytr. 22-6, lat. 8*5 ; femor. post. 22; ovipos. 5-4 millim. 



cJ . Long. corp. 15-5 : pronot. 4 ; elytr. 22-6, lat. 8'5 ; femor. post. 18-5 millim. 



Figure. — Fig. 5, the female insect. (The lateral lobes of the pronotum are rounded, not square as in the 

 figure, spoilt by reproduction on the stone.) 



Hah. Guatemala, San Geronimo (Champion) ; Costa Rica (Biolley), Rio Sucio, Cache, 

 Volcan de Irazu (Rogers). 



3. Paragenes conspersa, Brunn. 



Anepsia conspersa, Brunn. v. W. Monogr. der Phaneropt. p. 270. 



Var. a. Tota viridis ; elytris punctis minimis raris conspersis ; <$ elytrorum campo anali plus minus infuscato. — 



b. In desiccatis elytra flavida, punctis numerosis fuscis conspersa, brunneo-reticulosa. 



Hah. Mexico, Teapa in Tabasco (H. H. Smith) ; Guatemala ; Costa Rica, San Jose", 

 La Uruca, El Coronal, Tucurriqui, La Palma, Turrialba, Monte Retondo (Tristan) ; 

 Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui, Bugaba (Champion). 



4. Paragenes tessellata, Sanss. 



Phylloptera (Orophus) tessellata, Sauss. Rev. et Mag. Zool. (2) xiii. p. 129 (1861). 

 Anepsia tessellata, Brunn. v. W. Monogr. der Phaneropt. p. 270. 1, t. 6. fig. 82. 

 Anepsia tessellata, subsp. obtusa, Griffini, Bollet. dei Mus. di Zool. di Torino, xi. no. 232, p. 7 

 (1896). 



Yar. a. Tota pallide viridis. Elytris punctis minutis brunneis rarioribus conspersa. Spinulae femorum 

 prasinse, ad basin maculis brunneis minutis notatse. — b. Elytra punctis et maculis fuscis conspersa, 

 alterisque albo-callosis conspersa. Pedes rufo-punctati, spinis femorum fuscis, ad basin macula fusca. — 



c. Tota fulvescens, fusco-punctata et maculosa. — d. Tota fulvescens, antennis pallide annulatis. Elytro- 

 rum apex paulum variabilis, plus minus obtusus. — e. Lamina infra-genitalis stylis brevissimis. — -/. Stylis 

 longis. — g. Lamina infra-genitalis ovata, apice minute truncata. — h. Lamina infra-genitalis brevis, apice 

 minute incisa. — i. Pronotum breviusculum. — Tc. Elytra in quiete regulariter elliptica, margine supero 

 quam inferus haud magis arcuato. 



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