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Atnnestus stali Distant 



Amnestus stali Distant, 1893, p. 454. 



Original description: 



Head and pronotum castaneoiis, scutellum black, corium, legs, and antennae 

 ochraceous, apical area of the corium black. Head coarseh^ punctate, the frontal 

 and lateral spines equallj' long; pronotum with a distinct transverse impression 

 considerably before the middle, anterior lobe with the anterior and lateral margins 

 thickly and coarsely punctate, and with discal punctures at centre and lateral 

 areas, posterior lobe and scutellum thickly and coarsely punctate; corium more 

 finely punctate, the posterior disc impunctate. 



Long. 3 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala; Quiche Mts. 7000 to 9000 feet (Champion). 



Allied to the preceding species [bergrothi] but structurally distinct by having 

 the pronotum transversely constricted nearer the posterior margin. We have 

 received two examples. 



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