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broad a« the prntlioraxj^widcnin!; to tin' iniiUllt', and ?=omewliat ac-uminate at 

 tbe apex; finely piinctato-striate, the striae arraii;;ed in pairs and sli<>:htly 

 sinuate on the apical half, the interstices alutaceoiis, feebly convex, flat on the 

 anterior half, 1, 3, 5, 7, and each with a series of scattered setigerous impres- 

 sions, the interspaces between which are lon<j:itudinally raised and catenulate 

 ironi about the middle to the tip. Legs almost smooth, the anterior and 

 intermediate femora clavate. 



Leno-th 10|^, breadth 3i mm. ( 5 ?) 



Hah. : Colombia, Manizales {A. M. Patino). 



One specimen, given me many _years ago by M. Rene 01)ertluir. Larger 

 and less convex than the IJnizilian C. (Sfafim) apicaJe Miikl. ( $ ), the 

 eyes more distant, the antennae shorter and stouter, the elytra broader 

 and less shining, more finely punctato-striate, with the alternate inter- 

 stices catenulate, and the striae arranged in pairs, posteriori}^ The 

 Colombian C. gerstdckeri Kirsch, must be a nearly allied insect, with 

 trifasciate elytra, etc. Disse3tion of the mouth-parts shows that the 

 example described has the mandibles tridentate at the tip and the apical 

 joint of the labial palpi sublunate, as usual in CoIparfkni)/i 



9. — Colparflirum tuherciilicauda, n. sp. 



Elono-ate, shining-, f usco-castaueous, the elytra with a faint aeneous lustre. 

 Head rather broad, smooth, the transverse inter-ocular depression shallow and 

 trifoveate (the median fovea deep, sulciform), the eyes moderately large 

 and separated by about the wadth of one of them; [antennae wanting]. Pro- 

 thorax as wide as the head, as long as broad, cordate, dilated at the base, 

 smooth, the transverse furrow rather shallow. Elytra long, twice as wide as 

 the prothorax, gradually widened to the middle and acuminate at the apex ; 

 closely, finely punctato-striate, the punctures becoming very coarse at the sides 

 and obsolete towards the tip ; the interstices broad, flat, 3, 5, 7, and 9 with from 

 two to four email tubercles followed by a setigerous impression. Legs long, 

 the femora stout and moderately clavate. 



Lfength d\, breadth 3^ mm. ( $ ?) 



Hah.: Colombia {Mas. Brit.). 



One specimen, acquired in 18 i7. Not uidike C. holirinixr, ])ut a 

 little larger, the head and prothorax broader, the eyes smaller and more 

 distant, the inter-ocular depression shallower and trifoveate, the elytra 

 closely, finely punctato-striate, the small tubercles reduced to a few on 

 the apical declivity, and altogether wanting on the first (sulural) intei-- 

 stice. The species cannot be identified amongst the numerous CVdombian 

 Slaiirae described l)y Miiklni in 1878, few of which are known (o mc 



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