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think that it is preferable, when it is impossible to obtain the types 

 for examination, to refer to old species of the same localit}^ the 

 specimens which appear to agree with them in the light of the des- 

 criptions than to propose new names. 



Lamnonyx punctifrons (Newp.) var. heteropus, Humb. 



(Fig. 11). 



Mecistocephaliis lieteropHS, Humbert, Meiii.Soc. Phys. Geneve, XVIII, 

 p. 19, pi. ii, fig. 4 (1865). 



Corpus ferrugineo-ochraceum dorso fusco marmorato, capite 

 latericio. 



Fig. III. — Lamnonyx punctifrons v. sulcicollis : i. caput et segmenta 

 primum et secundum prona ; 2. eadcm supina ; 3. labri dimidia pars; 4 mandi- 

 bula; 5. ejusdem lamina mediana ; 6. maxillae primi et secundi paris ; 7. sterni 

 decimi f urea ; 8. maris corporis pars postrema supina.. 



Lamina cephalica parum minus quam duplo longior quam 

 latior, superficie punctis parvis parum numerosis impressa. 



Pedes maxillares subcoxis aliquantum antice latioribus quam 

 longioribus, dentibus typicis bene evolutis. 



Labrum unidentatum margine submediano convexo integro ; 

 mandibulae margine interno ad laminam primam serrato, laminis 



