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mon species in Mexico, the West Indies, Texas and 

 Florida. 



HoMCEMus PROTEUS Stal. A few specimens of this 

 common Mexican insect were obtained near Cape St. 

 Lucas by Mr. Xanthus. 



ZoPHOESSA POROSA Gcrmar. A single specimen was 

 secured in the vicinity of Cape St. Lucas by Mr. Xanthus. 



CORIMEL^NID^. 



CoRiMEL^NA ATRA Amyot. Specimens have been 

 collected at several localities on the peninsula by various 

 persons. 



CoRiMEL^NA PULiCARiA Germ. Specimens were se- 

 cured near Cape St. Lucas and at San Jose del Cabo. 

 It occurs from British America to Central America. 



CoRiMEL^NA CyERULESCENS Stal. This species appears 

 to be less abundant on the peninsula than the smaller ones, 

 as specimens usually occur singly, or only in pairs, at the 

 localities from which they have been taken. From San 

 Jose del Cabo by Dr. Gustav Eisen, and from Cape St. 

 Lucas by John Xanthus. 



CoRiMEL.^NA LATERALIS Fab. This spccics sprcads on 

 the Pacitic coast from British Columbia to Cape St. Lucas. 



CoRiMEL.^NA EXTENSA Uhler. Tliis species appears 

 to be quite common throughout a long stretch of country 

 extending from Vancouver Islands to Cape St. Lucas, 

 and farther south in Mexico, on the coast of the Pacific 

 Ocean. 



CORIMEL^NA OBTUSA n. Sp. 



Obtusely oval, bronze-black, remotely but coarsely 

 punctate above, strongly ciliated on the borders of the 

 pronotum and abdomen ; the scutellum much shorter 



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