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lowing the suture between the episternum and epipleura, and extend- 
ing into the latter to about the middle, and parallel to the tibial groove. 
Length, 2.5 mm.; width, 1.6 mm. 
Type locality —Porto Bello, Panama. 
Type.—Cat. No. 25100, U.S.N.M. 
Described from a unique male collected by E. A. Schwarz, February 
15, 1911. 
PACHYSCHELUS LATICEPS Waterhouse. 
Pachyschelus laticeps WaTERHOUSE, Bio]. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt.1, 
1889, pp. 149-150, pl. 8, fig. 16. 
This species was described from material collected by Mr. Cham- 
pion at Tolé, Panama. No specimen has been examined that would 
fit the description of this species, and it is placed in the key solely 
upon the characters given in the original description. 
PACHYSCHELUS BIFASCIATUS Waterhouse. 
Pachyschelus bifasciatus WATERHOUSE, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 
1889, pp. 151-152, pl. 8, fig. 19. 
The type locality for this species is Teleman in Vera Paz, Guate- 
mala, and was described from material collected by Mr. Champion. 
It is represented in the National Museum Collection by a specimen 
collected at Finca Trece Aguas, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala, at an alti- 
tude of 900 feet, April 3, 1906, by Schwarz and Barber, and another 
example collected at Paraiso, Canal Zone, Panama, April 30, 1911, by 
K. A. Schwarz. 
PACHYSCHELUS PURPUREIPENNIS Waterhouse. 
Pachyschelus purpureipennis WATERHOUSE, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, 
pt. 1, 1889, p. 144, pl. 8, fig. 8. 
This species was described from material collected by Mr. Cham- 
pion at Bugaba and Volcan de Chiriqui, Panama, at an altitude of 
3,000 feet. It is represented in the National Museum Collection by 
two examples collected at Paraiso, Canal Zone, Panama, May 6, 1911, 
by E. A. Schwarz. Both of the examples are females and vary 
slightly in color; one has the pronotum uniformly black and the 
elytra uniformly purple, while in the other the pronotum is black, 
with the sides narrowly margined with green, and the elytra is pur- 
ple, with a strong bluish tinge on the disk. 
PACHYSCHELUS BICOLOR Kerremans. 
Pachyschelus bicolor Kerremans, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, vol. 63, 1894, p. 420. 
Described from material collected in the refuse of tobacco imported 
into Paris, France, from Mexico. The species is unknown to the 
writer, and has been given its position in the key solely upon the 
charactersy gven in the original description. 
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