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LEIOPLEURA BASALIS Waterhouse. 
Leiopleura basalis WatERHOUSE, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 
1889, pp. 158-159. 4 
Described from material collected by Mr. Champion at Volcan de 
Chiriqui, Panama, at an altitude of 2,500 feet. It is not represented 
in the National Museum Collection, and has been placed in the key 
from the characters given in the original description. 
LEIOPLEURA PUNCTICEPS Waterhouse. 
Leiopleura puncticeps WATERHOUSE, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 
1889, pp. 156-157. 
This species was described from material collected at Acapulco in 
Guerrero, Teapa in Tabasco, Mexico; Panima, San Juan, and Chacoj 
in Vera Paz, Guatemala; and Bugaba, Panama, without designating 
any definite type locality. From the description this species is quite 
variable in color and markings. It has not been seen by the writer, 
and is placed in the key solely upon the characters given in the orig- 
inal description. 
LEIOPLEURA VENUSTA Waterhouse. 
Leiopleura venusta WATERHOUSE, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 
1889, pp. 157-158. 
The type of this species was collected at Volcan de Chiriqui, 
Panama, at an altitude of 3,500 feet. Waterhouse also records two 
other specimens which vary in the arrangement of the markings on 
the elytra, one of which was collected at San Geronimo, Guatemala, 
and the other at Cerro Zunil, Guatemala, at an altitude of 4,000 
to 5,000 feet. There is a specimen in the National Museum Collec- 
tion, collected at Porto Bello, Panama, April 18, 1912, by August 
Busck, which differs from the typical form by having the posterior 
green fascia covering the entire apical fifth of the elytra, but other- 
wise corresponds to the description given for this species. 
LEIOPLEURA INTERRUPTA Waterhouse. 
Leiopleura interrupta WaTERHOUSE, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 
1889, p. 158. 
This species was described from material collected by Mr. Champion 
at Bugaba, Panama. The type is in the British Museum, and has 
not been examined. It has been placed in the key from the charac- 
ters given in the original description. 
LEICPLEURA PULCHRA Waterhouse. 
Leiopleura pulchra WaTERHOUSE, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Coleopt., vol. 3, pt. 1, 
1889, p. 156, pl. 9, fig. 4, 
This species was described from material collected by Mr. Champion 
at Volcan de Chiriqui, Panama, at an altitude of 2,000 to 3,000 feet. 
