,878 '] GEODEPHAGOUS COLEOPTERA. (J03 



interstitiis converts pernio undulatis, tertio foveis duabus maqnis 

 vagis impressis, stria 7" m obsoleta. 

 Long. 2\ lin. 



Hab. Costa Rica, Mount Irazu, alt. 6000-7000 feet (Rogers). 

 Bembidium (Peryphus) submaculatum. 

 Elongato-ovatum, modice convexum, fusco-aneum, elytris utrinque 

 versus apicem macula obliqua flavo-testacea ; antennis piceis ar- 

 ticulo 1™ et 2*>-4*« basipedibusquefavo-testaceis; palpis maxiU 

 laribus articulo penultimo obscuro ; thorace transversim quadrato 

 antice modice rotundato, postice leviter sinuatim angustato, anquli's 

 postias subrectis, fovea basali profunda vage rugosa, carinaque 

 obliqua juxta unguium ; elytris subtiliter striato-punctulatis, striis 

 mterdum magis impressis, 7 ma abbreviata, exterioribus omnibus 

 versus apicem obliteratis, interstitio 3 io bipunctato 

 Long. 2i lin. r 



Hab. Mexico, near the capital (Flohr). 



Specimens received from Paris as "submaculatum, Chaud. MSS " 

 have the striae impressed; in Mr. Flohr's specimens the rows of 

 nne clear punctures are superficial. The nearly allied B mevi- 

 canum, Dej., is much larger, and has a short curved fold instead of 

 a distinct carina at the hind angles of the thorax. 



Lachnophorus semirufus. 



Breviter oblongus, erecte pilosus, capite thoraceque rufis, elytris 

 pectore^ abdommeque nigro-aneis, palpis antennis pedibusque flavo- 

 testaceis; capite postice modice angustato, oculis minus prominu- 

 lis, vertice grossissime punctatis ; thorace late cordato versus 

 basin modice angustato, grossissime intricato-punctato ; elytris 

 quadratis, fortiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis supra paulo 

 planahs, crenulatis, tertio 3-foveato. 



Long. 2| lin. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt) . 



Lachnophorus leucoscelis. 



L. laevicolli (Reich.) proxime affinis. Elongatus, nigro-aneus ■ 

 nitidus, supra glaber ; palpis antennarumque articulis i basalibus 

 rufo-testaceis ; tibiis (apice excepto) albo-testaceis ; capite (cum 

 ocuhs) quam thorax latiore, punctis magnis conspersis ; thorace 

 rotundato-cordato, valde convexo, postice fortiter angustato basi 

 constneto et depresso.fere impunctato, polito ; elytris profunde 

 stnatis, striis a basi usque paulo ultra medium grosse punctatis 



Long, vix 2 lin. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua (Belt). 



Lachnophorus longulus. 



In hoc genere elongatus, convexior, olivaceo-aneus, breviter setosus ; 

 elytris sordide fusco-albis, pone medium fascia irregulari fusc'a 

 prope suturam valde di/atata ; antennis piceo-fuscis, articulo lasati 

 infra rufo ; femoribus fluvo-testaceis, basi et apice piceo-niyri* . 



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