﻿Carahideoiis 
  fauna 
  df 
  Mexico. 
  239 
  

  

  Diccelm 
  Icevipennis, 
  Lee. 
  {D. 
  Flohri, 
  Bates). 
  

  

  Herr 
  Hoge's 
  last 
  collection 
  contained 
  a 
  good 
  series 
  of 
  

   this 
  species 
  from 
  three 
  localities 
  — 
  Mexico 
  City, 
  Toluca, 
  

   and 
  Eefugio 
  in 
  Durango. 
  In 
  the 
  two 
  former, 
  all 
  the 
  

   examples 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  variety 
  Flohri, 
  oblong, 
  robust, 
  

   with 
  the 
  sculpture 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  limited 
  to 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  

   (very 
  rarely 
  to 
  three) 
  lines 
  of 
  punctures 
  towards 
  the 
  

   suture, 
  and 
  the 
  apex 
  subacuminately 
  rounded, 
  the 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  from 
  Mexico 
  being, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  rather 
  longer 
  

   (22 
  millim.) 
  than 
  those 
  from 
  Toluca 
  (17 
  — 
  20 
  millim.). 
  

   At 
  Eefugio 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  much 
  modified, 
  the 
  form 
  being 
  

   shorter 
  and 
  oblong-ovate 
  rather 
  than 
  oblong 
  in 
  outline, 
  

   with 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  more 
  rounded, 
  and 
  the 
  surface 
  

   having 
  nine 
  complete 
  but 
  fine 
  rows 
  of 
  punctures. 
  There 
  

   is, 
  however, 
  among 
  the 
  large 
  series 
  sent 
  by 
  Herr 
  Hoge, 
  

   considerable 
  variation, 
  some 
  individuals 
  being 
  larger 
  

   and 
  more 
  elongate, 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  less 
  

   broadly 
  rounded 
  : 
  these 
  form 
  the 
  transition 
  to 
  the 
  

   smaller 
  examples 
  from 
  Toluca, 
  and 
  come 
  nearest 
  the 
  

   typical 
  form 
  of 
  D. 
  Icevipennis 
  from 
  Colorado 
  and 
  Utah 
  ; 
  

   others 
  are 
  remarkably 
  short 
  and 
  ovate, 
  and, 
  if 
  seen 
  

   apart 
  from 
  transitional 
  grades, 
  would 
  be 
  taken 
  for 
  a 
  

   distinct 
  species 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  var. 
  may 
  be 
  thus 
  charac- 
  

   terised 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Var. 
  D. 
  ahbreviatus. 
  — 
  Sat 
  breviter 
  oblongo-ovatus 
  apice 
  late 
  

   rotundatus, 
  niger 
  subnitidus 
  marginibus 
  interdum 
  viridescentibus 
  ; 
  

   elytris 
  subtiliter 
  striato-punctulatis, 
  carina 
  humerali 
  parum 
  elevata 
  

   subobsoleta. 
  Long. 
  14.j 
  — 
  17 
  millim., 
  $ 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Ilab. 
  Eefugio, 
  in 
  Durango 
  (Hoge). 
  

  

  Anisotarsus 
  purpurascens, 
  Bates. 
  

  

  Numerous 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  were 
  captured 
  by 
  

   Herr 
  Hoge 
  at 
  Nuevo 
  Laredo, 
  in 
  Tamaulipas. 
  

  

  Anisotarsus 
  hilariolus. 
  

   A. 
  cyanippo 
  (Bates) 
  affinis, 
  breviter 
  oblongus, 
  supra 
  (<? 
  5) 
  

   nitidus 
  metallicus, 
  capite 
  et 
  thorace 
  viridescenti-caeruleis, 
  elytris 
  

   senescenti-cupreis 
  (raro 
  toto 
  viridi-seneus) 
  ; 
  capite 
  sat 
  lato 
  fronte 
  

   subplanata 
  sutura 
  transversa 
  profunda 
  ; 
  thorace 
  transverso, 
  quad- 
  

   rate, 
  ante 
  medio 
  leviter 
  rotundato 
  deinde 
  subrecte 
  et 
  paullo 
  angus- 
  

   tato 
  angulis 
  posticis 
  valde 
  obtusis 
  haud 
  vero 
  rotundatis, 
  foveis 
  

   basalibus 
  fortiter 
  impressis, 
  toto 
  lavi 
  ; 
  elytris 
  breviter 
  oblongo- 
  

  

  