﻿Carahideous 
  fauna 
  of 
  Mexico. 
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  Bradyeellus 
  Flohri, 
  Bates, 
  Biol. 
  C.-A., 
  Col., 
  i., 
  1, 
  p. 
  72. 
  

  

  Var. 
  denigratus. 
  

  

  A 
  good 
  series 
  of 
  this 
  apparently 
  local 
  modification 
  of 
  

   B. 
  Flohri 
  was 
  obtained 
  by 
  Herr 
  Hoge 
  at 
  Ciudad, 
  in 
  

   Durango. 
  It 
  agrees 
  with 
  the 
  type 
  in 
  its 
  narrow 
  subelon- 
  

   gate 
  form, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  obsolete 
  hind 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  

   with 
  rather 
  strongly 
  punctate 
  basal 
  fovese. 
  The 
  hind 
  

   angles 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  are, 
  however, 
  more 
  completely 
  

   rounded, 
  and 
  the 
  form 
  therefore 
  may 
  really 
  be 
  specifically 
  

   distinct. 
  The 
  colour 
  above 
  and 
  beneath 
  is 
  deep 
  black 
  

   or 
  pitchy 
  black, 
  and 
  only 
  in 
  immature 
  examples 
  shows 
  

   a 
  rufous 
  tinge 
  along 
  the 
  suture 
  and 
  lateral 
  borders 
  of 
  

   the 
  elytra, 
  and 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  thorax. 
  The 
  

   antennae 
  are 
  nearly 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  only 
  red, 
  

   the 
  second 
  sometimes 
  pitchy 
  red. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  pitchy 
  

   red, 
  with 
  the 
  femora 
  generally 
  darker. 
  The 
  palpi 
  also 
  

   are 
  dark 
  piceous, 
  with 
  the 
  tapering 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  

   joints 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  pallid. 
  Long. 
  4|- 
  millim. 
  

  

  Celia 
  californica, 
  Dejean, 
  Sp. 
  Gen., 
  iii., 
  p. 
  474. 
  

  

  This 
  common 
  Californian 
  species 
  was 
  recorded 
  by 
  

   Putzeys 
  as 
  occurring 
  also 
  in 
  Sonora, 
  and 
  was 
  acci- 
  

   dentally 
  omitted 
  as 
  a 
  Mexican 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  'Biologia.' 
  

   Herr 
  Hoge 
  has 
  since 
  met 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  Durango 
  (near 
  

   Ciudad), 
  and 
  at 
  Chihuahua 
  City 
  and 
  Paso 
  del 
  Norte. 
  

   His 
  specimens 
  range 
  in 
  size 
  from 
  8 
  to 
  10|- 
  millim., 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  average 
  are 
  therefore 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  very 
  closely 
  

   allied 
  C. 
  mexicana, 
  which 
  varies 
  from 
  1^ 
  to 
  9 
  millim. 
  

   On 
  comparing 
  a 
  large 
  series 
  of 
  both, 
  among 
  which 
  are 
  

   several 
  examples 
  from 
  California, 
  I 
  find 
  no 
  difference 
  

   whatever 
  in 
  form 
  or 
  sculpture, 
  and 
  nothing 
  remains 
  but 
  

   the 
  prevailing 
  darker 
  antennse 
  (from 
  the 
  3rd 
  joint) 
  

   and 
  darker 
  legs 
  to 
  distinguish 
  C. 
  mexicana 
  from 
  C. 
  

   californica, 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  clear 
  tawny 
  red 
  

   antennse, 
  palpi, 
  and 
  legs. 
  As 
  examples 
  with 
  reddish 
  

   antennae 
  and 
  legs 
  occur 
  among 
  darker 
  ones 
  in 
  various 
  

   Mexican 
  localities, 
  C. 
  mexicana 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  considered 
  

   an 
  imperfectly 
  segregated 
  subspecies 
  of 
  C. 
  californica. 
  

  

  Celia 
  Hoegei, 
  Bates, 
  Biol. 
  C.-A., 
  Col., 
  i., 
  1, 
  p. 
  77. 
  

  

  Further 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  received. 
  

   It 
  is 
  easily 
  recognisable 
  by 
  its 
  constantly 
  black, 
  rarely 
  

  

  