﻿Carab'tdeoiis 
  fauna 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  257 
  

  

  Colpodes 
  tinctipen7iis. 
  

   C. 
  mcesto 
  (Dej.) 
  afl&nis, 
  thorace 
  longius 
  quadrato-cordato, 
  etc. 
  

   Niger, 
  nitidus 
  elytris 
  plus 
  minusve 
  sericeo-opacis 
  cseruleo- 
  vel 
  

   violaceo-tinctis 
  ; 
  antennis 
  et 
  tarsis 
  obscure 
  fulvo-rufis 
  palpis 
  pallidi- 
  

   oribus. 
  Caput 
  sat 
  gracile 
  ovatum, 
  setis 
  supraorbitalibus 
  duabus. 
  

   Thorace 
  longe 
  post 
  medium 
  sinuato-angustatus, 
  angulis 
  posticis 
  

   rectis 
  subacutis, 
  puncto 
  setifero 
  in 
  anguli 
  apice 
  sito. 
  Elytra 
  pos- 
  

   tice 
  convexa 
  subpunctulato-striata, 
  interstitiis 
  subplanis 
  tertio 
  tri- 
  

   punctato 
  ; 
  plica 
  basali 
  utrinque 
  arcuata 
  versus 
  humeros 
  aeutos 
  

   ascendent! 
  ; 
  apice 
  oblique 
  sinuata. 
  Metathoracis 
  episterna 
  latitu- 
  

   dine 
  breviora. 
  Tarsi 
  articulo 
  5to 
  subtus 
  ciliati, 
  2 
  antici 
  articulo 
  

   4to 
  breviter 
  bilobato, 
  4 
  postici 
  articulo 
  4to 
  triangulares 
  angulis 
  acutis. 
  

   Long. 
  11 
  — 
  12 
  millim., 
  3' 
  J 
  . 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Ciudad 
  and 
  Eefugio, 
  in 
  Durango 
  (Hoge). 
  

  

  Distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  numerous 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  C. 
  

   mcBstiis 
  subgroup, 
  with 
  sinuated 
  sides 
  and 
  rectangular 
  

   hind 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  by 
  the 
  tactile 
  setae 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  

   and 
  thorax 
  being 
  of 
  the 
  normal 
  number, 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   rather 
  strongly 
  convex 
  behind 
  (not 
  depressed 
  as 
  in 
  

   C. 
  stenos), 
  and 
  the 
  ciliated 
  claw-joint 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi. 
  The 
  

   elytra 
  have 
  a 
  bluish 
  or 
  violaceous 
  tinge, 
  as 
  in 
  C. 
  

   Durangensis 
  and 
  C. 
  Forreri. 
  

  

  Colpodes 
  rectilineus. 
  (PL 
  XIV., 
  fig. 
  5). 
  

   C. 
  spliodrdidi 
  (Chaud.) 
  affinis 
  ; 
  ab 
  omnibus 
  speciebus 
  dififert 
  

   thorace 
  anguste 
  oblongo 
  lateribus 
  fere 
  rectis. 
  Piceo-niger, 
  nitidus, 
  

   partibus 
  oris, 
  antennis 
  genubus 
  et 
  tarsis 
  testaceo-rufis. 
  Caput 
  

   gracile 
  ovatum, 
  oeulis 
  haud 
  prominentibus, 
  seta 
  supraorbiculari 
  

   anteriori 
  deficienti. 
  Thorax 
  capite 
  vis 
  latior, 
  lateribus 
  subrectis 
  

   interdum 
  medio 
  perparum 
  rotundatis 
  ante 
  basin 
  sinuatis 
  pauUo 
  

   reflexis 
  ; 
  angulis 
  anticis 
  haud 
  porrectis, 
  posticis 
  rectis, 
  puncto 
  

   setifero 
  posteriori 
  deficienti, 
  anteriori 
  ante 
  medium 
  sito. 
  Elytra 
  

   paullo 
  convexa, 
  ovata, 
  exarato-striata, 
  interstitiis 
  fere 
  planis 
  tertio 
  

   conspicue 
  tripunctato, 
  basi 
  utrinque 
  arcuata, 
  apice 
  fortiter 
  oblique 
  

   sinuata. 
  Antennae 
  minus 
  elongatae 
  articulo 
  tertio 
  caeteris 
  multo 
  

   longiori. 
  Metathoracis 
  episterna 
  brevia 
  subquadrata. 
  Tarsi 
  

   graciles, 
  4 
  postici 
  lateraliter 
  vix 
  perspicue 
  sulculata, 
  omnes 
  articulo 
  

   4to 
  caeteris 
  latitudine 
  sequali, 
  angixlis 
  insequaliter 
  produclis. 
  Long. 
  

   11 
  millim., 
  <? 
  J 
  . 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Omilteme, 
  in 
  Guerrero, 
  8000 
  ft. 
  {H. 
  H. 
  Smith) 
  ; 
  

   Guerrero 
  (Baron). 
  

  

  