﻿Carahideous 
  fauna 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  271 
  

  

  Var. 
  Icevior. 
  Supra 
  subtilissime 
  et 
  sparsim 
  punctulata 
  vel 
  toto 
  

   laevis, 
  elytris 
  politis, 
  striis 
  subtilibus 
  et 
  subtiliter 
  punctulatis 
  ; 
  

   antennis 
  et 
  palpis 
  rufescentibus. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Huitzo, 
  in 
  Oaxaca 
  (Hbge). 
  Many 
  examples. 
  

  

  Apenes 
  hilariola. 
  (PI. 
  XIV., 
  fig. 
  11). 
  

   A. 
  pallidipe 
  afiBnis 
  ; 
  mirior 
  et 
  gracilior, 
  elytris 
  nitidulis 
  fusco- 
  

   agneis, 
  etc. 
  Caput 
  et 
  thorax 
  rufa, 
  illo 
  utrinque 
  post 
  oculum, 
  hoc 
  

   vitta 
  indistincta 
  utrinque 
  discoidali, 
  fuscis, 
  capite 
  supra 
  sat 
  dense 
  

   subtiliter 
  flexuoso-ruguloso 
  et 
  punctulato. 
  Antennae 
  nigro-fuscse 
  

   articulis 
  1 
  — 
  2, 
  Stioque 
  basi 
  rufis. 
  Thorax 
  capite 
  latior, 
  quam 
  in 
  

   A. 
  2}allidi2:)e 
  longior, 
  lateribus 
  minus 
  arcuatis 
  ; 
  totus 
  transversim 
  

   strigulosus 
  et 
  subtiliter 
  punctulatus. 
  Elytra 
  subtilissime 
  alutacea 
  

   sed 
  sat 
  nitida 
  punctulato-striata, 
  fusco-senea, 
  humeris 
  et 
  margine 
  

   lateral! 
  late, 
  vitta 
  brevi 
  supra 
  interstitium 
  6uin 
  apice 
  iutus 
  supra 
  

   interstitia 
  4 
  et 
  Sum 
  prolongata, 
  fasciaque 
  late 
  undulata 
  praeapicali, 
  

   flavo-testaceis. 
  Pedes 
  flavi 
  geniculis 
  infuscatis. 
  Subtus 
  rufo- 
  

   polita 
  lateribus 
  ventrisque 
  dimidio 
  apicali 
  fusco-nigris. 
  Long. 
  

   9 
  millim. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Cuernavaca, 
  Colima 
  Cit}^ 
  {Hoge 
  ; 
  Flohr 
  in 
  coll. 
  

   Bates). 
  

  

  Two 
  examples 
  only. 
  The 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  is 
  dark 
  

   bronze 
  from 
  the 
  suture 
  to 
  the 
  6th 
  stria, 
  with 
  the 
  excep- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  interstice 
  divided 
  by 
  the 
  

   scutellar 
  striole, 
  which 
  is 
  reddish. 
  The 
  prsBapical 
  

   fascia 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  rather 
  long 
  spots 
  on 
  interstices 
  

   3 
  — 
  7, 
  the 
  8th 
  — 
  10th 
  interstices 
  being 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  

   marginal 
  vitta. 
  

  

  Apenes 
  amplicollis. 
  (PI. 
  XIV., 
  fig. 
  12). 
  

   Major 
  et 
  latior, 
  nigro-fusca, 
  pedibus 
  flavo-testaceis, 
  antennis 
  

   palpisque 
  obscure 
  rufo-testaceis 
  scapo 
  pallidiori. 
  Caput 
  sicut 
  in 
  

   A.pallidipe 
  ovatum, 
  ocuHs 
  parum 
  prominentibus, 
  supra 
  totum 
  dense 
  

   punctato-strigulosum. 
  Thorax 
  latus 
  paullo 
  transversus 
  dense 
  

   punctulatus 
  et 
  transversim 
  strigulatus, 
  subnitidus, 
  lateribus 
  prae- 
  

   cipue 
  antice 
  rufo-translucentibus. 
  Elytra 
  latius 
  oblonga 
  acute 
  

   exarato-punctulato-striata, 
  interstitiis 
  planis, 
  disperse 
  punctulatis 
  

   et 
  alutaceis 
  sericeo-opacis, 
  margine 
  laterali 
  explanato 
  grossius 
  

   punctato 
  ; 
  utrinque 
  maculis 
  duabus 
  aurantiacis 
  Ima 
  majori 
  

   humerali 
  apud 
  interstitia 
  6 
  — 
  8, 
  2da 
  praeapicali 
  minor 
  apud 
  inter- 
  

   stitia 
  5 
  — 
  8, 
  maculis 
  interdum 
  subobsoletis. 
  Sixbtus 
  fusco-nigra, 
  

   nitida. 
  Long. 
  11 
  — 
  12 
  millim. 
  

  

  