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prosternum as being “latius quam longum." T can really find 
no very marked character to distinguish Cleptor from Colaspoides 
except in its eyes being almost without sinuation. M. Lacordaire 
distinguished the “ Edusites” from the ** Endocephalites" (con- 
taining Colaspoides) by the presence in the former of transverse 
elytral rugosities, but this distinction is not reliable. M. Lefevre 
mentions the rugosities as only “generally” present in the 
former group, M. Lacordaire himself admits that in some Edusites 
equipped than I am for studying a large cosmopolitan collection 
of Eumolpides, but however the genera should be grouped I am 
convinced that Cleptor ought to stand close to Colaspoides. 
Along with the examples of Cleptor mentioned above Mr. Jacoby 
sent me a specimen as Colaspoides xanthopus, Har., which appears 
to be correctly named, but is certainly, I think, a Oleptor. It is 
ever published such a genus and species, Possibly the genus 
was published at such time as to forestal Neotax is, but 
at any rate it indicates that Dr. Chapuis did not place Harold’s 
insect in Colaspoides. 
The following is a new species of Cleptor. 
Haroldi, sp. nov. Glaber, supra cyanescens viridi-micans, 
subtus niger (certo adspectu aureo-vel cupreo micans), anten- 
nis ferrugineis apicem versus obscurioribus, ibus piceis 
plus minusve rufescentibus; pronoto crebre subtilius punc- 
tulato, puncturis singulis oblongis ; scutello levi ; ; elytris in 
disco medio crebre fortiter (in ceteris partibus minus bsc 
a 
minus id vix seriatim punctulatis, pone basin vix 
manifeste impressis, pone humeros nero. hdepeotu casto 
sim leviter me. Long., 24 1.; lat., 13 1. 
pared with C. rufimanus, Lef., the tenen is considerably 
more closely we i with the lateral puncturation much more 
evidently offering a longitudinally rugate appearance, while the 
semp of the elytra is much finer near the lateral margins ; 
the form also is notably less convex. Compared with C. inermis, 
us, Har 2 intér alia multa there is scarcely any 
indication of a "-— impression near the base of the elytra. 
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