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23. PhanaBUS Sallsei. (Tab. IV. figg. 15, 6; 15 a, side view of head and 

 thorax.) 



Phanatus sallei, Harold, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 168 \ 



Bab. Mexico, Cordova \ Tuxtla (Salle), Jalapa (Edge) ; Beitish Hondueas (Blanco- 

 neaux) ; Guatemala, La Tinta (Champion). 



The female is distinguishable from the same sex of the allied species by a shallow 

 concavity, and two very faint punctiform marginal impressions, in the middle of the 

 basal margin of the thorax. 



We figure a fully-developed male from Cordova. 



24. PhanSBUS beltianUS. (Tab. IV. figg. 16, 6 ; 16 a, side view of head and 

 thorax.) 



P. sailed proxime affinis, thoracis sculptura eadem ; differt colore virescenti-cupreo panllo fuscescente efc minus 



nitido, capite thoraceque lateribus lsetius viridi-auratis ; maxime differt elytrornm striis latis opacis, 



interstitiis conyexis angustioribus. 

 S major. Cornu capitis validum, enrvato-acuminatum, basi sat abrupta dilatata. Thorax disco hand late planato- 



declivi, sat sparsim scabroso, medio basi planato lsevi. 

 $ . Thorax medio niger, medio basf punctis duobus oblongis distinctis ; antice carina curvata medio tubercu- 



lata et pone carinam excavato. 

 Long. 20-22 millim. 



Eab. Nicaeagua, Chontales (Belt, Janson) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 



The flattened and smooth basal plate of the thorax is separated from the anterior 

 declivous and scabrous disc by a transverse carina, and the anterior margin of the slope 

 has at each angle a conical tubercle ; the reflexed basal angles are rather less distant 

 than in P. sallwi ; the sides of the thorax are finely granulated. 



The single example from Chiriqui differs from all those from Chontales in being 

 coppery-red, similar to the prevailing colour of P. sallwi, but duller. 



A well-developed male from Chontales is figured. 



25. PhanaBUS wagneri. (Tab. IV. figg. 17, <S; 17 a, side view of head and 

 thorax.) 



Phanceus wagneri, Harold, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1863, p. 170 \ 



Eab. Mexico, Chiapas (Salle) ; Beitish Hondueas, U. Sarstoon (Blaneaneaux) ; 

 Guatemala (Salle), Champerico, El Eeposo, Paraiso, Escuintla, San Geronimo, Purula 

 (Champion) ; Nicaeagua (Wagner 1 , Salle x ), Granada (Salle) ; Costa Rica (Van Patten), 

 Cache (Bogers). 



The two small and round punctiform impressions of the base of the thorax, which 

 Von Harold indicates as characteristic of this species in both sexes, are in rare examples 

 wanting. 



Dark bluish-green individuals occur only in the northern part of the range of the 



