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ranged under the latter would in that case require a new generic name. The ascendent 

 mesothoracic epimera, however, are evidently not of generic significance, as they exist in 

 many Antichirm, and the character is not corroborated by any other peculiar feature. 



Lagochile is peculiar to Tropical America. Up to the present time eleven species 

 have been described. 



1. Lagochile circumdata. (Tab. XV. fig. 2.) 



Quoad colores L. trigonce (Pabr.) similis, sed differt corpore longiore oblongo elytrisque deplanatis. Supra nigra, 

 polita, thorace (antice medio excepto), scutello elytrisque basi rufo-fulvo inarginatis ; subtus corpore toto, 

 partibus oris pedibusque rufo-fulvis, partim interdum leviter infuscatis ; capite sparse et subtilissime 

 punctulato, clypei lobis acutis et late foveatis ; thorace brevi et lato, laevi, longe post medium dilatato, 

 deinde antice valde angustato, postice cum angulis rotundato, sulculo marginali apud dilatationem abbre- 

 viate, basi juxta scutellum fere recto et extus utrinque sat profunde sinuato-depresso ; elytris lasvibus, 

 pectore fulvo-hirto. Pygidium medio planatum, fere laeve. Processus sternalis antice paullulum deflexus, 

 6ed apice acuto parum curvato. Mesosterni epimera baud ascendentia. <$ . Tarsi 2 antici ungue majore 

 fisso, 4 posteriores simplices. § . Ungues omnes simplices. 



Long. 18-21 millim. S $ • 



Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Trbtsch), Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 



Ten examples, all conformable to the above description. 



The reddish-tawny basal margin of the elytra always extends beyond the shoulder, 

 and a little way down the lateral edge of the elytra ; the latter are nearly destitute of 

 sculpture throughout. 



2. Lagochile collaris. 



Lagochile collaris, Blanch. Cat. Coll. Ent. i. p. 204 \ 



Hab. Mexico \ Cordova, Santecomapan (Salle), Misantla (Edge) ; Nicaragua, Chon- 

 tales (Belt, Janson) ; Costa Rica, Cache (Rogers). 



In form and sculpture agrees exactly with L. circumdata, from which it differs con- 

 stantly in colour and markings, the elytra and underside being wholly tawny-red, and 

 the head and thorax black, with the entire margin of the latter (sometimes interrupted 

 near the head), a dorsal line extending from the labrum to the middle of the thorax, 

 and the scutellum (or its borders only) tawny-red. The mesosternal process is formed 

 as described under L. circumdata, but the elytra are perceptibly more convex. 



3. Lagochile chiriquina. (Tab. XV. fig. 3.) 



L. collari proxime affinis, paullo minor, et differt labro corporeque subtus nigro-fuscis, capite et tborace 

 absque linea fulva dorsali elytrisque versus humeros vage infuscatis ; pectore fulvo-piloso ; caeteris sicut 

 in L. collari et L. circumdata. 



Long. 21 millim. <$ $ . 



Hab. Panama (coll. Bates), Chiriqui (Trbtsch), Volcan de Chiriqui 4000 to 6000 feet 

 (Champion). 



Seven examples. 



