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Hal. Mexico 1 , Orizaba, Cuernavaca, Tepansacualco, Juquila (Salle), Jalapa, Ventanas 

 in Durango (Edge) ; Guatemala, San Geronimo, Sabo in Vera Paz (Champion). 



The reddish-brown translucent examples which have given the name to the species 

 are apparently not the common form, the prevailing colours being rich brassy-green, 

 blue-green, and dark blue. The under surface is more or less hairy, but the strongly 

 inclined and clavate mesosternal process distinguishes the species from A. hirtiventris. 

 It varies in size from 18-22 millim. 



A specimen from San Geronimo is figured. 



5. Antichira catomelsena. (Tab. XV. fig. 8.) 



Antichira catomelana, Dohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1885, p. 79 \ 

 Hah. Panama, Chiriqui 1 (Trotsch). 



Glossy black, the elytra each with two vittae, and the lateral third of the thorax 

 (enclosing an elongate black spot) orange-yellow. The mesosternal process is horizontal, 

 upturned at the apex. The medio-basal lobe of the thorax is almost imperceptibly 

 produced and very wide and slightly arcuate-sinuate. 



6. Antichira chlorophana, 



Macraspis (§ Dorystethus) chlorophana, Burm. Handb. der Ent. iv. 1, p. 358 \ 



Hdb. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt) ; Panama, Chiriqui (Trotseh).— South America, 

 Brazil 1 . 



Three examples, agreeing very closely with others from Brazil. 



7. Antichira iodiella. (Tab. XV. fig. 11.) 



A. calcaratce (Spinola) quoad formam et scutellum similis ; multo minor, modice convexa, caeruleo- vel violaceo- 

 nigra (capita thoraceque interdum obscure viridi-eeneis), polita, supra (clypeo excepto) laGvissima ; clypeo 

 mediocre S 2 semicirculari ; thorace a basi usque ad apicem arcuatim (imprimis lente deinde citius) 

 angustato, angulis posticis obtusis, lobo medio basali vix perspicue sinuato fere recto, margine basali 

 utrinque late sinuato et depresso, sulco lateral! profundo usque ultra angulum posticum continuato ; elytris 

 absque sculptura, pone bumeros oblique retusis, margine laterali versus hurneros incrassato deinde usque 

 ad apicem serrulato. Pygidium J $ usque ad apicem fere planum, medio leeve, limbo strigoso. Femora 

 postica c? inermia ; mesosterni processus plus minusve inelinatus, apice recurvo acuto. 



Long. 16-18 miUim. S $ • 



Hob. Panama (Trotseh), Volcan de Chiriqui 4000 to 6000 feet (Champion). 



Five examples. 



PTENOMELA. 



Corpus ovatum, convexum, pomaceo-viride raro submetallicum. Mandibulse extus rotundata3, inermes. 

 Clypeus (prascipue $ ) sat elongatus, semiovatus. Thorax margine postico medio breviter lobato recte trun- 

 cato vel leviter sinuato, inter lobum et angulum posticum biflexuoso. Scutellum sat magnum, triangulare, 

 lateribus flexuosis. Tarsi sicut in Antichira, ungue majore J § furcato. Mesosterni processus elongatus. 



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