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Var. 4. Cotinis cuprascens. Supra aureo- vel cupreo-fusca, subtus aurata, cupreo-aurata, vel" rufo-cuprea ; 

 magna, robusta ; cornu clypeale quadratum. (Tab. XXI. fig. 5.) 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Edge), Temax in North Yucatan (Gaumer); Nicaragua, 

 Chontales (Belt). 



Sent in abundance by Mr. Gaumer from Northern Yucatan. 



Var. 5. Var. euprascenti quoad colores simillima, sed plerumque multo minor et cornu clypeali brevi triangulari. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Hbge), Temax in North Yucatan (Gaumer); Guatemala, San 

 Geronimo (Champion). 



Var. 6. C. suhcastanea. Robusta, supra euprascenti- vel castaneo-fusca, subtus et pedes castaneo-rufa, pectore 

 nigro-castaneo ; cornu clypeale plerumque elongatum, lateribus parallelis. 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Hbge). 



Var. 7. Gymnetis nigrorubra, Gory & Perch. Monogr. Cetoin. p. 332, t. 66. fig. 1 l . Magna, robusta, supra sub- 

 purpureo -nigra ; cornu clypeale plerumque altum, lateribus parallelis sed interdum (individuis magnis) 

 breve obtuse triangulare. Long. 28-34 millim. S $ . 



Hah. Mexico \ Puebla, Cordova, Juquila (Salle), Putla (Boucard, coll. Bates) ; 

 British Honduras, E. Sarstoon (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemala, near the city (Salvin), 

 San Geronimo, Coban and Tamahu in Vera Paz (Champion), Chimaltenango (Conradt). 



Var. 8. Gymnetis atrata, Gory & Percb. Monogr. Cetoin. p. 330, t. 65. fig. 4 l . Plerumque minor et paullo 

 angustior, sed interdum magna et lata, aterrima; cornu clypeale apice acuminatum sed interdum obtusum. 

 Long. 20-30 millim. S 2 • 



Hah. Mexico 1 , Puebla (Salle, Hbge), Atlixco, Cordova, Jalapa (Hbge), Cuernavaca 

 (Hbge, H. H. Smith) ; Guatemala, Coban in Vera Paz (Conradt). 



Sometimes there is a trace of red marginal vitta on the elytra, which connects this 

 variety with the following. 



Var. 9. Cotinis sobrina, var. cabira, Burm. Handb. der Ent. iii. p. 256 \ Var. atretics similis, differt tantum 

 elytrorum vitta laterali vel vittis laterali et discoidali (apice conjunctis) et thoracis margine saturate rufis, 

 vittis interdum obsoletis vel maxime dilatatis. 



Hah. Mexico \ Puebla (Salle, Hbge), Atlixco, Jalapa, Cordova (Hbge). 



The clypeal horn is in all our examples triangular ; in some broader and obtuser 

 than in others. 



Var. 10. C. intergenea. Var. cabirce individuis gracilioribus similis, thoracis lateribus elytrisque vittis 

 latissimis interfusis obscure rufis ; sed cornu clypeale sicut in forma maxima typica latum et altum, apice 

 paullo dilatato et summo sinuato ; corpore subtus et pedibus fere sicut in var. suhcastanea castaneis vel 

 cupreo-castaneis. Long. 24 millim. <j . (Tab. XXII. figg. 5, 5 a.) 



Hah. Mexico, Jalapa (Hbge). 



Two examples, one almost exactly similar in form and colour to a specimen of var. 

 cabira in which the obscure red vittae of the elytra are dilated and extend over the 

 whole surface leaving only a broad sutural vitta (narrowed behind) of the blackish 



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