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24. Euphoria nigriventris. 



E. vestita; afflnis et similariter colorata, sed differt statura minore, magis quadrata, subdepressa, thorace medio 

 basi vix emarginata, <$ antennarum clava raediocri, sed articufis l°-7 m conspicue longioribiis tibiisque anticis 

 sat latis tridentatis. Subtus nigro-nitida pedibus concoloribus ; clypeo antice minime vel baud dilatato, 

 fere quadrato, margine apicali medio paullo simiato ; tborace obtuse trapezoideo, medio paullo rotundatim 

 dilatato, deinde usque ad basin lateribus paullulum sinuatis, opaco, dense piloso, fulvo, vitta lata utrinque 

 discoidali (intus recta extus dilacerata) nigro-viridi ; scutello opaco, impunctato ; elytris obtuse costatis, 

 subtilissime punctulato-striatis, fulvis, nigro-viridi (plerumque transversim) maculatis ; pygidio dense 

 confluenter striguloso. 



Long. 11-12 millim. tf . 



Hab. Mexico, Peras, Etla {Salle), Jalapa (Hoge). 



The more typical examples are from Jalapa. Two from Etla and Peras are distinctly 

 more elongate and are darker, the broad dull greenish-black thoracic vittee invading 

 nearly the whole surface. Eight examples, males. 



25. Euphoria quadricollis. 



E. nigriventri maxime affinis ; differt magis elongata, tborace ante medium angulatim dilatato deinde ad basin 

 lateribus parallelis, medio basi sicut in E. nigriventri minime emarginato ; quoad colores vix differt, 

 ventre rufo-nitido excepto. d. Antennarum clava articulis l°-7 m paullo longior; tibia? anticse angustse, 

 sicut in E. geminata, dentibus duobus parvis prope apicem, 3° superiore obsoleto. 



Long. 12 millim. c? . 



Hab. Mexico, Durango city (Hoge). 

 Two male examples, perfectly similar. 



26. Euphoria atra. 



Quoad formam E. nigriventri simillima, sed toto atra, supra opaca, subtus nitida, dense griseo-pubescens ; tborace 

 medio basi distincte sed minus quam in E. vestita sinuato ; elytris fortiter costatis. J . Antennarum 

 clava articulis l°-7 m paullo longior ; tibiae anticae tridentatas, dente 3° minore acuto, remote 



Long. 12 millim. rf . 



Hab. Mexico, Peras (Salle), Oaxaca (Hoge). 

 Three examples, all males. 



27. Euphoria vestita. 



Cetonia vestita, Gory & Perch. Monogr. Cetoin. p. 271, t. 52. fig. 6 1 . 

 Cetonia irregularis, Gory & Perch, loc. cit. p, 272, t. 53. fig. I 2 (nee Olivier). 

 Erirhipis vestita, Burm. Handb. der Ent. iii. p. 387 3 . 



Hab. Mexico 1 2 3 , Oaxaca, Capulalpam, Peras (Salle), Jalapa (Hoge), Cuernavaca 

 (H. H. Smith) ; Costa Rica, Cache (Rogers). 



Burmeister describes this species as having, in the male, an excessively large antennal 

 club and nearly simple anterior tibise. A few male examples answering to this 

 description, with females corresponding in size and colour, have been received from 

 the above-mentioned localities. The figures cited from Gory and Percheron represent 



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